Goals
I wrote an email to myself almost 6 years ago listing out my life goals. I was stuck in a job I hated, living with mom and dad, and it was my first step to codifying what I actually wanted to do with my life. This was before The Bucket List (movie), so I'm proud that it was also somewhat original, even though I probably found the idea on some career website. I found that email today thanks to a random gmail search, and I found it entertaining and a reminder. So I added all the things I've accomplished since then to the bottom and added some more things to top, and emailed it to myself again. Here's hoping I'll find this in another 5 years.
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Have spent at least a month (in total) on every significant land-mass in the world.
Extra points for Antartica.
Fill out a county map.
Learn how to play the electric bass, saxaphone, and trumpet.
Extra points for playing every instrument ever imagined.
Speak Mandarin fluently. If time, Japanese as well.
Become a black belt.
Go spelunking once.
Learn how to kiteboard and wakeboard.
Windsurf the Gorge.
Hike the Grand Canyon.
See lava flow in Hawaii.
Scuba the Great Barrier Reef.
Swim with dolphins.
Hike in New Zealand.
Eat my way through India.
Eat my way through Italy.
Go on a furniture buying spree in China.
Name my Greater Swiss Mountain dog Cocoa.
Name my daughter Mia.
Still play soccer at age 80.
Things I've accomplished. (that I can always do again)
Ice Climbing.
College Diploma.
Survived.
Skinny dipped w/ glaciers.
Lost myself in music.
Fallen in Love.
Spent a month in Malaysia.
Three weeks in Japan.
Visited Thailand.
Visited Singapore.
Visited Hong Kong.
Eaten chicken feet.
Learned how to lead climb/rappel.
Hugged trees in the Redwoods.
Learned how to surf.
Hiked among the Bristlecone Pines. (One piece was older than Jesus)
Hiked the Subway in Zion.
Ran a Marathon.
Led a Trad climb.
Climbed in Joshua Tree.
Free climbed in Yosemite.
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After Mia Hamm - I want to raise a little soccer star. Because man, if my kid is a girly girl instead of a tomboy, I have no idea if we'll get along. I like Micah as a boy's name too, though it hasn't been as long-lasting in my head as Mia has. The '99 World Cup was a good one.
It would be funny to try and trick people with the spelling game...but my name gets misspelled so much I think that urge is dead. And with government paperwork? Pain in the ass! I was 14 before I had a Social Security Card with my correct name, which took at least 3 revisions.
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I like the idea of a list. I have something like that somewhere... don't remember where.
Question: why a kid named Mia? Do you like that it is close to your own name, but not a "Jr," is there something else significant about it, or do you just like the way it sounds?
To be confusing, you could name your daughter Mai (or Mae or Maeii), pronounce it the same way as you do your name, but just spell it differently to drive everyone nuts.