My business coach has challenged me to make a list of my one-year goals and my five-years goals. It's actually harder than it sounds. However, after coming across Location 180 yesterday and reading all of that great content, a bucket list seemed like a great idea that would accomplish those goal lists while really thinking about what I want to do in life. Okay, maybe these things don't quite have the one-year, five-year timeline that might be needed for these things (and probably what my business coach really wanted me to do), but bucket lists are better and more fun and I wanted to make that instead. I also really like the name, "Bucket List," because I really like the word 'bucket.' Anyway, here's my list:
- Win a WSOP bracelet
- Win a WPT title
- Play in Bobby's Room at the Bellagio
- Be debt free
- Own a car
- Own a house
- Earn my income primarily through an online business
- Visit every state in the union
- Visit every country in the world
- Testify before Congress
- Write a New York Times bestseller
- Appear on national television (and not through a one-second shot in the stands either)
- Own a painting
- Make $100,000 in one year
- Become a millionaire
- Don't eat out for an entire month
- Be vegan for a whole year (and hopefully stay that way)
- Put 100 slideshows on Slideshare
- Get 1500 subscribers to this blog
- Build three niche sites as part of my online business/media empire
- See the Grand Canyon
- Attend a World Cup
- Attend a summer or winter Olympics
- Give a TED talk
- Be able to have a conversation in a second language
- Meet the President of the United States
- Have a net worth of over $500,000
- Collect over 100 decks of cards (I like to collect decks of cards)
- Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Visit Stonehenge
- See Macchu Picchu
- Ride a gondola in Italy
- Spend New Year's Eve in Sydney
- Stand in the crown at the Statue of Liberty
- Visit the Pyramids of Giza
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Visit the Colosseum
- Tour the Neuschwanstein Castle
- Ride a Cable Car in San Francisco
- Rent a bungalow in Bora Bora
- Get a masters degree
- Play poker in Macao
- Tour Petra
- See Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
- Visit Easter Island
- Go to the airport and take the next random flight
- Visit Niagara Falls
- See Old Faithful
- Get Married
- Be on Survivor or Jeopardy
- Visit a death row inmate
- Shoot a gun
- Learn to sew
- Meet Oprah Winfrey
- Be elected into political office
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- See the Parthenon in Greece
- Collect over 100 Matrushka dolls
- Read the Bible in full
- Give a commencement speech at a major university
- Join Toastmasters International
- Stand atop the Eiffel Tower
- Stay at the Icehotel in Sweden
- Tour Hagia Sofia
- Explore the Paleolithic Cave Art in Altamira
- Hang from Toronto’s CN Tower
- Float around the Dead Sea
- Ride an elephant
- Be interviewed by Barbara Walters or by Jon Stewart
- Start my own non-profit organization
I'll leave it there. I think that's an amazing list. These things can go on forever because there's so much to see, to do, to own, and to learn in this world. There's also a lot of things that would be cool to do, but if I died and I didn't do it, I'd be okay. Like, attend the major golf tournaments, or bungee jump, or climb mountains. It would be cool to climb Mount Everest or something, but quite frankly, I really don't think I'm ever going to do that. I have no interest in rock climbing right now, and I don't have very much athletic prowess, so I really have no real desire to climb any mountains. Kind of like with the golf thing. To see Tiger Woods golf in person would be neat, but I don't really care for golf.