Something I did after reading Franny and Zooey

Here's a short list of things I plan to do during the course of my life.

Number one goal:
Finish Medical School and become licensed.

Other goals:
Pass the bar
Write a book worth reading
Hold a public office
Hold a church office
Play in an orchestra (even a community one, so long as its good)
Start and run an orphanage or health clinic in a place that needs it
Compete at Olympic tryouts (probably in swimming)
Learn 3 other languages
Read all the books on my ever-growing To-Read book list
Be in a play or musical (preferably musical)
Have dinner at the White House
Visit 100 countries
See the northern lights (the reds and yellows, not just that blue-green)
Visit outer space
Climb Mt. Whitney, Kilimanjaro, and Fuji
Get a private pilot's license
Run a marathon/compete in a triathalon
Go to a World Cup (soccer) game
Figure out who Jesus was so I don't confuse him with Solomon or Moses or St. Francis of Assisi or Erasmus or Thomas a Kempis or Jan Paulsen
Fail a whole lot at something but not give up (I'm hoping this one doesn't involve a woman)
Always drive a crummy car that on ego days I like to pretend I'm too good for
Give blood 100 times
Save the world (yeah, I'm one of those types)
Sing Bass solos for a performance of the Messiah
Coach a church softball team

There are many other goals I have, but some aren't quite appropriate. I can't very well go around proclaiming to the whole internet world that one day I'd like to really kiss a girl. That's just not something you put on a lifetime to-do list. I mean, that could work on a list of things to do for a day. I'm very good at making lists, by the way. Checking off each little bwat is very enjoyable for me, even if I have many empty bwats at the day's end.

Some other goals just aren't so easily quantifiable. For instance, learning to be more patient is a goal, but it doesn't have an easily identifiable endpoint, therefore, it doesn't quite belong on the above list. Even learning 3 other languages is sketchy in this regard.

Furthermore, I realize that many of the items on the list would appear on many other peoples' lists. This is a testament to the era I live in. I might have written "Meditate in the desert for five years" or "Win 10 duels," but I do not consider such things to be priorities. This, of course, is subject to change. Moreover, not all of the items on the above list are of equal priority. Their above arrangement is merely the order they came to mind.

Also, the above list is maybe a tad unrealistic. I will not be overly disappointed if I don't complete each of the tasks, but then I tend to get more done if I have a lot to do, so I don't plan on trimming the list down either.

Hope this helps. If you want to know more specifics let me know. I'll be spending a good portion of the day on the piano and trumpet (I'm giving my medical school applications a day's rest, or rather, yet another day's rest).