1. Suppress fear (or at least act in spite of it)
2. Start a business (I have the name down so far)
3. Become an apprentice to a well-known entrepreneur (time to start the emails) Done.
4. Make more money as a freelance writer (Did I mention I get paid to write now? Sweet.) Not a fan of writing on a schedule. No surprise there.
5. Wake up earlier and get right to work. That was easy.
6. Travel overseas by alone using money I’ve earned myself (one of my many pipe dreams)
7. Get into a relationship and I mean a REAL one (I’ve never had REAL relationships. It could be exciting.)
8. Learn to speak Spanish somewhat fluently
9. Reactivate my limited knowledge of the Japanese language
10. Get rid of my one glaring insecurity (not man enough to share here, but it gets easier to deal with day by day)
11. Learn how to play the guitar (I favor those of the electric variety)
12. Learn how to swim (which will eventually lead to surfing)
13. Write and sell my first ebook
14. Get over 1000 subscribers
15. Get back into drawing (did it for years as a kid, stopped in the middle of high school)
16. Learn how to use Photoshop (I’m not paying for anymore web design) Unecessary goal. I’ll soon have Pages for Macbook.
17. Grow another inch (I haven’t stopped yet. Will be six feet in due time)
18. Have my own epiphany moment Done.
19. Write my first book review on the blog (I’m getting a free copy to review from this guy right here) Finished!
20. Read all the books I have been meaning to read (I’m sick of reading about the philosophy of power for class)
21. Get more clothes (Vintage tees/hoodies that fit FTW -for the win-)
22. Finish the entrepreneurial objectives sent to me by my mentor at the UChicago Booth School of Business I should tell him I’m finished now.
23. Do 100 pushups without stopping (okay, I’ve been slacking a bit on this one)
24. Get my driver’s license (I’ve put it off long enough)
25. Buy more video games for the long summer ahead (I can only do so much in three months before I get bored) Don’t care much for video games anymore. Or at least not as much as I used to.
26. Write a story Just published it
27. Move into an apartment Can you say, done?
28. Turn 20 years old How is this even a goal? I’m going to do it anyway…
29. Guest post for Zen Habits (ha ha, only in my wildest dreams)
30. Stop complaining forever
31. Listen more to that voice in the back of my head that whispers “psst…take action”
32. Realize that happiness is something you give yourself Learned this a long time ago
33. Discover something I’m truly passionate about (I may have already found it) Found it.
34. Understand that there is ALWAYS a bright side
35. Believe that anything I put my mind to, I can achieve (I forget this sometimes)
36. Get my yellow belt in Tung-Su-Doe (Korean martial arts)
37. Go on a road trip
38. Get a new battery for my laptop (not feeling a new laptop just yet) Rest in peace Gateway…hello, MacBook Pro.
39. Do a handstand without using the wall as a safety net
40. Stop waiting for something to happen and make things happen for myself
41. Learn to become a good story teller
42. Eat more vegetables (Not just the ones served with burgers)
43. Listen to more genres of music (rock and j-rock is awesome)
44. Comment on at least one blog every other day Not worth my time.
45. Buy posters to hang in my room (I’ve had a blank canvas for years)
46. See my old grade/high school teachers so I can inflate my ego (“Yeah…I’m kind of a big deal compared to the person you used to know”)
47. Go to the National Entrepreneurial Bootcamp in April (Probably won’t happen though) Didn’t happen
48. Rewatch Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” Just saw it yesterday (3/22/10)
49. Kiss an attractive stranger upon first encounter (Actually easier than it sounds if you go to college parties – so, to clarify – during the day)
50. Live well.
photo credit: Raymond Brown
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Looks like we have a lot in common.
It would appear so.
These are great goals! I have similar ones and I’m nearly twice your age…lol. Best of luck!
Thanks, Melzie! And welcome to the blog.
Sounds great. My major goal is just to not die before my mom. She’s developed memory losses but I’m severely disabled by a progressive incurable disease. Actually amazed I’m still here and haven’t fallen yet.
Hearing from me – I try to call daily – is definitely the highlight of her day.
Funny how your goals can get pared way down. At age 36, seventeen years ago now, I couldn’t have imagined this, and if I had, I couldn’t have imagined how I could be genuiinely fine mentally and emotionally and not depressed – despite having had to let go of all the goals I once had. (Mostly bedridden, extremely fragile, literally unable to leave the house by any means for the last five years.)
Hope this affects you like my cousin – he always says I cheer him up because of how much my life sucks, lol! But seriously, the human spiirit is amazing and most of us have far more strength than we know.
Really moving statements, Paul. What makes me the most happy from your words is that you still have the courage and strength to live on, and, more importantly, to live well. Most people in your position wouldn’t choose to live a happy life, but would instead focus on the bad parts.
Stay strong Paul, for yourself as well as your mother.
Bucket list for the year… I like it. Keep up the creativity and ambition. Be sure to keep us posted on your journey.
Will do Dana. Nice to hear from you
John: This is some amazing stuff!! Reading this list, I can’t believe you’re not even 20 yet…dude, you are wise beyond your years. I can really identify with a lot of your goals, especially some of the entrepreneurial stuff…by the way, I’ll have to look up National Entrepreneurial Bootcamp. Great post and thank you for sharing this…I think I need to get to work on one of these too.
Hey Tim, I’m happy you found my list helpful. Thanks as well for thinking I am wise. It means a lot.
The National Entrepreneurial Bootcamp is sponsored by Stanford and Princeton: it’s an all expenses paid trip to learn about entrepreneurship. I hope I can get in.
These past few days have really been eye-opening in terms of actively pursuing my goals. Some time ago, I just followed goals that I wasn’t passionate about. I feel that I can connect more with these goals.
Well done mate! Great list! One of the most important steps to success is to get clarity about what you want. Define it. Get clear, certain and specific about what you want (and don’t want) for your life. Understand not only what you want but why you want it. When it comes to your long-term happiness (the universal goal), the ‘why’ will always be more important than the ‘what’ because the what is about your head, whereas the why is about your heart.
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Welcome to the blog, Craig! It was about time for me to update my goals list and I feel so much more grounded actually seeing (at least on virtual paper) what I’m actively pursuing. Everything on my list is something close to my heart and true desires. I will do my best to accomplish all of them. Don’t be surprised when I do.
Ima definitely learn some Espanola very soon. Great least john? Are you taking any classes now?
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I’m taking any Spanish classes right now, but I’m probably going to teach myself.
Oh wow excellent goals here! You already have the clear written goals so you are well on your way for here! Nice post.
Thanks Baker. It was pretty hard just coming up with them. I’m eventually going to accomplish everything on this list. I actually just finished watching Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”. Done and done.