Life Goals List

The Life Goals List (Now the “before 35 list”):

(Note: I’ve changed this list to be accomplished before reaching 35 years old. At that point, I will then begin to “settle down.”)

Traveling:

• Travel To All 50 States (46/50)

• Travel To All Seven Continents (3/7)

• Drive The Dempster Highway to the Arctic Ocean

• Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway

• Ride The West Highland Line in Scotland

• Live in Another Country For at Least a Month (Lived in Brazil for 6 Weeks)

• Drive The Trail Ridge Road in Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park

Jiu Jitsu:

• Earn a Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt (Current: Blue Belt, 2 Stripes)

• Train Jiu Jitsu in 25 Different States (20/25)

• Train Jiu Jitsu in 25 Different Countries (7/25)

• Train Jiu Jitsu in Brazil (Completed During 6-week Trip in Florianopolis 2020, Trained at Gracie Barra Headquarters and Rolled with Carlos Gracie Jr.)

• Attend a BJJ Globetrotters Camp

• Compete in a Jiu Jitsu Competition (2022 in Maryland & 2023 in Denver)

Finances / Achievements:

• 6 Months’ Income Saved

• Credit Card Debt-Free

• Start a “Passion Project”

• Build Multiple Streams of Income

• 1 Month’s Expenses Saved

• Have a Financed IRA

• Maintain Min/Max Level of Desired Income

• Become a Certified Wilderness First Responder

• Graduate College (Graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and a Minor in Communication Studies)

• Bench 225, Squat 315, Deadlift 405

• Run a 5k in Less than 25 Minutes

• Run a 10k (Crescent City Classic in New Orleans)

Business:

• Rent Coworking Space

• Become CFO to an Over 1 Million Dollar a Year Business

• Reach the Point of YouTube Channel Monetization

• Reach and Maintain Revenue Goal

• Start a Remote, Location-Independent Business

• Join Local Chamber of Commerce and BNI Organization, Present Speeches in Both. (Lunch n Learn Host for Chamber of Commerce and Provided 15 minute Presentation During BNI Meeting

• Create an Online Course

• Become My Own Boss

Writing:

• Write & Publish a Personal Memoir Book

• Write an Essay on Training Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil

• Write an Essay on Climbing Mount Whitney and then Las Vegas

• Write an Essay on Climbing Mount Cayambe in Ecuador

• Write an Essay on Experience in Guatemala with Chicken Bus

• Write an Essay on BJJ Experience in Belize

• Write an Essay on Meeting People & Building a Community while Traveling

• Write an Essay on Trekking the West Highland Way in Scotland

• Write an Essay on Climbing Mount Chimborazo Climb in Ecuador

Family:

• Go on a Trip with my Brother

• Take my Nephew(s) on an International Trip

• Go on a Trip with my Mom

• Go on a Trip with my Sister

• Go on a Trip with my Dad

• Take my Nephew(s) Camping

• Adopt a Dog

• Maintain Annual Tradition of Trout Camp Parties at Family Cabin in Pennsylvania

Skills:

• Coffee: At-home Coffee Bean Grinding and Pour-Over Technique. Also Learn about the Basics of how it is Harvested, Roasted, and Traded around the World as well as it’s Origins in the World’s Different Regions

• Writing

• Accounting

• Entrepreneurship

• Jiu Jitsu

• Personal Finance

• Philosophy / Psychology

• Health & Fitness

• Goal Setting, Planning, & Strategizing

• Hiking, Backpacking, & Mountaineering

• Traveling

• Video Production & Editing

• Video Gaming

• WWII History

• Guitar

• Wilderness Medicine

• Landscape Photography

• Fishing

• Learn the Basics of Indoor Climbing

Mountaineering:

• Summit 35 Colorado 14ers (Mountains Over 14,000’) Before 35 (8/35)

• Climb Mt Fuji in Japan in 1 Day Solo & Unguided

• Climb Mount Katahdin, Maine

• Complete the “3 Peaks Challenge” in Morocco in 3 days, Solo & Unguided

• Climb Aconcagua, Chile

• Mount Kenya, Africa

• Mount Rainier, Washington

• Climb The Matterhorn, Switzerland/Italy

• Climb Cayambe (19,000’), Ecuador

• Climb the World’s Highest Mountain: Chimborazo, Ecuador

• Climb a Colorado 14er in the Middle of Winter

• Climb Mt Whitney (14,500’), California (Crampon Sumitted via Winter Route)

• Climb the Highest Point in Arizona, 12,633’ Humphreys Peak

• Use Crampons to Summit a Volcano in Oregon or Washington (Crampon Summited Volcanoes: Mt Bachelor, South Sister & Mount Adams in Oregon & Washington)

Backpacking:

• Trek Across the 43-mile Nakahechi Pilgrimage Route in Japan in 3 days Solo & Unguided

