Bucket List/Life Goals

Short List

Get married, have a family
Visit every state (37 down, 13 to go)
Visit every national park (12 down, 46 to go)
Climb a mountain (probably Mt Rainier)
Write a book
Do overseas mission work
Visit New Zealand
Bungee jump (New Zealand or Zimbabwe)
Hike at least a section of the Appalachian Trail (done Oct2006)
Skydive (done 25 Aug 2002)
Whitewater raft (done Summer 1996, 15 Aug 2004, 03Jul2009)

Expanded List

Family

  • Get married and have a family
  • Spoil/pamper my wife
  • Experience life to its fullest with my wife
  • Have children
  • Raise children well, to follow Christ, treat others well
  • Play ball with son in backyard, coach his little league team
  • Spoil my daughter with daddy dates, set bar high for her future husband

Career

  • Find a job that I’m passionate about, inspires me, excites me
  • Have an office with a window
  • Manage a great team of people
  • Own a small business

Education

  • Earn an advanced degree (MBA)
  • Learn a foreign language

Church/Christianity

  • Become a member of a great Bible based church with my family
  • Serve in the church (deacon, elder)
  • Be involved in the children’s ministry
  • Be involved in a weekly Bible study/fellowship
  • Have mentors/accountability partners

Finances

  • Support and provide a comfortable living for my family
  • Stay debt free
  • Pay off house by age 40
  • Be a millionaire by retirement
  • Give to my favorite charities on a consistent basis

Travel

  • Visit every state
  • Visit every national park
  • Visit 6 continents
  • Visit New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Ireland, England, Greece
  • See the Pyramids
  • Take a cruise
  • See the 7 Wonders of the Modern World
  • Take a train ride across the US/Europe
  • Spend a week in a log home in the mountains
  • Spend a week in a beach bungalo on deserted/private island

Hobbies/Interests

  • Form a puppet team and perform for children
  • Read as many books as possible
  • Learn to juggle
  • Build a model train display
  • Write a book/get published
  • Learn to pick a lock
  • Learn to ballroom dance
  • See Mat Kearney in concert
  • Learn to play the guitar
  • Learn to play the piano
  • Volunteer for at least one organization every year
  • Get elected to local government

Fitness/Adventures

  • Climb a mountain (Mt. Rainier)
  • Finish a mini-triathlon
  • Backpack across Europe
  • Go kayaking on the ocean
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Own a Jeep Wrangler
  • Bungee jump
  • Hike at least a section of the Appalachian Trail (done Oct2006)
  • Skydive (done 25 Aug 2002)
  • Whitewater raft (done Summer 1996, 15 Aug 2004, 03Jul2009)