So just what are my goals? Here’s the list! I also will be breaking down these goals in later posts by explaining just why I want to do them and how I plan to achieve them.
You’ll notice in the list that I’ve included percentages with some of them. Those indicate how far along I am to achieving that goal. In order for a goal to be added to the list, it needed to be something that is well-defined and quantitative. I want to know exactly when I accomplish a goal.
So without further ado- my list! (Last updated 5/18/09)
Travel
1. Visit all 50 US states. (20/50; 40%)
50 States Visited
2. Fly first class on an airline.
3. Visit all seven continents. (1/7; 14%)
4. Live in a foreign country for a year
5. Fly around the world on a round-the-world ticket.
6. Go on a Panama Canal cruise.
7. Spend 3 weeks in New Zealand.
8. Go overseas.
9. Take a roadtrip with friends
10. See Niagara Falls
11. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
12. See the “bean” in Chicago.
13. Go see a taping of the Colbert show in New York City.
14. Cross into Canada by boat.
15. Cross into Canada by foot.
16. Have a steak dinner in Argentina.
17. Visit Cedar Point
18. See the Hong Kong light show.
19. See a taping of NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” in Chicago.
20. Visit all the US national parks. (3/58; 5%)
21. Wear the clothing of a native country in that country.
22. Take a gondola through the canals of Venice.
23. Visit one of the international Girl Scout houses.
24. Fly on Singapore airlines.
25. Go see an Olympics sporting event in person.
26. Visit all of Canada’s territories and provinces. (2/12; 16.6%)
27. Visit the Galapagos islands.
28. Ride Amtrak’s “City of New Orleans” train.
29. Fly 100 airline routes. (20%)
A map of all routes flown so far:
Routes Flown
Or for more info, you can visit my Flightmemory page.
30. Visit Easter Island.
31. Take a trip through the Chunnel.
Adventures
32. Enjoy wine and cheese while watching an outdoor movie.
33. Ride on a zipline.
34. Ride in a hot-air balloon.
35. Hold up a sign in the Today Show crowd.
36. Have breakfast at Tiffany’s.
37. Sing in the rain.
38. See the world’s biggest ball of twine.
39. Be a pollworker.
40. Go parasailing.
41. Swim with dolphins.
42. Go scuba diving.
43. Take an overnight kayak trip.
44. Spend the night in a treehouse.
45. Feel the rain down in Africa.
46. Spend the night at a bed and breakfast.
47. Attend a wine tasting.
48. Ride on a camel.
49. Experience freefall on a zero-g plane.
50. Plan and take an out-of-state trip in less then 24 hours.
51. Ride in a rickshaw.
52. Stand in two places at once.
53. Go to a market and barter for an item.
54. See snow in the city.
55. Visit an In ‘n Out.
56. See penguins in the wild.
Skill-building
57. Maintain an active blog for a year.
58. Learn intermediate Spanish.
59. Work in a bookstore for 3 months.
60. Try 50 new recipes and keep track of them by taking photos of the dishes.
61. Become a millionaire. (>10%)
62. Get paid to be a tour guide.
63. Finish Guitar Hero II on Hard.
64. Fly solo in an airplane.
65. Knit a blanket.
66. Make a pillow quilt.
67. Change the oil myself in my car.
68. Learn how to play Coldplay’s “Clocks” on piano.
69. Work at a hotel for 3 months.
70. Make my own candles.
71. Make sushi.
72. Bake bread.
73. Make a beanbag dragon.
Health
74. Eat a no-meat diet for 30 days.
75. Run a marathon.
76. Run a 5k race.
77. Run a 10k race.
78. Run a half-marathon
79.Floss for 30 days straight. Completed 12/25/08
Giving Back
80. Donate $100 to Kiva.
81. Do something very special for some of my loved ones.
82. Do volunteer work on another continent.
83. Participate in a Habitat for Humanity project.
84. Volunteer at a Give Kids the World event.
85. Make a pledge during an NPR or PBS pledge drive.
Other
86. Buy a condo
87. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays.
88. Read “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. (Completed 3/02/09)
89. Collect all of C.S. Lewis’ writings.
90. Establish a dinner club and keep it going for at least six months.
91. Buy all of Donald Miller’s books. (Completed 2/11/09)
92. Have a penpal for at least six months.
93. Frame and hang 10 pictures of friends and family to display in my apartment.
94. Fill 5 journals with my traveling adventures.
95. Watch all 100 films on the 2007’s AFI’s Top 100 films list. (31%)
96. Post 10,000 pictures on Facebook. (1,365/10,000; 13.7%)
97. Try a Malbec wine.
98. Host a wine tasting with wines I’ve brought back from other places.
99.Pay off my car. Completed 5/14/09
100. Write a book and get it published.
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First – kudos for, figuratively, putting this down on paper as it make the list tactile and measurable.
You’ve got some things that are on my yet-unwritten list (See an sporting event at the Olympics) and some that I’ve already completed (Cedar Point – awesome coasters … need to go back again).
One comment: why just fly solo in an airplane? The commitment to get to solo is about less than 1/2 way to getting your pilot’s license. Go all the way and then you’ll have freedom to go almost anywhere when the weather is relatively good
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I learned to fly in the Orlando area If you are interested in learning to fly, I know of a few places where you can ask questions and see if the teaching styles suit your learning style.
Good luck!
By: Joe J on May 19, 2009
at 10:54 pm
Hi Joe! Thank you so much for the comment- nice to know that others are enjoying this site. As for flying solo, I wrote the list before I had done any research into what it takes to fly a plane and didn’t realize that flying solo took place as part of the certification process. When I do tackle that goal, I plan to go for my private pilot license.
Any recommendations that you have about places to learn how to fly would be great. I’m not going to be able to start training yet since I need to save up the money first. But in the meantime, I’m playing around with flight simulators to better understand how a plane works.
Thanks for reading!
By: Lizzy on May 20, 2009
at 2:23 am
Flight simulators – I saw the tweet earlier.
I learned to fly over at Air Orlando at Orlando Executive Airport (319 Crystal Lake Drive). In fact, I’m planning on renting there this weekend as I’ll be in town. They have really well maintained aircraft – mostly newer model Cessnas for trainer airplanes.
Up in Sanford, there’s Falcon Flight Sanford (1110 Spinner Lane). They tend to have older, but also well-maintained equipment, which means that it’s less expensive to rent there.
A few of my instructors were graduates of Delta Connection Academy in Sanford. They run a very structured program, called a Part 141 school. DCA is geared for those who want to go to the airlines.
If you want to know how airplanes fly, you can download the two books from the FAA that are the basis of primary (private) pilot training: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/ Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/ Airplane Flying Handbook. The books aren’t too technicaland written to impart the required knowledge for the written and oral tests.
Finally, go to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Let’s Go Flying Web site at http://www.letsgoflying.com. They’ve got great resources on getting started with lessons.
Make sure that you “click” with your instructor. I had an instructor early in my training that didn’t provide any constructive feedback on my flying technique that I chose to find another instructor after five flights.
I also noticed that you had some wine items on your list. Have you ever been to Eola Wine Company (Central & Osceola – Lake Eola)? The manager, Jenny, is great with selecting wines. They also have wine flight tastings on the menu so that you can try different types/regions.
By: Joe J on May 20, 2009
at 6:25 am
Thank you so much for all the flying information. It is exactly what I was looking for. I actually found the AOPA site last week and I’ve been spending my free time reading all the info there.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Eola Wine Company from friends who have been there. The next time I’m in the area I’ll have to stop in and look around.
Thanks again!
By: Lizzy on May 20, 2009
at 6:56 pm