I’m a slackass. I’m ok with this.
Speaking of which, I ran across an old livejournal post about some goals I had set for myself in 2006. Surprisingly, I have accomplished most of them. Since I just turned 31, I thought it would be a good time to make some new goals.
31. I can’t really believe I’m 31. Back in my younger days I never really thought I’d make it to 30, which is sort of hilarious because I was never really very wild. Now my life is a little on the boring side but I think it’s pretty awesome. I have a great wife, a great job, and great friends. I have incredible in-laws and my relationship with my parents is pretty good, too.
31 Goals (to be accomplished before my next birthday)
- run a 5k
- finish a draft of TheBook
learn Flex well enough to crank out some projects- do something active every day
late summer road trip (up the california coast)- pay off all of my debt
- take a picture a day (starting, um, tomorrow)
visit my parents- run a 10k
- find an awesome haircut
- learn conversational spanish (class? rosetta stone?)
- …and then make plans to go somewhere spanish-speaking (maybe costa rica next christmas?)
- send a postcard to PostSecret
ride my bike 5x/week to work for a month- read 2 books a month
- embrace my musical side (play my clarinet, guitar regularly)
- hike a week on the AT
- finish dvd of the parental units interviews
- take swimming lessons
- watch a space shuttle launch
- design (and get) another tattoo
- volunteer my time freely
finish every project currently on my rtm list for workride the chief ladiga trail- write a snail mail letter to the ranch every month
- send birthday cards to the extended family!
- get up earlier in the morning and meditate (more days than not)
- go to a show once a month
donate 5-10% of my paycheck to a worthy cause- do 50 consecutive pushups
enjoy the simple things in life (cultivate awareness)
