My Bucket List!

         I believe that everyone has a "bucket list". You might hear people talking about it every now and again, but most people tend to keep their life long goals to themselves. Bucket lists can be ever change because as you grow and get older new thing seem more interesting to you than they did five to ten years ago.
         My current short term bucket list entails: graduating from college and getting a job, having an internship, getting a racecar, and making either the ISU football or wrestling squad. Graduating college is obviously a very big goal but one that can be easily achieve through work and effort put into work. The job also goes with college as once you finish your schooling a job is where you look to next. The other two on my list are for recreation fun. I love playing sports and I feel that it would be an awesome accomplishment to say that i played on a NCAA Division 1 team. And last but not least in my short term goals a racecar. Working on racecars and being at the track is such a thrill to me. My dad and uncle raced 15 to 20 years ago and I think its one of those traits that are passed down.
        Long term goals can be hard look forward to as life is ever changing, but it gives you plenty of time to go after them. Some long term goals I would like to have would be to: establish a family after getting a job, be able to stay out of debt, and travel to Germany, and a few other European countries. Establishing a family is a goal that will take place in roughtly 8-10 years once my feet are set in a job and you know what to expect with the job. Staying out of debt goes with the job, if you get a good job that pays all your bills and leaves you enough to live on well where you dont need to borrow money, staying out of debt should be no problem. And traveling is just something to look towards doing once you have money and time to when the kids leave the house. I have always wanted to go toGermany and see the history that was left the from WW2 and you might as well just travel the other countries around there that you want to go to while you're there.
           As I said before, "Bucket Lists are ever changing." I may someday not want any of the things I just said, and most likly there will be more added to the list. Also everyone has different dreams or things that they want on their bucket list which create individuality.

A Time for the Best

         There is always a time when people are at the best, and those times come periodically throughout your life. Looking back to when I feel that I was at my best was not to long ago. It happened in my senior season of wrestling when I achieved my first winning record. Wrestling to me could be comparable to starting your freshman year of college as I will explainin the following paragraphs.
        Wrestling is an individual sport that takes a lot of effort and determination to be put into the sport. In other terms, what you put into to it is what you will get out of it. I think that the mentality got to me in my senior season that this would be my last. That I'd better do the best I could, and do everything  to make myself better. I went from having 6 total wins in my first three years to having 28 in my senior year; wrestling in a mental sport, think positive things, positive things will happen.
         College is very similar, you put the work and dedication into learning, you will go far in life. College is your individual sport where you learn a skill to use for the rest of your life. The hours of studying, doning homework and projects are relateable to the hours of sweat and hard work you put into on the mat. Your grades and possible careers are on the line as a season record.
        I may have not had the season turn out the way I was hoping it would but the results of quadroupling my wins in one season is a stunning achievement. The lesson that can be learned from this situation is, that you are the one controling your life. You alone can change it, and mold it to be the best possible outcome.