Over the last few years the one thing that I came to understand is that life is just too damn short. Our culture demands that we find our niche in the workplace and work there until our balls fall off (Reality Bites). Well...I never found my niche. I thought that there was just something out there that I was missing or that there was something wrong with me. Eventually I read a few books (Ishmael and Summit Strategies) and I came to the conclusion that work is secondary to living, a means that I put up with to achieve my goals, desires.
Since my epiphany, I started creating a goal list each year to highlight what I want from life (if it is never written down, it would never get done). So to begin my blogging career, I am highlighting my goals, my "mountains" for 2009.
My first goal is to complete a birthday challenge. This will be my first one, so we will see what happens. For my 30th birthday I have 30 hours to mountain bike 30 miles, climb 30 routes at the local climbing gym, drink 3 beers every 10 hours, and play 30 matches of Call of Duty.
Some other goals for this year are: return to Moab, Utah for a mountain bike trip; mountain bike at a ski resort; take a multiday back packing trip; visit a new national park; visit 5 new mountain bike trails; learn to swim; learn to set gear for climbing outdoors; fix up a commie to commute around town more; recycle more consistently; get a lotus tattoo with Courtney; and begin a photo journal on this site to track my shit.
Like I said my life is just too damn short. The above goals are set up to help me "live vertically" and hopefully will encourage you to do the same. We will see how is goes...........
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