Early in my Peace Corps service, Erin and I found ourselves lost in the hills of Paama, so we sat on a rock in the middle of a field and chatted about our future. Here’s the list of goals I came up with then:
Before I Go: Anton’s list of places to go, things to do, sunrises to see.
Run Honolulu Marathon. Surf the Pipeline. Join the Peace Corps. Write a book. Write another book. Camp at Raven’s Roost. Ride a train across Canada. Drive across Montana. Learn Spanish. Learn to cook ethnic dishes. Fly a glider. Hangglide. Ski. Raise a family. Take an annual family vacation. Travel to another country every five years. Work for the New Yorker magazine. Edit National Geographic. Collect art and display it in a home Erin and I fix up. Stay fit. Tour Napa Valle wineries. Visit Chile’s wineries. Sail across one of the oceans. Swim in the Seychelles. Spend a day naked, every year. Fall in love in Norway. Have a routine. Live spontaneously. Sea kayak Baja California. Tour Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Build a library for me. Build a library for others. Master tai chi chuan. Sew my own clothes. Own my own tuxedo. Build a wine cellar. Have a greenhouse. Take day-long walking tours.
Some of the items on that list I’d already done, and now, seven years later, I’ve accomplished even more of them, or similar things. Erin and I toured the wineries of New Zealand, we spent a night of bliss in a cabin in Norway, we have art on the walls of our home in North Carolina, and while raising a family we’ve earned two masters degrees and Erin’s working on a J.D.
Here, then, is a new listing of my life and career goals. When you’re done reading this page, help me fill out my list with your suggestions at this page.
1-year goals (2006) 9 Oct 2005
These are the goals I want to achieve in the next year:
Relaunch Zuiker Chronicles Online with the active participation of at least 5 other family members. And finally interview Anthony Zuiker about C.S.I.
Bring Brian K. Vaughan, Eisner Winner, writer of the year, creator and author of Y! The Last Man and Ex Machina comics, to the Triangle for reading of his work.
Organize a storytelling conference (Narratives of Community?) about blogging, oral history, genealogy and the memories of our senior citizens. DOING. See http://mistersugar.stikipad.com/storyblogging.
Celebrate our anniversary someplace special (read swimming pools, waterfalls, tropical drinks and passionfruit). DONE (sort of). Celebrated with good food at D.C. restaurants.
5-year goals (2010) 9 Oct 2005
These are the goals I want to achieve by the end of 2010:
Celebrate Erin’s graduation from law school.
Make a return visit to Vanuatu with Erin and the girls.
Write my own book (and get it published, naturally).
Create an online magazine, and a publishing business around that.
Run another marathon.
Bike across Morocco.
Get published in the New Yorker.
Play chess with Anna and Malia once a week.
Be debt free.
10-year goals (2015) 9 Oct 2005
These are the goals I want to achieve by the end of 2015:
Early in my Peace Corps service, Erin and I found ourselves lost in the hills of Paama, so we sat on a rock in the middle of a field and chatted about our future. Here’s the list of goals I came up with then:
Before I Go: Anton’s list of places to go, things to do, sunrises to see.
Some of the items on that list I’d already done, and now, seven years later, I’ve accomplished even more of them, or similar things. Erin and I toured the wineries of New Zealand, we spent a night of bliss in a cabin in Norway, we have art on the walls of our home in North Carolina, and while raising a family we’ve earned two masters degrees and Erin’s working on a J.D.
Here, then, is a new listing of my life and career goals. When you’re done reading this page, help me fill out my list with your suggestions at this page.