July162008

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Re-evaluation

About a year ago I sat down with Crystal and wrote out my life goals. I’m having a hell of a rough month, so I decided to re-read them to give me some hope. I thought I’d share.

2 year goals (Age 30-32)

  • May: Fix roof. Done!
  • September: Furnish backyard for fall. Yeah, missed that one, but working on it.
  • Cheer Crystal on for a marathon! Done!
  • Get a bachelor’s degree. OMG almost there, and so happy about it.
  • Pay off credit card debt. Again, progress.
  • Take a one week camping and hiking trip with Crystal. Wow, I’d forgot about this one. I’d still like to do this.
  • Fit comfortably in a 32 waistband again for the rest of my life. This is just funny. No progress at all.
  • Learn Scheme (a programming language.) Depending on your definition of learn, yes.
  • Contribute to an open source project Oh, hell yes. All over this.

5 year goals (Age 30-35)

  • Take a long (1 month+) trip with Crystal to Asia.
  • Write a technical book. Failed on this once; have more ideas.

10 year goals (Age 30-40)

  • Get a master’s degree. Applying to UNC and NCSU for fall 2009.

20 year goals (Age 30-50)

  • Teach school. Actually, maybe close. Durham Tech needs people to teach HTML, CSS, and PHP. They need people bad enough that they’ll accept teachers with a bachelor’s degree and industry experience. I’m applying after I graduate.
  • Retire with financial security.

I’m kind of surprised at my progress. Cool. I’m going to write a new set and see what happens.