A semi-complete list of my life goals and things I’d like to do at least once in life. Subject to change and in no particular order.

Achievements

• Graduate with a bachelor’s degree from college – Done, 2009
• Pay off my credit card (unsecured) debt – Done, June 21, 2011
• Have $1,500 – $2,000 in active freelance side-income consistently month to month.
• Speak in front of 200 people – Done, December, 2011
• Publish a book or an ebook
• Get invited to participate in Y-Combinator
• Set aside enough money to never have to work for anything but pleasure for the rest of my life
• Have a net worth of $1 million
• Sell a company for a profit
• Own a home on a tropical island

Experiences to Have

• Watch a Yankees game in Yankee Stadium
• Attend the World Series
• Drive from Canada to Mexico along the coast
• Go to Burning Man (2012?)
• Go into space and orbit the earth
• Watch a Space Shuttle (or similar) launch
• Go on an around-the-world trip
• Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
• Play on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour – Done, 2007
• Attend a Broadway show – Done, Spamalot, 2007
• Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
• Have Sushi in Tokyo – Done, 2008
• Go Sky Diving – Done, August 21st, 2011
• Live in another country for a year
• Complete a comedy standup routine in front of 10 people I don’t know
• Own a restaurant
• Have a 6-pack
• Do a back flip
• Do a summersault
• Do a front flip
• Do a back flip out of a PLANE
• Go base jumping

Skills / Knowledge

• Get a pilots license
• Get a motorcycle license
• Learn enough spanish to have a dinner date with a native spanish speaker
• Learn enough italian to have a dinner date with a native italian spaker

Cities to Tour

To tour a city means to spend at least a few days there exploring

• Amsterdam
• Jerusalem
• Sydney, Australia
• Paris
• London
• Hong Kong
• Rome
• Washington, DC
• Florence
• New York – Done
• San Diego –  Done
• San Francisco – Done

World Treasures to Visit

• Visit the Burj Khalifa (Bonus points for making it to the top)
• See the statues of Easter Island, in Chile
• See the pyramids of Giza in Egypt
• Visit the Great Wall of China
• Visit Niagara Falls
• Visit the Louvre
• Visit the Eiffel Tower

Countries / Regions to Explore

Visiting only one city in these regions doesn’t count. One week minimum, must include overland travel.

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Japan – Done, 2008
• Venice
• Las Vegas
• Spain
• Greece
• Costa Rica – Done, 2010
• Italy
• Dubai
• Egypt

People to Meet

It counts as meeting them if I shake their hand. Seeing them in a crowd or speaking isn’t enough

• Barack Obama
• Bill Clinton
• George W. Bush
• Ramit Sethi
• Merlin Mann
• Richard Garfield – Done, 2007
• Ben Huh*