Wisely relevant and out of context words from a sign near Khao San Road, Bangkok.

So after everything that 2011 brought, a month later to the day comes my birthday. Turning 26, I’m now well into the latter half of my 20′s, the prime decade for most people.

So, I figure it’s about time I start figuring out what I want out of life. Not that I actually will do that, but here’s a brief list of what I’ve got so far, started some ways back.

• Live on an island
• Spend a winter in the U.P.
• Skydive/bungee jump
• Go zorbing
• Crew a boat
• Stand at a fin du monde
• Finish Sancti Terrae (personal large-scale fiction project)
• Get published
• Make a cross-country U.S. road trip
• Go to every US State & Canadian Province
• Become fluent in Spanish
• Live in NYC or another major city
• Learn to build a web page
• Spend over a year abroad (to be adjusted as more time passes)
• Go to all the continents
• Go through the Bermuda Triangle
• Visit Al Gizeh Necropolis
• Learn to scuba dive
• Dive the Yonaguni Monument
• Go to Nan Modal
• Explore the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni
• Make a transoceanic crossing
• Go to Rapa Nui
• Find and photograph as many worldwide pyramids as I can

In Thailand

• Go to Wat Samphan outside of Bangkok
• Check out the Naga Lights of the Mekong
• See the sunken temple of Songklaburi
• See the Golden Triangle
• Go to Koh Kret in the Chao Phraya River