Psychology Today Article: “Seven Things To Do Before You Die”

A bucket-list for anyone, anytime.

My friend, Bob—the most alive guy I ever met.

The 500-mile Camino de Santiago runs from the border of France to the northwestern Spanish coast. A path of pilgrimage, the Camino is a network of 1,000-year-old walking trails where spiritual seekers often dedicate a month or more to reflection, healing, connection, and transcendence.

After years of considering it, my very good friend, Bob, decided that he didn’t want any more time to go by and that this would be the year he would do it—this May he would walk the Camino.

We met over Zoom a few weeks ago with our friends, Joe and Wendy, just as we had every Friday for the last dozen years and he told us his plan. He said that he wasn’t going to overthink it—that he hadn’t purchased a return plane ticket yet so that he could walk it as slowly as possible. We were excited and happy for him. We knew we would get some terrific stories out of it.

That same evening, January 30th, I learned that Bob had suffered a massive heart attack that afternoon and died.

Click here to read the full piece on Psychology Today.