She shoots, she scores!

I attended a corporate conference this weekend with my love, N. While I was only a guest, I tagged along to some talks (when I got bored of the beautiful king size bed and bubble bath tub...). A prominent member of the company gave a nice talk to the younger sales reps about GOAL SETTING. Most of the information included things I had already learned or realized on my own accord. The talk did, however, remind me to revisit my list of goals (formerly called "Things to do before I die") and take it to the next level. The speaker challenged everyone in the room to set many achievable, quantifiable goals. I thought this was interesting, because the parameters are the same as outcome criteria when it comes to nursing interventions.

Now, this bucket list of mine was started when I was about 13, and it isn't necessarily a list of career goals. I will duplicate the list here, because it's important to put the list in places I will see and look at frequently, because that's how I will be reminded to put my thoughts into actions.

I will list every goal I ever put down (straight from the 13-y/o version), but I will modify it a bit. Italics will be for goals that I wouldn't have put down if I created this list today (i.e. outdated). Strike-out is for goals achieved!

I look forward to questions/comments about my goals!

1. Experience true love
2. Learn to snowboard
3. Be in two places at once
4. Visit the town where my father was born
5. Change someone's life
6. Learn to drive a stick-shift
7. Write a lyrical song
8. Compose a string quartet
9. Be happy with myself
10. Go on a big rollercoaster
11. Have something memorable named after me
12. Be in a movie
13. Sleep under the stars
14. Fly an airplane
15. Bungee jump
16. Parasail
17. Perform with a professional symphony
18. Be in a movie score's orchestra
19. Go to Hawaii
20. Win an award
21. Get married [to a true love]
22. Meet someone famous
23. Go to a major league baseball game
24. Be in a book dedication
25. Fly
26. Play in the Academy Awards Orchestra
27. Attend the Academy Awards as a guest/date
28. Attend a government/political ball or gala
29. Live in New York City
30. Write for a newspaper, journal, or magazine
31. Live in Italy
32. Reach and stay at goal weight
33. Be fluent in Italian
34. Have children
35. Have a house on the ocean
36. Hold an elected office in my community
37. Visit Greece
38. Revisit Mexico
39. Walk the red carpet
40. Stay at the Plaza Hotel
41. See Billy Joel in concert
42. See Paul McCartney in concert
43. Dine at Tavern on the Greene
44. Open my own cooperative health private practice
45. Pay off my student loans by age 35
46. Purchase a home by age 30
47. Visit Niagara Falls
48. Visit the Grand Canyon

Thoughts? Goals of your own? Hold yourself accountable...