• Trek the 50-mile Markha Valley Trek in India Solo & Self-Supported in 4 Days

• Walk Across the Country of Liechtenstein in 3 Days

• Complete the 50-mile Ganden to Samye Trek in Tibet Solo & Self-Supported in 4 Days

• Walk the 30-mile Choquequirao Trek in Peru Solo & Self-Supported in 3 Days

• Cross South Georgia, Antarctica using Ernest Shackleton Route

• Walk the 26-mile Dana to Petra section of The Jordan Trail in Jordan Unguided & Self-Supported in 2 Days

• Trek The Overland Track in Australia Unguided & Self-Supported in 5 Days

• Go on a Solo, Off-Trail Multi-Day Backpacking Trip in the Wilderness

• Complete a Thru-Hike of the 30-mile Art Loeb Trail in Asheville, NC in 3 Days

• Backpack The Pemigewasset Loop, New Hampshire

• Complete The Lost Creek Wilderness Loop in Colorado in 3 Days

• Walk the 96-Mile West Highland Way in Scotland Solo & Unassisted in 5 Days

• Walk The Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim (& Back)

Coffee:

• Purchase Single-Origin Coffee Beans from 20 Different Countries and Prepare at Home (5/20)

• Drink Coffee in a Japanese Garden

• Drink Coffee in a French Café

• Drink Coffee in a Reykjavik Coffee Shop

• Drink Coffee in a Vienna Coffee Shop

• Drink Coffee in a Rome Coffee Shop

• Drink Coffee in a Melbourne coffee shop

• Drink Coffee in a London Coffee Shop

• Visit a Coffee Farm (Visited Single-Family Coffee Farm in Guatemala)

• Drink Coffee in Colombia

• Drink coffee in Brazil

• Drink coffee in Seattle (Original Starbucks)

• Drink Kona Coffee in Hawaii

History:

• Visit Omaha Beach (D-Day), Normandy, France

• Visit Hitler's Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), Germany

• Visit The Auschwitz State Museum, Poland

• Visit The Cabinet War Rooms, London

• Visit Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site, China

• Visit The Pyramids in Egypt

• Read The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

• Read all 13 Books in Bernard Cornwell’s “Saxon Series” (8/13)

• Read War and Peace

• Read The Wolf Hall Full Trilogy

• Read “The Odyssey” by Homer

• Read “Gates of Fire”

• Read “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”

• Read “Musashi”

• Read “Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind”

• Read “Empire of a Summer Moon”

• Read “The Splendid and the Vile”

• Read “Ghengis Khan, The Making of the Modern World”

• Read “Hero of the Empire”

• Read “The Ghost Ships of Archangel”

• Read “The Devil in the White City”

• Read “A Brief History of Earth”

• Read “Beneath a Scarlett Sky”

Animals To See in the Wild

• Camel

• Elephant

• Gorilla

• Jellyfish

• Kangaroo

• Komodo Dragon

• Lion

• Octopus

• Orangutan

• Panda Bear

• Grizzly Bear

• Polar Bear

• Parrot

• Tarantula

• Penguin

• Rhino

• Tiger

• Zebra

• Hear a Howler Monkey

• Crocodile

• Sea Turtle

• Bison

• Bald Eagle

• Red Deer Stag Buck

• Alligator

• Monkey

• Shark (saw a Hammerhead)

• Wolf

• Dolphins

• Big Horn Sheep

• Mountain Goat

• Moose (way too close many times while hiking including a Bull Moose during rut)

• Iguana

• Tucan 

• Black Bear (Seen a few times up close while hiking)

• Bull Elk during rut

To Experience / Explore:

• Attend a Muay Thai Fight in Thailand

• Sauna & Ice Bath in Iceland

• Explore the Depths of the Amazon Rainforest

• Train Muy Thai in Thailand

• Wrestle in Russia

• Train Jiu Jitsu in the largest MMA gym in the world (Mjölnir MMA in Reykjavik, Iceland)

• See the Northern Lights

• Land on Water in a Seaplane

• Reach Both the Highest and Lowest Points on Earth

• Attend a UFC PPV Event

• Drink a Beer (Or Whiskey) in a Scotland Pub

• Have a Street Taco in Mexico (Completed in Mexico City, 2023)

• Try New England Clam Chowder

• Have BBQ in St Louis

• Boil a Lobster in Maine

• Try Deep-Dish Pizza in Chicago

• Catch, Fillet, Cook & Eat a Trout in Colorado

• Crawfish Boil in Louisianna

• Search for & Buy Ingredients in Pike Place Market in Seattle to Cook Lunch or Dinner

• See Metallica Live (Completed Pittsburgh 2022)

• Watch a Live Show at a Blues Bar in Mississippi (Blue Front Cafe, Bentonia, MS, 2022)

• See a Las Vegas Show (Blue Man Group, 2021)

• Scuba Dive (Completed in Puerto Rico 2023)

