36 Questions, Part Three

I wanted to start off this part by saying that one of my regular shows on YouTube has a show on these. Take a look here.

13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?
Perhaps what I'm most interested in is if I'll live a happy life. I know what my past is like, but I do want to know if I'll be happy, whatever that may mean, going forward. My life and outlook has changed a lot recently, and I'm curious if it will turn out well.

14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?
I have a bucket list of sorts. I want to spend more time in the mountains. I love it up there, and in Southern Utah. I could scramble up and down rocks probably the rest of my life and be happy. I am doing it as I can. I'm not living there now because 20 years ago, my dream was to work for Motorola. I've been working for them for 20 years now. My kids are involved in their schools, increasingly so. I have a good income and I'm still relatively happy, even though I don't see mountains but once a year. If my circumstances change, I'm very open to moving back out West. My bucket list included visiting all 50 states. I've visited them all but Alaska. I'm kind of afraid that I'll never come back if I go up there.

15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
So far, keeping my family together. We've adopted three wonderful kids with one the old-fashioned way and we all get along. We've done it all with a good bit of humor and effort.

16. What do you value most in a friendship?
I'm not sure how to answer this, as friendship changes throughout life. Perhaps what I like most is acceptance, that my friends and I can disagree but we don't lose any love or respect for each other. I feel free to talk to about whatever I need in my life and I will catch a willing ear and a good dose of healthy criticism.

17. What is your most treasured memory?
In aggregate, my time in college. I learned and grew so much. I'm not sure I could narrow it to a particular event.

18. What is your most terrible memory?
It was a tie. The death of my grandfather. Also, my nervous breakdown, if that is what it is called these days, during my first year of my mission. It was the polar opposite of my time in college. Perhaps that is why I remember it so vividly, it being in such stark contrast to the rest of that time in my life.

Because of the subject of the rest of the questions, I'll be forgoing the rest of them so this will be the last post on them.