My Epic Life Quest
This will be a work in progress post all about what I would like to do in life. Some of it is just purely for fun, others are more serious. This is something I came across while reading Brent Ozar's blog, Steve Stedman, Derik Hammer, and the original starting of this idea being Nerd Fitness.I loved the idea so much, I had to start on it right away!
I will start blogging about the items that are already completed, to fill in why I am listing them even though I am starting it in Nov 2017. :) It will take a little time to get them all explained but I will link it here as they are done.
Outdoor Adventure
- restore my canoe
- snorkel
- stand up paddle boarding
- learn to surf
- ride in a hot air balloon
- sail a boat
- white water rafting
- see a coral reef
- jump out of an airplane
- learn how to fly a plane
- climb an indoor rock wall
- mud wrestle
- participate in a paintball match
- win a paintball match
- see a spectacular waterfall that is off the beaten path
- be in a place where no one is around and scream at the top of my lungs!
North American Escapades
- see the northern lights in Alaska
- hike in the grand canyon
- see the hollywood sign
- see a white Christmas
- visit the Northern most point of the USA
- visit the Eastern most point of the USA (completed)
- visit the Southern most point of the USA
- visit the Western most point of the USA
International Escapades
- attend a wedding in India (all that dancing!)
- ride in a gondola
- attend a luau
- explore a rain forest
- go on a safari
- learn French
- learn sign language
- obtain dual citizenship
- walk/see the great wall
- backpack across europe
- attend a HOLI festival in India
- swim in the world's largest swimming pool
- visit Australia
Healthy Living Ambitions
- participate in a 5K race
- do a handstand
- drink only water for a full week
- walk 10K steps a day for ## days in a row
- 5K steps a day for ## days
- be able to hold the plank position for a full minute
- drink healthy home-made smoothies daily for ## days in a row
- start an herb garden
Financial Aims
- have 3 months of bills in savings
- save create a source of passive income
- save make a kiva loan
- pay off student loans
- have no credit card debt
- be in the red - no debt from bills (other than variable monthly expenses)
- save money
- save $5K
- save $5K
- save $10K
- save $25K
- save 50K
- save $100K
- save $500K
- save $1M
Be Nice to Others
- send a care package to a soldier
- build a house with habitat for humanity
- put change into someone's expired meter
- learn and say .. hello and thank you ... in 10 languages
- pay a toll on a toll road for the person behind me
- plant a tree
- help raise $### for charity
Learn about me
- find a hobby or interest
- have a true friend
- be a true friend
- control my emotions better
- dont be so defensive
- find my happy place
- dye my hair a crazy color
- have my palm read
- do 24-hours of silence
- do a boudoir photo shoot
- send flowers to myself
- get a tattoo - just to be taboo?- maybe henna?
Professional Aspirations
- write a blog post each week
- 4 weeks in a row
- 12 weeks in a row
- 52 weeks in a row
- figure something out before others do
- wake up early AM ## days in a row
- attend PASS summit at least once
- be able to successfully pass an interview by both Sean and Jen McCown, Brent Ozar, Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and Allan Hirt
- present a session in Australia
- present a session in Europe
Learn new skills
- become a photographer
- have a photograph I took in a magazine
- have a photograph I took in a newspaper
- tap dance
- carve a wooden spoon
- carve a wooden hummingbird - just like my father, uncle and grandfather
- walk on stilts
- learn pole dancing
- extract honey from a bee hive
- learn to knit
- learn to crochet
- learn to juggle
- learn to make tasty boiled peanuts
- learn to speed read (or read much faster)
Just for fun
- attend a masquerade party
- attend a murder mystery dinner
- go on a cruise
- learn how to bartend
- attend a las vegas show
- attend a drag show
- write my name in wet cement
- throw a theme party
- create a really messy painting on a decent sized canvas
Just for fun - after losing weight
- wear a kick ass red dress and go in public somewhere
- learn to salsa dance
- salsa dancing with partner
- fly in a blimp
- fly in a helicopter
- fly in a private jet
- go in a submarine
- meet oprah
Completed Objectives
- Swim with manatees - done
- make a tie dye shirt - done
- start a blog - done
- go to a renaissance festival - done
- bake a cake for someone special - done
- make a balloon animal - done
- be a clown - done
- get a college degree - done
- vacation solo - done
- vacation with a stranger - done
- have a guiness in ireland - done
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