- Languages (I'm terrible at speaking/listening, but reading/writing)
- Sign
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Japanese
- French (resurrected from high school/college)
- German
- Arabic
- Mastery of a Topic
- Nations (culture/history/mythology/politics/economy
- Turkey
- India
- Scandinavia
- Scotland
- People
- Albert Einstein
- Aristotle
- Augustine of Hippo
- Thomas Aquinas
- people whose names don't start with A - I promise, I'm interested
- History
- early Chistian church
- Rennaissance
- Enlightenment
- democratic revolutions through history
- Persian history
- Religion
- Islam
- Current Issues
- healthcare
- campaign finance
- environment
- Constitutional/political processes
- Trivia to keep the mind flexible and win pub games
- US states/capitals
- Canadian provinces/capitals
- Mexican states/capitals
- Countries/capitals
- Major bodies of water
- Presidents/Vice-Presidents
- Greek letters
- Write
- Blog (well I'm accomplishing something on this list!)
- Published stories
- Published/referenced essays
- Read
- Bible in parallel with several different versions (database to store and analyze?)
- Qur'an
- Other religions' texts
- complete Isaac Asimov series
- all Hugo/Nebula award winners
- Brittanica Great Books selections
- Programming
- Earn Oracle certification of some kind
- Learn non-SQL language to actually build a usable tool
- Put my finances-tracking spreadsheet into a database/app
- Use data to "solve" Farkle
- List management application for help with memorization (see Trivia)
- Places
- Live in other states/countries long enough to get a feel for them (although I have no doubt Austin, TX, will remain my favorite)
- Summit mountains - not adventure/rock-climbing, just hikes up the Rockies, etc.
- There's no place I couldn't find something to enjoy
- Apply that last bullet point to Central Texas
- Physical Activity/Health
- Dunk a basketball
- Be able to flick a racquetball from anywhere on the court to the back wall
- Play 1-2 hours of decent basketball
- Play hard for a full racquetball game
- Swim
- Stop needing pills
- Wear an XL size
- Impact on the World
- Improve public education
- Improve access to facts/objective expertise
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Goals 0.0
A while back I listed goals I had while growing up. I'm still trying to determine goals, and thought the next step would be listing out everything I've considered wanting to do/be in recent memory. Consider this a preliminary brainstorming session - could add more to any category or even more categories - in no particular order. Your feedback is highly encouraged.
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