So Ultimate Sportsfan stepped away from the TV for a few minutes the other night—amazing considering that the Astros were playing—and I immediately jumped on the couch, snagged the remote, and turned the channel. I started watching this documentary about this guy who wanted to go on a date with Drew Barrymore. I think it was called My Date with Drew.

I should say that I don’t really watch TV very often because I’m more of a doer than an observer, and I get bored watching TV. This is probably a good thing. Otherwise there would be daily fights over the remote, being that USF wants to watch sports pretty much non-stop and I want to watch sports pretty much never.

So I started watching this documentary, and it was really cute. If you haven’t seen it, I won’t ruin the end, but it turned out to have a great message: “if you don’t take risks, you’ll have a wasted soul.”

Wow. I’m not sure what a wasted soul is, but I can certainly agree with taking risks. I’m not much of a risk-taker, but every once in a while something matters enough to me, and I go for it.

Becoming a successful published writer is at the top of that list. That was and is my date with Drew.

So maybe you don’t care about dating Drew Barrymore, but everyone has a dream, right? Everyone has something that they’re willing to risk it all for. What’s your date with Drew?