Turning 40 is serious business!

What I need for a good life:

-To be financially self-sufficient and to take good care of myself

-To have a career that allows me to participate in human affairs in a meaningful way

-To have a writing and literary life

-To live well, with pleasure and health


Things to do before I turn 41:

-Launch my legal career

-Buy a car

-Get and keep my weight under 145 pounds

-Do something about my neck

-Do something about my teeth

-Write and send out six essays to The Sun

-Go somewhere new

-Go to Memphis and see the Bluff City Backsliders

-Have sex worth having


Things to do before I turn 42:

-Buy a house or condo


Places to go in my forties:

-Montreal

-Buenos Aires

-Lisbon

-American West

-Outer Banks