Goals - #DadsAsPrincipals

Earlier this month, as my family drove home after attending a Chicago Cubs baseball game, we were trying to remember how many Cubs games our son Ryne has attended. For a seven year old, living in Iowa, he's been to quite a few games.

The road games were easy to recall. He's seen the Cubs play in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Minnesota, St. Louis, and on the south side of Chicago. The playoff game, last fall, was another game that definitely stood-out. As did his first game, when he was eight-months old, that resulted in a walk-off victory against San Francisco in the 13th inning (to be fair, we were already an hour outside of the city while we listened to the conclusion of this game on the radio).

But we were unable to recall an exact number. We estimated that he's probably been to approximately 20 Cubs games. A number that I'm pretty proud of as his Dad.

Anyways...while we were having this conversation...my wife, nonchalantly, suggested that we (my son and me) attend a Major League Baseball game in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums by the summer that he finishes high school.

I don't think that she realized what she had just said; it was game-on! The next day I was mapping out where we've been, where we need to go, which cities could be clustered together in one-trip, and envisioning an epic finale the summer after he graduates from high school where we could conclude our list on the east coast with our final five stadiums.

My math says that we have 11 years to make 11 trips and check-off 20 stadiums. My wife is already second-guessing the subtle words that she spoke. But there's no turning back now. Let's go!

What's this got to do with you? What's this got to do with us, educators?

• Commit to a goal. Write it down. Share it with someone, better yet, share it with everyone.
  
• Form a plan.
  
• Make it happen. Be relentless.

"Some people talk about what they want to do, and others go do what they want to do. Make it happen for yourself and go do." - @MrAdamWelcome, #RunLAP