These lists are called different things; some call them Bucket Lists others call them Goal Lists and I even hear them called Impossible Lists.
Mine is a little different.
I include a thing called Stretches.
I was introduced to stretches a few years ago by my friend Greg (from Siberia).
What is a Stretch?
It’s a challenge… meant to stretch you. To expand your experience and to push your comfort zone so you grow as a person.
Greg and his brothers would give each other challenges (hand written sealed in an envelope) to perform in areas where they thought the other needed to grow or experience.
I thought this was awesome so Greg created a challenge and handed it to me in a sealed envelope. My first challenge was the Free Hugs experiment you see below.
Since then I’ve consciously tried to challenge myself & continue growing. This is my Life Stretch List & I challenge you to get out of any rut you’re in, push your comfort zone & try something new. Get motivated you crazy mofos!
Stretches
• Give away 20 Free Hugs – Using a free hugs sign. ✓ 
• Going swimming in the ocean at sunrise… naked.
• Live homeless for 1 week
• Attend 1 meetup event everyday for a week
• Throw a dart at a map then fly to wherever it lands
Renaissance Man / Skill Goals
• Become Fluent In 3 Languages
○ English ✓
○ Spanish
○ French
○ Italian
○ Russian
• Obtain dual citizenship with another country
• Learn to Sail ✓
• Learn to Scuba Dive ✓ 
• Take Cooking Classes ✓
• Improve my Style ✓ (Ongoing)
• Learn to Salsa (Learning)
• Take film classes at a University ✓
• Engineering Degree ✓ (Valedictorian Grad)
Meet Interesting People
• Robert Pirsig
• Billy Collins
Life Goals
• Surround myself with awesome people
• Change 1 5 10 peoples lives for the better
• Volunteer for a Good Cause
• Be there for the birth of my niece ✓ 
• Listen to War Stories
• Stay single for at least 1 year ✓
• Go on 150 Dates
• Fall in love…
Random Acts of Kindness… Often
○ Write a Letter to Someone Who Made a Difference in My Life
○ Help Out a Stranger in Distress
○ Pay for the meal of the person behind me in the drive-through
○ Send flowers to someone I care about for no reason
○ Call my Grandmother, Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister more often to see how they’re doing.
Health & Fitness Goals
• Run a sub 6-minute mile
• Run a 5k ✓
• Run a 10k ✓
• Run a Half Marathon ✓
• Run a Marathon
• Run A Triathlon ✓
○ Sprint Distance Triathlon ✓
○ Olympic Distance Triathlon ✓
○ Half Ironman Triathlon
• Eat a strict Paleo / Primal Diet ✓ (ongoing)
• Get a model ripped body ✓
• Fast for Three Days ✓
Minimalism Goals
• Take a Week-Long Technology Hiatus
• Help my Dad on the farm in Mississippi
• Go camping in 3 National Parks
• Be less of a “consumer”
Travel & Adventure Goals
Live in other countries
• Amsterdam, Netherlands ✓
• Antwerpen, Belgium ✓
• Thailand
• Spain
Visit Every Continent
• North America ✓
• Europe ✓
• South America ✓
• Asia ✓ 
• Africa
• Australia
• Antarctica (and do something ridiculous here)
• Take a trip by Bullet Train
• Eat pizza where pizza was invented (In Naples, Italy) ✓
• Go on a rafting / camping trip ✓
• Get in the Guinness Book of World Records 
• Cross a Country On a Bicycle
• Climb One of the World’s Seven Summits
• Enjoy a Mojito in Cuba
• Bathe in the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa
• Visit Redwood National Park ✓
• Be Part of a Flash Mob ✓ [Completed 2013 See the Video]
• Scuba Dive in the Florida Keys ✓
• Party in Vegas ✓
• Gamble in Vegas ✓ 
• Drive across the United States ✓
• Go Indoor Skydiving ✓
• Go Snowboarding in Breckenridge ✓
• CouchSurf ✓
• Host 50 Couchsurfers from all over the World ✓
Miscellaneous
• Watch the Top 20 Movies of All-Time
• Watch a Space Shuttle Launch
• Be on a TV show ✓
• Get a condo with an awesome view
Events to Attend
• Run with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
• Throw Tomatoes at La Tomatina in Bunol, Valencia (Spain)
• Drink Beer at Oktoberfest
• Camp at Burning Man ✓
• Attend a soccer match in South America
• Attend the Olympic Games
• Go to the NBA Finals
• SXSW
• Bentonia Blues Festival
• Watch BB King perform live ✓
• Party at Mardi Gras ✓
• Party at FantasyFest ✓
Professional Goals
(Working on putting these together)
