Let's Make a '100 Life Goals' List!

So today I was surfing around the web, trying to come up with a concept for today’s blog post. I’ve been feeling a little bit of writer’s block lately but I came across something that really caught my eye.

There is this exercise where you list 100 life goals to complete in 10 years. I decided that I absolutely have to write about this.

Why Should You Make a 100 Life Goals List?

There are a few reasons I like this idea. The first reason is that it’s just plain important to outline your goals. What do you want to do in the next 10 years? How do you want to live your life? I think it’s important to be present in day to day life, but it’s also too easy to get consumed by the short-term. A list of goals acts as a sign post that you can check periodically to see if you’re on track.

Another reason that I like this list is because it acts as a time capsule of sorts. You can look back at it in 5 or 10 years and see which goals you completed. You can see how your goals have changed as your life has progressed.

The final reason that I like this is because it is a great way to analyze your life. What is your life like now? What do you want to improve? What’s truly important to you? It’s a great way to step outside your self and see what’s going on and where you want to steer your life.

So with all of that being said, I encourage you to join me in doing this exercise! Eventually I’m going to create a worksheet that can help guide you, but for now just pull up a Google Doc or your composition journal and start thinking! After I’m done, I’m going to tell you what some of the challenges were and what I discovered about myself through doing this.

Challenges In Outlining 100 Life Goals

When I went to make this list, I thought it was going to be pretty easy. Then I started out and could only get 10! But once I separated them into categories, it became much easier to think on what I wanted to do.

There were a couple things that helped me to really get the list going. The first was reading the lists of other people (such as Jasmine Zelda, Fully Lived, Maya Elious, and Jack Canfield). Sometimes I would take their idea entirely, other times I would simply take the premise and make my own goal. Another thing that helped was searching for “travel destinations” or “skills to learn” to help fill in other areas.

Overall I found it incredibly easy once I got some momentum. PLUS I feel like I have a much better understanding of what I want my future to look like.

My 100 Life Goals for the Next 10 Years

From July 3, 2018 to July 3, 2028 I want to complete the following life goals:

Travel

Long term travel in SE Asia and Australia
Visit every continent
Backpack through South America (particularly Colombia and Brazil but everywhere)
Visit Japan
Visit China
Visit my friend in the Philipines
Visit my friend in Latvia
Visit Ireland with my mom, brother and sister
Visit Hawaii
Backpack Greek Islands
Attend Burning Man
Attend Electric Forest music festival
Hike the PCT
Visit NYC
Travel/volunteer in Africa
Travel to Alaska
Go on a solo vacation and stay in hostels (Completed: Travelled solo and backpacked around Nicaragua in January 2018)
Road trip across America
Visit the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Swim in all 5 great lakes
Work in another country
Move to and live in a major city (besides San Francisco)
Live in a van for a while
Go on a kayaking trip
Go on a multi-night backpacking trip

Health/Fitness/Sports

Get down below 10% body fat
Get good enough at volleyball to keep up with the players at the YMCA
Maintain a caloric deficit for 5 months (until November 2018)
Bench press 200 pounds
Play on a soccer team
Go rock climbing outdoors
Try Keto diet
Quit Sugar for 30 days (Completed: Did this for 30 days in early 2018)
Quit caffeine for over 3 months
Quit nicotine for over 3 months
Squat 300 pounds
Run a half marathon
Become a stronger swimmer
Don’t eat out for a month straight
Try being a vegetarian for a month
Become a consistent 50% three point shooter in basketball
Get to 180 pounds (add 15-20 pounds muscle)
Be able to walk on my hands
Be able to do 20 pull-ups in one go

Skills

Learn to speak Spanish fluently
Get a better command of Google Analytics
Become a proficient graphic designer
Learn to draw
Become a photographer
Become a videographer
Learn to play an instrument
Take a martial arts class
Become a great dancer

Career

Publish a book
Make a full time living through digital entrepreneurship
Get a job in tech
Make at least one vlog
Start a sports gaming YouTube channel
Get 1,000 visits per day to this blog
Create a course to help people implement positive change in their lives
Master every social media channel (over 10k followers)
Become skilled at making Youtube videos
Create a mobile app
Write a piece for a major publication
Be interviewed on a podcast
Start a podcast
Finish my degree
Get a promotion
Create a viral piece of content
Write a guest post on another blog
Attend a blogging/marketing conference
Become an effective negotiator
Get a mentor
Be a mentor

Financial

Buy a house
Pay off my mom’s house
Retire my mom
Add $90k to my investment portfolio
Get spending down to $3,000 per month for 2 months straight
Sell current car and downgrade
Enroll in a credit cart that gives me points for flying

Social

Go on at least 10 dates in a 3 month span
Be in a committed relationship
Be in a casual relationship
Get married
Go out of the country with friends
Start/join a soccer team
Have a vacation fling (Completed: Happened in Nicaragua in January 2018 🙂

Habits

Establish a habit of reading for 1 hour of every day
Take 6 months off of personal social media
Establish a healthy bedtime/wake-up routine (must be for 6 months)
Write a blog post per day for 30 days
Meditate every day for 30 days
Meditate twice per day for 30 days
Journal every day for 30 days

Service

Help others with their drug/alcohol addiction
Use exclusively reusable grocery bags every time I go grocery shopping
Stop using plastic straws and silverware
Bid to host a conference and win
Volunteer for Covenant House, a group that helps homeless youth