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So pretend I'm all golden and returned from a fantastic trip to Palau with the family and the dive photos and I am now completely at home at 75 feet depth and breathing from a pack.

See what I mean about how the list matures as you think about it?

My number one priority, other than basic competency, is to develop an autopilot income. You're reading about those efforts in this blog. Everything else is feelgood crap if it won't enable me to consistently live the lifestyle I want and need.

If I couldn't fail, I'd develop an autopilot income of $250,000 per year and fly my mom and her friends to the Taj Mahal for the trip they think they are too old to make.

If I couldn't fail, I would change certain things about my personality. I've been remarkably lucky and successful in my life despite being a really nervous person. Imagine what else I could do, more comfortably, and imagine how much more confidence I could instill in dear daughter.

If I couldn't fail, I would speak, read, write, and listen expertly in a dozen languages.

If I couldn't fail, I would submit my writings for publication and payment and earn lots of money.

If I couldn't fail, I would visit every pub in Britain and make the t-shirt saying so.

If I couldn't fail, I would put an orphanage on an autopilot income and make sure every kid had ice cream and a party on his or her birthday.

If I couldn't fail, I would climb a mountain.

If I couldn't fail, I would be a wonderful mother.

If I couldn't fail, I would be a dear friend.

If I couldn't fail, I would be an amazing mate.

Amen.