It’s been a fun summer for me and one where I got to check some items off my list and made progress on some other goals.
Sunset over Parkishon, Kenya
Last month, my visit to Kenya achieved a number of goals. One was to haggle in a market. Another was doing volunteer work overseas with my church and Food for the Hungry. And since it was my first visit to Africa, I’m one continent closer to visiting all seven.
In June, my sister and I took on a ropes and zipline course in St. Maartan, thus achieving my goal of riding on a zipline.
In April, a friend invited me up to Chicago for a long weekend (a slightly-belated trip report will be coming soon). I got to see the Bean (goal #12) and added another state to my list. Unfortunately, NPR’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” was taping out of town that week, so I have an excuse to visit the fantastic Windy City again soon.
So as of right now, I’ve done 18 items on my list. I’m still working on my fall plans where I hope to visit a couple of more states and do some of the other items on my list. I may also tweak the list a bit for this blog’s 2nd anniversary in October. The point of the list is so that I can push myself to try new things, go to new places and inspire others to do the same. Not all the items on the list achieve that, so I’d like to do some editing on it.
All in all, it’s been a fun adventure working through this list and I can’t wait to do more items on it.
September 8, 2010 at 11:58 am
So, do you have any plans yet for goal-accomplishing this fall? I think I’m going to knock out my barefoot 10k in a week and a half:)
September 12, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I’m working on some travel plans to go to some of the states I haven’t been to yet as part of my goal to visit all 50. I’ve also been doing a bit more cooking lately and have been having a lot of fun trying out new ingredients I’ve never worked with before.
I saw your post about running a half-marathon with little preparation. I’m thinking of doing the same thing in December. I’ve been doing some running, but with the summer heat in full force, it’s really affected my ability to run long distances. I need some motivation to keep going, so signing up for the half-marathon would give me something to work towards. I probably won’t be completely ready (ie, not be able to run the entire time) but I’m pretty sure I can walk/jog that distance.