• Walk on Broadway in Nashville

• Ride on a local “Chicken Bus” in Central America

• Listen to Jazz in French Quarter, Louisiana (also ran in Crescent City Classic 10k event)

• Sleep in a Co-Ed Hostel Dorm

• Witness a No-Light Pollution Night Sky (Many Times, Notable Nights are Backpacking in New Hampshire, Colorado, Arizona & Hawaii)

• Explore The Colorado River

• Explore The Mississippi River

• Go on a “Bikepacking” Trip (San Juan Island, Washington)

• Go Backpacking Somewhere in Nevada and then go and Stay in a Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip

• Go Snowshoeing

• Visit All Five Great Lakes

• Visit Glacier National Park

• Hike in The Grand Tetons (Backpacked Two Nights)

• Visit The Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

• Visit Niagra Falls

• Participate in a Mosh Pit

• Attend a Music Festival

• Explore some Pablo Escobar Spots in Medellin, Colombia

• Visit The Grand Canyon

• Visit Mount Rushmore

• See Old Faithful Erupt in Yellowstone

• See an Active Volcano Eruption at Night (Kilauea Volcano on Big Island, Hawaii at 4AM, 2023)

• Go Deep Sea Fishing (Massachusetts)

• Catch a Fish through Ice on Top of a Frozen Lake (Dowdy Lake, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, 2019)

• Build a CamperVan and Move into it (Lived in Van and Traveled Full-Time around United States for Two Years, 2021 & 2022)

Read Non-Fiction Adventure Books:

• “In the Heart of the Sea”

• “Into the Wild”

• “Arabian Sands”

• “The Worst Journey in the World”

• “The Lost City of Z”

• “Farther Than Any Man: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook”

• “The Perfect Storm”

• “River of Darkness”

• “Over the Edge of the World”

• “Into Africa”

• “In Harm’s Way”

• “Wanderlust: an Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age”

• “Into Thin Air”

• “Endurance”

• “Touching the Void”

• “Alive”

• “To Shake the Sleeping Self”

• “Dead Mountain”

• “Annapurna”

• “The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Globetrotter”

• “The River of Doubt”

• “No Picnic on Mount Kenya”

• “The Crystal Horizon”

• “Mother of God”

• “River of the Gods”

Read Philosophy/Psychology Books:

• The Fountainhead

• Nicomachean Ethics: Aristotle

• Atlas Shrugged

• Anthem

• We the Living

• Why Businessmen Need Philosophy

• Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand

• Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

• Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand

• For the New Intellectual

• The Romantic Manifesto

• The Voice of Reason

• Understanding Objectivism

• Free Market Revolution

• Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality

• Rationality

• The Virtue of Selfishness

• Thus Spoke Zarathustra

• The Stranger

• The Essential Enneagram

• The Alchemist

• Meditations

• Walden

• The Old Man and the Sea

• Epicurus and the Pleasant Life

• The Happiness Hypothesis

• Essentialism

• The Art of War

• The Book of Five Rings

• A New Stoicism

• The Ethics of Ambiguity

• The Existentialist’s Survival Guide

• The Monkey Wrench Gang

• Secrets of Simplicity

• Liberty Defined

• Stillness is the Key

• Man’s Search for Meaning

• The Power of Meaning

• The Four Agreements

• The Stoic Challenge

• The Happiness of Pursuit

• The Art of Non-Conformity

• The Power of Now

• How to Change the Way You Think

• Nature

• The Vagabond’s Way

• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

• Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

• Courage is Calling

• Discipline is Destiny

• Lives of the Stoics

• Living for Pleasure: an Epicurean Guide to Life

• The Principle Doctrines of Epicurus

• On the Nature of Things

• Scarcity Brain

• The Comfort Crisis

• Dopamine Nation

• Self-Reliance

• How to Be an Existentialist

Read Business, Leadership, Self-Improvement & Leadership Books

• Elon Musk

• Deep Work

• Slow Productivity

• Digital Minimalism

• The War of Art

• Thinking, Fast and Slow

• Think and Grow Rich

• Can’t Hurt Me

• Never Finished

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Principles

• The Freelancer’s Bible

• Profit First

• E-Myth

• Tribe of Mentors

• The $100 Startup

• How To Be a Capitalist Without Any Capital

• Traction

• Company of One

• Essentialism

• This is Marketing

• The Dip

• When to Quit and When to Stick

• The 4 Hour Workweek

• How to Win Friends & Influence People

• Extreme Ownership

• Atomic Habits

Video Games:

• “100%” (Complete all Achievements) Starfield

• Complete The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• “100%” The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

• Beat “Shadow of the Erdtree” Elden Ring DLC

• Beat Elden Ring w/ no Respecs

• Complete the Red Dead Redemption 2 Main Story

• Complete The Witcher 3 and all DLCs

• Complete Fallout 4 and all DLCs

• Complete Skyrim

• Complete Cyberpunk 2077