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2008
My List
Goals for 2008
Buy a Motorcycle
Donate $1000
Drive up the California Coast
Volunteer 100 hours (29%)
Read 48 books (44%)
Arts (1 of 6)
Business & Professional (5 of 8)
Fiction & Literature (8 of 12)
History and Non-Fiction (6 of 10)
Religion (0 of 6)
Science (1 of 6)
Accomplishments
Appear on the Cover of a Magazine
Be Interviewed by the Financial Times or Wall Street Journal
Cycle from Spokane to Seattle
Cycle Through Italy
Cycle Through Spain
Eat Fruit from a Tree I Plant
Get Married
Have a 500 Bottle Wine Cellar
Have a Cigar Collection
Have a Library with Ladder
Have an Essay Published in The New Yorker
Have Kids
Learn to Play the Piano
Own Every Movie that Won Best Picture
Ride a Camel
Ride a Century
Ride an Elephant
Activities
Attend an Opera at the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan
Build a House
Fire a Canon
Operate a Crane
Spend Christmas in New York
Surf in Hawaii
Boy Stuff
Own a 1963 Aston Martin DB5
Own a 1966 Fairey Huntsman 28
Own a Vintage Race Car
Skipper my own Sailboat
Career/Personal Goals
Become an Angel Investor
Donate one Business to a Kid (under 21)
Give a TED presentation
Have $100,000 in Savings
Lead a Successful Non-Profit
Own a Café
Own a Jazz Club
Own a Restaurant with My Name on it
Own Twenty Profitable Businesses
Make a Movie
Publish a Book
Community & Friends
Emcee a Community Event
Own a Community Center for Kids
Pay for a Friend’s Wedding
Prepare a 5 Course Meal for Friends and Family
Entertainment
Attend a Formula One Race
Appear in a Movie
Attend a Classical Concert
Attend the Kentucky Derby
Attend Summer Olympics
Attend Winter Olympics
Be Invited to the White House
Fly in a Blimp
Fly in a Helicopter
Go 1 Year Without Television
Meet an Actor I Admire
See a Sumo Match
Health
Complete a Full Triathlon
Play a Clay Court Tennis Tournament
Run Bloomsday
Run the Boston Marathon
Swim 5 Miles Without Stopping
Do Yoga once a Week for a Year
Outdoor
Climb Mt. Rainier
Explore at least 60% of These Rivers
Amazon
Colorado
Nile
Feed a Giraffe
Go Naked at a Nude Beach
Go Outdoor Rock Climbing
Go Whale Watching
Learn to Kayak
Canoe in a River
Personal Learning
Become Fluent in Spanish
Read 1,000 Books (since 2005)
118 of 1,000 (12%)
Read a Book on an Artist Every Year
2 of 3 (2008)
Read the First Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Read the Newest Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
Photographs
At Each of the 7 Wonders of the World
Chichenitza, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
Colosseum, Italy
Great Wall of China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
Eiffel Tower
In Every NHL Arena
Lake Shasta
Machu Picchu
Maroon Bells
Niagara Falls
Space Needle
Sydney Harbor Bridge at Night
With Komodo Dragons
Travel and Places
Drive Across the USA
Float the Grand Canyon
Go on A Whiskey Tour of Scotland
Go to Greece
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The Hoover Dam
Take My Mom Anywhere She Wants
The British Museum, London
The Louvre, Paris
Visit an Active Volcano
Visit Every Continent
Visit the Prado Museum, Madrid
Visit the Vatican, Rome
Walk on the Great Wall of China
Visit all 27 Countries in the European Union (22%)
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
The United Kingdom
Visit all 50 States (26%)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Because we only get one life, I have decided to live mine to the fullest. Below is my life list of dreams and goals. Some are short term, some long, but I believe all are attainable with dedication and desire. The only time period I have set for completing my goals is before I expire. Sounds simple to me! So here they are, my life goals...