Inspired by author, blogger, conference planner, and world traveler Chris Guillebeau, I created a life list, also known as a bucket list, in 2011. This list is alive and evolving. I hope to live out my dreams and share them with you. Follow links to learn more about the goal or how I completed it.
2018
Launch a SAAS Product – Carryover from 2017
Fly myself to Las Vegas for a weekend – Carryover from 2017
Land first paid speaking gig – Carryover from 2017
Finish Personal Profitability Book
Crate Personal Profitability Course
Five Year
Visit India for two weeks
Attend South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival
Go to Burning Man
Lifetime
Visit Every State in The United States (See State Tracking Page)
Spend Passover in Jerusalem
Tour Machu Picchu
Spend six months in Europe
Drive a race car really fast on a race track
Smoke a Cuban cigar in Cuba
I don’t have a specific goal for countries, but I’m tracking them here.
2017
Average $10k+ monthly earnings
Buy a house
Speak at a conference
2016
Earn Private Pilot’s License – Finished my license in April, 2016
Take my daughter overseas – We went to London and Paris in April
Take the leap to full-time self-employment
Survive the year on self-employed income without digging into savings
2015
Visit Spain
See The Rock of Gibraltar (from lifetime list)
Dance in Las Vegas with Tiesto
Fly a plane – First flight on 6/21/2015 (from lifetime list)
Become a Dad (from lifetime list)
2014
Get married
Visit Canada
Learn Curling – Took curling lesson in February
Make My Own Pickles
Bought a house! (Was not originally on my “life list” but noteworthy nonetheless)
2013
Publish a paper book
Spend a weekend in Las Vegas (carried over from 2012 list)
Go to Israel
Get new hardwood floors at home
Visit at least one friend out of town
Read the entire Harry Potter series
2012
Visit a friend somewhere outside of Colorado
Pay off student loans
Create a niche website that makes money – See my new Elk Hunting site –Success!
2011
Visit London for a week
Get LASIK/PRK and stop wearing glasses
Learn to DJ
Before 2011
Write a book (see personalfinancearsenal.com)
Record a CD (see HWChet.com)
Extended trip to Israel
Abandoned Goals
Climb All Colorado 14ers (See my 14er tracking page) – Moved out of Colorado in December, 2013. Decided to put my efforts into other goals that I find more valuable.