LIFE LIST OF GOALS

I believe in the idea that we have a role in designing the life we live. Setting goals to me is more than just a to-do list rather it's alignment to the life we want to live. Below are my goals that if I am able to accomplish them I would break out into a Mourinho style celebration each and every time. These are milestones of progress on my journey to living the life I want. By sharing them with you it makes them feel more real and helps me stay accountable (thanks!). Some goals have been inspired by friends or people I admire and all are sparked from my passions of travel, food and wine and (some would say my obsessions of) health and fitness, outdoor adventure, sports and sports history, and constant learning. My family, financial and work goals I haven't included, saving that for a different exercise, different day :)


1. Give an annual donation to my alma mater the single greatest educational institution ever - the University of Portland!
2. Step on the field with my hero Mia Hamm (Canada vs USA, June 30, 2001)
3. Visit Alaska (summer or winter I still can't decide which one I want to do more...)
4. Trek the Haute Route 10-day ski hut tour from Chamonix to Zermatt
5. Complete a marathon (Los Angeles, March 20, 2011)
6. Visit every continent (Africa, Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, South America)
7. Heli-ski
8.  Learn a second language (French)
9. Go to the Summer Olympics
10. Go to the Winter Olympics (Salt Lake, 2002)
11. Kiss my rouge prince charming in Paris 
12. Live on the water in some form (a floating home, yacht, sailboat...) for at least 30 days
13. Do enough activity in one day to hit 10,000 fuel points on my NikeFuelband
14. Jog 160k in one month
15. Cat-ski (Island Lake Lodge, Fernie, BC, December 27, 2011)
16. Learn how to kiteboard
17. Research + write a paper at the Olympic Studies Center in Lausanne (January - August 2008)
18. Eat a fully vegan diet for 21 days
19. Learn a third language
20. One year of monthly blog posts
21. Share a meal with people on my Beautiful Rebellion list (Old Well @ Nike WHQ, Portland, OR, January 28, 2013 - thanks Simon!)
22. Invite five people on a personal board of directors/mentors
23. Get married to my rouge prince charming (Bahamas, May 26, 2012)
24. Introduce myself to one person a day for one year
25. Live abroad with my rouge prince charming
26. Go on a road trip with my nieces and nephew
27. Be part of a crew on a multi-day sailing trip
28. Sit on a BOD for a not-for-profit organization
29. Learn a ballroom dance like swing, salsa or the tango 
30. Learn to cook five signature dishes and then host five dinner parties
31. Be an entrepreneur, build a profitable business
32. Have lunch with a successful entrepreneur
33. Go to a MLB World Series game
34. Go to an NHL Stanley Cup final game
35. Finish an ultramarathon
36. No booze for a full month (April 11, 2013 marks 23 weeks without a drop thanks to this baby boy growing inside me :)
37. Travel to Alexandria, Egypt and visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
38. Teach at an academic institution
39. Coach a soccer team
40. Watch a Dave Matthews Band concert at the Gorge 
41. Do a multi-day summer hiking trip
42. Visit the holy sites of five religons (1. Golden Temple - Amritsar, India 1998, 2. Baha'i House of Worship - Delhi, India 1998, 3. St. Peter's Basilica - Rome, Italy 2009) 
43. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway in a convertible Porsche 911 
44. Learn how to throw a boomerang
45. Go to a FIFA World Cup and Women's World Cup (WWC 2003, Portland, USA)
46. Introduce two people who fall in love
47. Swim in the rain with my rouge prince charming (Bahamas, May 2012)
48. Create a beautiful garden
49. Go on a yoga retreat
50. Sweat every single day for the rest of my life
51. Send a hand-written letter at least once a week
52. Build a ridiculous wine collection
53. Earn a black belt in taekwondo (1995)
54. Mentor a female high school student
55. Mentor a female university student
56. Compete on a doubles team in a sanctioned tennis tournament
57. Host a French-speaking dinner party in my community
58. Own a piece of art from an artist I admire
59. Attend a House/DJ music concert (David Guetta and Tiesto, Paris, 2008)
60. Go to a UEFA Champions League final
61. Go on an African safari (South Africa, 2001) 
62. Fund a student's way through college
63. Take my dad out on a father/daughter date 
64. Take my mom out on a mother/daughter date (Seattle, November 2012, thanks mom!)
65. Learn how to be a compelling writer
66. Go on a volunteer mission with family members 
67. Play pelada (soccer in some form) in each continental confederation geography, as per FIFA (1. CONCACAF - Canada, USA, Barbados, Bahamas 2. UEFA - France, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Germany 3. AFC - Australia)