I think life goals are important. Specific, measurable, documented goals. Here are mine:
Family Goals
Honeymoon in Europe- Celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
- Live to meet my great grandchildren
- Celebrate an anniversary in Paris
Go on a mission trip with a siblingGo on a mission trip with my wife- Go on a mission trip with each my kids
- Own a vacation home
- Run a 5K with my wife
- Send each of my kids on a paid for honeymoon
- Pay for my grandchildren's college education
- Take my parents and in-laws on an all-expenses paid trip
Move to a new city- Take each of my kids on a rite of passage trip
- Write an autobiography
- Take my grandchildren on vacation
Travel Goals
Visit Ferrara, Italy- Go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
- Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
- Hike to Christ the Redeemer in Rio
- Go on a walkabout in Australia
Visit the Colosseum in Rome- Visit the Taj Mahal in India
- Tour the city of Havana, Cuba
- See the Aurora Borealis
Go on an African safari- Vacation in the Maldives
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Visit the Kremlin in Moscow
Ride a gondola through Venice- Visit the Great Pyramid of Giza
Kiss my wife on top of the Eiffel Tower- Visit the Parthenon in Greece
Experience Goals
- Go to a Superbowl
- Go to a Packers game at Lambeau Field
- Go to a Yankees game at Yankee Stadium
Go to a Red Sox game at Fenway ParkGo to a Notre Dame game at Notre Dame Stadium- Go to the Olympics
- Dress up at the Kentucky Derby
- Hike the Grand Canyon
Go white water rafting- Go cave diving
Climb a waterfall- Learn to snowboard
- Learn to surf
- Take my wife to the Oscars
- Take my wife to the Charity: Water Ball
- Take a month-long vacation
- Travel by helicopter to/from a skyscraper
Physical Goals
- Run a mile in 5 minutes
Run a 5KRun a 10K- Run a half marathon
- Run a triathlon
- Run a race in each decade of life
- Swim the Escape from Alcatraz
- Bench press 250 Pounds
- Shoot a round of par golf
- Learn Tae Kwon Do
- Work out every day for a month
- Get down to 10% body fat
- Pass the Navy SEAL fitness test
- Compete in an olympic event
- Grow a legitimate beard
Influence Goals
- Write a book
- Write a published book
- Earn a 2nd degree
- Earn a law degree
- Teach a college class
- Write a nationally published article
- Live off 10% and give 90%
- Give away $1 million in my lifetime
- Speak at a tech conference
- Teach a sermon
- Write a movie script
- Speak at a college commencement
- Visit the International Space Station
- Participate in a $1 million transaction
- Give a TED talk
- Get my pilot's license