TRAVEL
- Go on a snowboarding vacation for longer than a weekend with several friends & stay in a nice cabin in Colorado, Salt Lake City, Canada, or other winter sport destination.
- Visit Australia - specifically to see the Sydney Opera House, see native wildlife, learn to play a digeridoo, and SCUBA dive the Great Barrier Reef.
- Photograph beautiful beaches around the world - South Pacific, Caribbean, Hawaii, Fiji, Bora Bora, etc
- Visit coastal Greece and see the white buildings on sides of hills
- Germany - Research family history and drive a proper car (probably something German or Italian) on the Nurburgring.
- NYC - See a show on Broadway (The Lion King & Riverdance come to mind). See Ellis Island & the Statue of Liberty.
- Take a gondola ride through the canals of Venice, Italy.
- See a glacier calve. (Most likely in Alaska.)
- Paris - See the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomph, Louvre, and eat beignets.
- India - Visit the Taj Mahal.
- Switzerland - See the Alps and maybe go snowboarding.
- Visit Yosemite to enjoy and photograph the greatness of the waterfalls.
- Float in the Dead Sea.
- See the Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis.
- Road trip across the USA with some friends preferably in an RV or other cool transport.
- Thru hike the entire Appalachian Trail.
Go on a cruise. (Completed Spring 2008)Get a passport. (Completed Winter 2008)- Get a passport stamp.
Travel somewhere outside the USA. (Completed Spring 2008)Revisit all my childhood homes. (Completed Summer 2009)- See Redwood trees way wider than I am tall.
- Visit the Grand Canyon.
- Visit the Galapagos Islands.
- Costa Rica - Go whitewater rafting and ziplining through the rainforest.
- SCUBA dive the 2nd largest barrier reef in the world -- off the coast of Belize.
- Visit New Zealand - go sledging (whitewater rafting but with a kickboard with handles basically)
- Take a week long luxury vacation where I don't worry about the cost.
- Visit at least 1 major landmark in each of the 50 United States.
- Go on a cruise of the Southern Caribbean.
- Attend the 2012 London Olympics Artistic Gymnastics AA or Team Finals.
- Attend the Opening Ceremonies of an Olympic Games.
EXPERIENCES
Take gymnastics lessons. (Completed Fall 2006)Swim with dolphins. (Completed Spring 2008)- Go on a zipline canopy tour.
- Go luging - either concrete or ice.
- Attend a recognizable designer fashion show.
- Attend all women's artistic gymnastics events from prelims thru finals at a World Championships & Olympics.
- Test drive a Ferrari.
Go skydiving. (Completed Summer 2010)Complete a triathlon. (Completed Summer 2010)- Become competent at basic yoga.
Take cake decorating classes. (Completed Spring 2009)Be in a movie. (Completed Fall 1999)- Hold an unassisted handstand until I get tired (at least a minute).
Learn to drive a manual car. (Completed Summer 2004)- Learn to dance - hiphop, ballet, ballroom.
- Take figure skating lessons.
- Experience weightlessness -- Zero G Flight.
- Go zorbing.
- Go hang gliding.
- See a professional ballet perform live.
Observe dolphins up close in the wild. (Completed Summer 2006)Swim with dolphins. (Completed Spring 2008)- Observe a platypus, three toed sloth, and whales in the wild.
- Watch wild turtles hatch on the beach and run to sea.
- Go bungee jumping.
Audition and make the All-State band on flute. (Completed Winter 2001)
FINANCES
- Be completely debt free ("good" debt included).
- Own a cabin in the mountains.
- Own a house on the beach.
Live at the beach. (Completed Summer 2004)Own a nice car (BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, etc). (Completed Summer 2004)- Have a job that allows me to be location independent.
- Make informed decisions to actively invest in the stock market.
- Be able to live on a passive income.
OTHER
- Become more flexible -- do a full 180 split.
Earn a college degree. (Completed Spring 2006)Get a massage. (Completed Spring 2006)- Learn more about native American Indians and early U.S. explorations.
- Gain functional language skills -- most likely in Spanish.
