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These are my adventure goals for the current orbit of our planet. I'm expanding the traditional adventure to include not only places I go and things I see, but education, creativity, career, and personal growth. I'm gamifying it, so that each "quest" has a certain amount of points associated with it.
Eventually I will build some sort of power meter to go along with this, but for right now, meh. Ooh! I should make that a goal!
| Adventure | Points | |
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Create a dynamic power meter for site (  Bonus Points: Turn it into a WordPress plugin—10pts)
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1 (+10) |
Adventures in Space
| Adventure | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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Bike the GG bridge to Sausalito and Angel Island | 10 |
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Break top speed record on skis. (Bonus Points: Hit 80+ mph—20pts) |
50 |
| ___ | Build a bug-out bag and survive unaided in the wilderness for a weekend | 80 |
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Climb Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico | 80 |
| ___ | Climb Stairway to Heaven (the Haiku Stairs) in Hawaii | 100 |
| ___ | Go deep sea fishing | 40 |
| ___ | Go Heli-skiing | 60 |
| ___ | Go horseback riding in the hills behind Palo Alto | 40 |
| ___ | Go scuba diving | 35 |
| ___ | Learn to Kiteboard like a MoFo. | 100 |
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Race Go Karts | 20 |
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Summit Mount Diablo, Mount Tamalpais, and Mount Shasta | 100 |
| ___ | Travel somewhere remote and exotic that no rational person would think to waste their money on | 100 |
| ___ | Visit every museum in San Francisco (comic book museum, etc.) | 40 |
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Visit Mainland Europe (Bonus Points: Visit a monastery and have a conversation with someone in Latin—25pts) |
100 (+25) |
| 310/955 |
Adventures in Time
| Adventure | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| ___ | Complete a firearms training course | 75 |
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Get motorcycle license | 100 |
| ___ | Get sailing certificate (have the fallback option of a life of piracy on the SF bay) | 120 |
| ___ | Go on a PCA fun run | 40 |
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Go skydiving | 100 |
| ___ | Learn how to mix drinks and bartend like a pro | 50 |
| ___ |
Learn to fly a drone (Bonus Points: Get a license from the FAA—100pts) |
60 |
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Learn to paddle board | 20 |
| ___ | Make an awesome driving video tribute to Highway 1 | 30 |
| ___ | Ride in a hot air balloon | 60 |
| ___ | Take a cooking class | 25 |
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Take a course in the water jet, machining, and magnet making at Tech Shop | 50 |
| ___ |
Take fencing classes to the next level (Bonus Points: Forge my own sword—40pts) |
80 |
| 270/810 |
Adventures in Creativity
| Adventure | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| ___ | Build a kick-ass robot (kicking ass is only one of robot’s functions) | 120 |
| ___ | Design and build a coffee table and other furniture for my apartment | 80 |
| ___ | Design my own stationary | 50 |
| ___ | Finish designing a line of home and kitchen items | 100 |
| ___ | Finish turning my xTerra into the ultimate adventure machine (custom light bar and gear rack, among others) | 75 |
| ___ |
Get member project sponsored by Planetary Society (Bonus Points: Get NDGT to take a pic doing the p-hyzacs sign—42pts) |
150 |
| ___ | Make a professional-quality oil painting and sell prints | 90 |
| ___ | Publish a small set of handmade books | 60 |
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Take a course in calligraphy | 25 |
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Write a Medium post and force it to go viral amongst my friends (Bonus Points: Include a political cartoon—50pts) |
80 |
| ___ | Write a short story and get it published (force friends to read and guilt into giving positive commentary) | 80 |
| 25/910 |
Adventures in Career
| Adventure | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| ___ |
Create a Human-centered design UX tool (Bonus Points: Submit it to Product Hunt or get it sponsored by a company1—40pts) |
80 |
| ___ | Design a new set of personal business cards and get them printed | 50 |
| ___ | Design new portfolio site and CV site | 50 |
| ___ | Give a TED talk | 200 |
| ___ | Launch an online store and get some products carried by a retailer | 125 |
| ___ | Run a successful Kickstarter campaign | 150 |
| ___ | Sell a piece of artwork (family and friends don’t count — person must legit want to buy it) | 125 |
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Start some sort of higher ed program | 120 |
| 120/900 |
Adventures in Self
| Adventure | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| ___ | Complete a meditation course at a buddhist temple | 50 |
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Get back below 12% body fat. (Bonus Points: Do 20 pullups (wide grip, legit, no cheating or BS “kipping” pull-ups)—20pts) |
120 |
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Get certified to operate a shortwave radio | 50 |
| ___ | Go on a vision quest (vision optional—your results may vary) | 75 |
| ___ |
Host a charity fundraiser event (Bonus Points: Turn it into an ongoing series and guilt friends into helping—50pts) |
125 |
| ___ | Learn acrobatics! Cartwheel and front flip. | 40 |
| ___ | Learn basic Greek and Hebrew | 125 |
| ___ | Learn to play the cello | 75 |
| ___ | Learn to rock climb | 60 |
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Take a course in yoga until I’ve mastered the basics (and have channelled my inner basic) | 60 |
| 110/780 |