100 life goals

1. Write and publish a novel
2. Train for and complete a half marathon (Done! April 27th, 2014)
3. Reach my target body weight
4. Bike across my home state
5. Hike the entire Appalachian Trail
6. Give one million dollars to charity
7. Be 100% debt-free
8. Drive across the country on a solo road trip, write about the experience
9. Learn how to say “hello” in 50 or more languages
10. Learn how to say “no” without feeling guilty
11. Skydive
12. Visit all 7 continents (2 down, 5 to go)
13. Learn pottery making
14. Learn glass blowing (Done! Class taken January 10th, 2015)
15. Attend a match at Camp Nou
16. Watch every “Best Picture” winner from The Academy Awards
17. Read every Pulitzer Prize winner in Fiction
18. Solve the Rubik’s Cube
19. Try all 160 beers on tap at the Taphouse Grill
20. Attend a World Cup Final
21. Go on a silent retreat
22. Watch a game at every Major League Baseball stadium (see list here)
23. Complete Script Frenzy at least once
24. Complete NaNoWriMo at least 3 times (2 down, 1 to go!)
25. Visit every state capital, get my photograph taken on the capitol building steps
26. See the pyramids in Egypt
27. Visit the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands
28. See Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City
29. Learn how to bake an amazing apple pie from scratch using my own recipe
30. In one season, visit all 8 stadiums in the Northwest League (see a game in each)
31. Visit the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY with my dad
32. Visit Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah
33. Visit each Canadian province
34. Drive the entire length of the Alaska Highway
35. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
36. Attend an Olympic event (summer or winter)
37. Read The Lord of the Rings
38. Write at least one letter a month and mail to a friend
39. Attend Over the Rhine’s homecoming show at the Taft Theater in Cincinnati, Ohio
40. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge (Done! April 2011)
41. Own a first edition of a classic book
42. Attend a World Series game with my dad
43. Blog at least 5 days a week
44. Ride a mechanical bull (Done! September 26th, 2012)
45. Always have an excellent assortment of loose-leaf teas on hand
46. Take dancing lessons (Done! April, 2014)
47. Complete all of the Seattle area Urban Beer Hikes
48. Visit every state park in my home state of Washington
49. Train for and complete a mini-triathlon
50. Attend the Iceland Airwaves Festival once
51. See all seven of the Natural Wonders of the World (2 down, 5 to go!)
52. Visit the Redwood National Forest (Done! September 2020)
53. Ride my bicycle around Lake Washington
54. Brew my own batch of IPA
55. Hike the Stampede Trail in Alaska – get my photograph taken by the bus
56. Win “Employee of the Month” at a workplace
57. Swim in the Indian Ocean
58. Visit the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland – take S
59. Visit at least 1 brewery in each of the 50 states
60. Ride a train in India
61. Visit the Taj Mahal with S
62. Visit the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India
63. Visit Auchwitz
64. Take a tour of Pripyat, Ukraine
65. Work in an independent bookstore
66. Attend the Telluride Bluegrass Festival once
67. Attend the Newport Folk Festival once

More to Come…