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goals

things i want to keep visible before they become plans.

  1. 01

    eat my way around the world

    no itinerary, no highlights reel. just entering a city hungry and ordering something i cannot read. food feels like the most honest way into a place.

  2. 02

    build a body i can rely on

    not about how it looks. i want a body that does not quit when things get hard, that can carry weight uphill and recover and still be there in thirty years. consistency is the whole plan.

  3. 03

    do something that takes days and removes all comfort

    a long trail at altitude, cold nights, heavy pack, no signal. long enough that i stop thinking about home and start thinking about water. i want to know what i am like when there is no other option.

  4. 04

    be the kind of person people can count on

    not just for the milestone moments. for the ordinary tuesday when someone needs a call returned or a meal dropped off. i am building a life and i want the people in it to feel that clearly.

  5. 05

    make slow mornings normal

    coffee, a window, and whatever book i am halfway through. one quiet hour before the day starts asking for things.

  6. 06

    make something with no audience in mind

    writing, music, whatever it turns out to be. something where the whole point is the making. no brief, no deliverable, no one to impress. just finding out what comes out when i stop performing.

  7. 07

    live near the ocean for a while

    not a holiday. long enough for the ocean to stop feeling special and start feeling ordinary. i want to know what that does to my pace.

  8. 08

    cook proper meals for the people i love

    not only for occasions. regularly, slowly, with music on. a full table and good food and people i love feels like a version of happiness worth protecting.

  9. 09

    learn something with no professional upside

    a language, a period of history, an instrument. something where the only return is understanding. i do it because the world gets a little larger when i do.

  10. 10

    build something just because it is fun

    something small and self-contained, with no process between me and the problem. if it helps one person enough to say thanks, that would be enough.

  11. 11

    give back to where i came from

    the people and places that shaped me invested before i had done anything worth betting on. i want to repay that deliberately and not as an afterthought.

  12. 12

    go properly offline for a stretch

    long enough to get bored in the old way. the kind of boredom that eventually turns into attention. i think i would come back clearer.

  13. 13

    let money stop being the loudest voice in the room

    not a number. just enough room to make choices freely, including saying no when something lucrative does not feel right.

  14. 14

    go really deep on something technical

    i have moved fast and covered a lot of ground. now i want to choose a few things and go all the way down. not for a résumé, just to know what depth actually feels like.