Life Goals

Submitted by diaskeaus on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 12:42
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  1. Win the Nobel Prize for Literature
  2. Win the Pulitzer Prize
  3. Write 100 books (1 so far)
  4. Write 10,000 poems
  5. Visit every country (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, England, Scotland, Canada, Andorra, Mexico, Honduras, China, Thailand)
  6. Marry and have children
  7. Receive an honorary PhD
  8. Receive an honorary M.Div
  9. Have my photos shown in an art gallery
  10. Own a house on the Isle of Man
  11. Learn Chinese, Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian
  12. Win the World Fantasy, Hugo, and Nebula awards
  13. Photograph every country (United States, Honduras, Italy, England)
  14. Be on a first name basis with several world leaders
  15. Write theological books
  16. Compose music
  17. Film documentaries and have them shown in theaters
  18. Visit the seven wonders of the ancient and modern world
  19. Be published in National Geographic
  20. Eat food from every culture
  21. Write movie reviews and book reviews on every movie and book I’ve seen or read
  22. Prayer-supported (not dependent on finances)
  23. Start a worldwide prayerwalking movement
  24. Pay off my school loans
  25. Keep a daily journal my whole life
  26. Get a Master’s degree
  27. Learn about how a car works and how to build one
  28. Design an interactive, online world
  29. Invent a new literary style
  30. Take the Greyhound to every US state
  31. Bike the US
  32. Go Go-Karting, hang-gliding, sky-diving, ice fishing
  33. Build a computer from scratch

  34. WRITE:
  35. A The Joyful Debt (3)
  36. The Chronicles of Dagan (10)
  37. The Shadows of Deichao (10)
  38. Hypernet novels (2)
  39. The Dreamtime Run (10)
  40. Contemporaries (10)
  41. In Time of War (10)
  42. The Analects of Eden (3)
  43. The Legend of MUU (10)
  44. Fugue (10)
  45. Dreaming Eternal (10)

  46. VISIT:
  47. Great Pyramid of Giza – ride a camel
  48. Great Wall of China – visit where the Mongolians came in
  49. Taj Mahal – walk the extent of the gardens
  50. Serengeti Migration – take a safari
  51. Galapagos – camp overnight
  52. *Grand Canyon – (not done) camp at the bottom
  53. Machu Picchu – take a flower and a stone
  54. Channel Tunnel – drive through
  55. CN Tower – go to the top and take pictures
  56. Empire State Building – release a balloon
  57. *Golden Gate Bridge – jog across
  58. Itaipu Dam
  59. Netherlands’ Tidal Defences
  60. Panama Canal
  61. Potola Palace
  62. *Colosseum
  63. Pyramids of Chichen Itza
  64. Statues of Easter Island
  65. *Tower of Pisa
  66. Angkor Wat
  67. Ayers Rock
  68. Lhasa

  69. RESEARCH GOD'S WORK (and publish material) IN:
  70. Indonesia
  71. China
  72. India
  73. Congo
  74. Morocco
  75. Kosovo
  76. England
  77. Brazil
  78. Israel
  79. Russia
  80. France

  81. VISIT:
  82. Forbidden City
  83. *Terracotta Warriors
  84. Petra
  85. *St. Peter’s Basilica
  86. Valley of the Kings
  87. Hong Kong
  88. *Sistine Chapel
  89. *Canals of Venice
  90. Mecca
  91. Hagia Sophia
  92. *Pompeii
  93. Prague
  94. Sahara Desert
  95. Mount-St-Michel
  96. Yellowstone National Park
  97. Dubai

  99. Write Once Upon a Time
  100. Be an expert on culture
  101. Have a room of maps
  102. Own a castle on a cliff
  103. Write video games
  104. Publish card games
  105. Speak at mission conferences
  106. Get paid to travel and write
  107. Record an album

