On the road again! Tomorrow I’m headed out to ride around Florida. As I get ready to leave, I’m thinking about the time I spent with my family. I do love my parents. They’re very good to me, as best as they can. They can’t solve the problems I have in my life, and the last few days I’ve been antsy, feeling cooped up, because I felt like I couldn’t make any progress on my life, on the things I want to get done. I’ve always been a very future-oriented person, and for the moment I really had to just sit and do nothing, and that’s not my forte. I’ve been studying for the CPT exam, and getting some exercise, and looking for a job, but other than that not much is going on. It’s time to start heading back - but before I do, a brief biking and Mickey Mouse interlude sounds pretty good!
Yesterday I purchased my return ticket to San Francisco. In honor of this momentous occasion, I started thinking about all my goals for being back in the city. There are certainly reasons why I could focus on the negative today, but I think I want to keep things positive and forward-looking. This list is as much for me as it is for you, gentle reader!
- Create a final, edited video from my GoPro footage, photos and GPS data. I have a vision in mind of a 5-10 minute multimedia video. This will involved learning Final Cut Pro, and I have someone I met who is willing to help me out with that.
- Run a set of urban races. I’ve had a dream for years of putting together a set of digital “photo races”, where you have to solve problems and travel to destinations around San Francisco. I used to participate in those when I was in college, and then later in Austin, through an organization called Midnight Madness. I’m in the middle of writing an app which would serve as the backbone of the race, and the clues. Then I have to advertise, etc. I’d probably run it through the auspices of the Geek Love meetup that I own.
- Get a job as an iOS engineer. Obviously I have to pay the bills, and I still love mobile development. I’d like to find something I can actually believe it - something with design sense, a product I would actually use.
- Get in mind-blowingly good shape. I really want to blow my personal fitness out to the level where I look the part of a fitness instructor.
- Get good at rock climbing.
- Restart my private pilots license.
- Finish the NASM CPT, Certified Personal Trainer course.
- Finish my 500 hr yoga certification, the RYT-500 cert.
- Get a job at a gym, teaching group classes, doing personal training, or just working the gym. At first this will be something that I’m just doing on the side, although someday I hope it may turn into a full-time career.
- Continue to work on Squarcity and turn it into something I can be proud of. If that sounds a bit vague it’s because I’m not sure exactly how to proceed next with it, but that’s the first goal, is to figure that out.
- Reduce my profile. That means own less stuff. I’m going to make some tough decisions about my car, scooter, and personal possessions.
- 10 Day Meditation class. This is going to be a doozy, but I want to power through it!
