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