Life Goals: The List

A short list of things to do while I’m on the planet. In no particular order. Will change over time. Items that are struck-through have been completed.

Lifestyle

  • Become conversationally fluent in Spanish
  • Live in a Spanish speaking country (6 months)
  • Write 300,000 words in a year

Experience

Travel

  • Visit every continent
    • Africa
    • Antarctica
    • Asia — Completed March, 2007
    • Australia
    • Europe — Completed June, 2011
    • North America — Completed January, 1986
    • South America — Completed May, 2009
  • Travel to a new place for more than 3 months straight — Completed 2012 (Hawaii, 6 months)
  • Visit Copenhagen — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit Paris, France — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit London — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit Las Vegas — Completed April, 2015
  • Visit Hong Kong — Completed February, 2017
  • Visit Spain — Completed June, 2012
  • Visit Costa Rica — Completed May, 2009
  • Visit Japan — Completed March, 2007
  • Travel internationally for more than 3 months straight
  • Visit Jerusalem
  • Visit Sydney, Australia
  • Visit Amsterdam
  • Visit Thailand
  • Visit Rome, Italy
  • Visit Florence, Italy
  • Visit Greece
  • Visit Egypt
  • Visit Iguazu Falls
  • Visit Machu Picchu
  • Visit the Great Wall of China
  • See the pyramids of Giza in Egypt
  • Visit the Louvre — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit the Eiffel Tower — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit Notre Dame — Completed June, 2016
  • See a Shakespeare play in The Globe Theater in London — Completed June, 2016
  • Visit New Christiania in Copenhagen — Completed June, 2016

Business / Professional

  • Write a self-published book — Completed December, 2015
  • Launch 10 information products
  • Write and publish a book through a mainstream publisher
  • Speak at MicroConf — Completed April, 2015
  • Speak at BaconBiz — Completed May, 2016
  • Present to 100 attendees — Completed April, 2010
  • Present to 500 attendees — Completed February, 2012
  • Present to 1,000 attendees
  • Have $1,000/mo of my monthly income come from book/product sales
  • Have $2,500/mo of my monthly income come from book/product sales
  • Have $5,000/mo of my monthly income come from book/product sales
  • Have $7,500/mo of my monthly income come from book/product sales
  • Have $10,000/mo of my monthly income come from book/product sales
  • Own a product business that sustains my desired lifestyle
  • Reach 1,000 subscribers on my email list
  • Reach 2,500 subscribers on my email list
  • Reach 5,000 subscribers on my email list
  • Reach 10,000 subscribers on my email list (sign up here)
  • Reach 20,000 subscribers on my email list
  • Reach 30,000 subscribers on my email list

Health

  • Live in a desert climate for 6 months — Tested in 2018 in Nevada
  • Live in a tropical climate for 6 months — Tested in Hawaii in 2012/13
  • Weigh 220lbs
  • Reach the 1,000lb club — Completed April, 2016
  • Reach ‘Intermediate’ strength on the Bench Press (1 @ 223lbs)
  • Reach ‘Intermediate’ strength on the Squat (1 @ 306lbs)
  • Reach ‘Intermediate’ strength on the Dead Lift (1 @ 363lbs)
  • Reach ‘Intermediate’ strength on the Clean (1 @ 219lbs)
  • Reach ‘Intermediate’ strength on the Over Head Press (1 @ 151lbs)
  • Reach ‘Advanced’ strength on the Bench Press (1 @ 315lbs)
  • Reach ‘Advanced’ strength on the Squat (1 @ 420lbs)
  • Reach ‘Advanced’ strength on the Dead Lift (1 @ 491lbs)
  • Reach ‘Advanced’ strength on the Clean (1 @ 295lbs)
  • Reach ‘Advanced’ strength on the Over Head Press (1 @ 185lbs)

Habits (30-Day Challenges)

(Periodically, I’ll practice a new habit or lifestyle change for 30–90 days. This could be writing, meditation, a new diet like veganism, a new mode of thought like Stoicism, or something else.)

  • Practice a daily meditation habit for 30 days — Up to a 450+ day streak as of September, 2020
  • Practice a daily writing habit for 90 days — Up to a 3-year+ streak as of September, 2020
  • Practice a daily weight lifting habit for 90 days — Completed 2016–2018. Restarting the habit in 2020/21.
  • Practice a daily walking habit for 90 days — Completed 2015/2016. This is a solid, ongoing habit now.