  109. Write poetry books that describe the human experience on how to live in peace and love with the world
  110. Travel to Turkey – visit Cappadocian caves
  111. Travel to Petra – travel to the Indian palace
  112. Visit the badlands of Australia
  113. Work as a photographer for a major photogenic group, magazine, or newspaper – artistic photography
  114. Do studies on video-games and the computer world
  115. Be disciplined enough to wake up early, go to sleep on time, and get my work done during the day
  116. Make enough money and time for a family
  117. Visit Prague – backpack through Europe
  118. Travel to China – visit China’s vast territories/landscapes
  119. Work as an English teacher in Japan
  120. Work on an oil-rig, off-shore
  121. Work in Alaska
  122. Go to graduate school in an ivy league school
  123. Finish North Park with high marks
  124. Cure my eyesight
  125. Fix my diet so that I am eating healthy
  126. Research old myths and keep those myths alive through short stories and novels that I write
  127. Be disciplined enough to accomplish my goals
  128. Become an English teacher who is asked for across the globe (as an excellent teacher)
  129. Draw designs which are published in a book
  130. Win literary prizes – be a lecturer at various universities
  131. Read journals with ease – subscribe to journals
  132. Be able not to need to take a job because of a debt
  133. Be debtless
  134. Write ten plays which are well-accepted and universal and performed around the world
  135. Be on constant basis with my friends from my youth
  136. Create my own three languages
  137. Be on speaking an dining terms with well-known professors
  138. Be on good terms with world leaders
  139. Keep my family as number one among my connections
  140. Trace back my family lineage to the beginning
  141. Write a series of books on world religions
  142. Read through all of Hans Kung books
  143. Work on establishing political unity for the world (so that the world can unify to protect itself against other things outside of the earth or so that the world can form a universal method of expanding itself beyond the earth)
  144. Learn how to fence
  145. Promote a new kind of historicism that is based off conflicting facts as a basis for history rather than absolute truth
  146. Take photographs of major world cities: above/within
  147. Take pictures of architectural masterpieces around the world
  148. Take pictures of natural, world landmarks from the air
  149. Become a patron of young talented artists
  150. Understand contemporary philosophy, art, poetry, literature, and try to figure out how to
  151. Create a new movement that represents the new people – the world coming together as one people with different backgrounds
  152. Write an existential non-fiction book about not despairing but living with hope for the future through action
  153. Know the homeless culture of different major cities and work to alleviate the problem
  154. Write a series of ten books about unknown or relatively unknown parts of the world
  155. Write my own compositions of music – twenty pieces
  156. Run marathons – be a runner
  157. Learn how to dance, and in the morning, exercise by dancing
  158. Be able to pull myself up a pull up bar ten times
  159. Learn how to play tennis so that I can be somewhat of a challenge to my brother
  160. Stay in different monasteries and learn about the lives of monks of different religions
  161. Write my dreams as short stories
  162. Be an expert on movies
  163. Do studies on online role-playing communities
  164. Read a book a day
  165. Take a series of photographs of people around the world – portraits
  166. Write poetry as journals – everyday as journals
  167. Travel to outer space
  168. Write papers – theses – on leading issues of the day
  169. Open a library that archives old books
  170. Open a literary café either in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or Atlanta
  171. Work with movie producers as a resource and friend
  172. Read and understand Plato and Aristotle
  173. Be a well-known theologian
  174. Keep myself clean (teeth, face, hair, body) everyday
  175. Get to know students from other schools
  176. Write down my dreams
  177. Dress well everyday

  179. Make the knowledge of space common to the people: through the application of the common telescope and an application for the computer to study and understand
  180. Map the known universe: using a 3D system, placing the stars and planets in respective orbits
  181. Create a “diamond” lantern: using angular refraction, create a cut-gem that accepts light, and through hundreds of refractions, literally “lights” up like a light bulb without electricity
  182. Write a novel that is classified as fantastical literature
  183. Write a novel that utilizes the Hero’s Journey, and is classified as literature
  184. Write a book-length poem about modern society and the problems thereof
  185. Become a distinguished poet
  186. Become a distinguished thinker
  187. Explore the universe beyond our planet
  188. Write a book explaining world religions in an un-biased tone, and explaining the creation and reason for religion in the human experience
  189. Reformat my web page to be easier to access, easier to read, and more exciting to read
  190. Become a renowned photographer
  191. Travel to all of the existing ancient wonders of the world
  192. Travel to all of the modern wonders of the world
  193. Create my own wonders of the world
  194. Write poetry in French
  195. Write poetry in Arabic
  196. Teach the world a new theology: that every book of the Bible (OT/NT both) is different, with different intentions, and therefore cannot be judged against each other – Christianity, being the followers of Christ, the “little Christs,” those who follow the teaching of Christ
  197. Design and produce an advanced scenario “chess” game
  198. Create positive change in the persecution of innocent people for their religious beliefs
  199. Discover an unknown Mayan temple
  200. Create a massive residual income – enough to not worry about traveling
  201. Open a Swiss bank account ($50,000 min)
  202. Be ‘buddies’ with major foreign leaders
  203. Master our solar system, understand every detail about the space we live in
Author Comments: 

* designates completed

buddy02/15/2006

What do the stars mean?

Nothing like setting your sights high.

diaskeaus02/15/2006

Stars mean I've completed them already... I'm hoping to fill the list with stars by the age of fifty.

192202/23/2006

You have ambitions! But that's cool.

diaskeaus02/23/2006

The way I look at it, even if I get 25%, that would be an accomplishment.

winalotta04/21/2006

I hope that you accomplish all your dreams.

The only thing is that many of the natural wonders of the ancient world have been destroyed, like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes are no longer in existence.

Also, I have been to Machu Picchu in Peru. Please do not take a stoneand/ or flower from there. If everyone took stones and flowers from there, it would destroy the beauty. It is a historic site and should be preserved for future generations.

Also, I have been to the Empire State Building and it is impossible to release a balloon from the top. You could release it from the bottom. None of the windows at the top open up. They do this so people do not jump or throw things off......safety reasons.

A great experience that you can do that would take 2 numbers off the list is doing the San Francisco marathon. During the marathon, you cross the golden gate bridge. It was incredible. But, remember this is a difficult marathon.....so it should not be your first because of all of the hills. It was a killer.

Also, when you are in the Galapogos Islands go scuba diving. It was the best diving that I have ever experienced.

Good luck with all your endevours.