I have found when I write down my goals, and I tell people what I really really want to do, it has a higher chance of succeeding. Here’s my tips for what to accomplish these moonshot dreams…
Pick one or two things you REALLY want to do in the moment. It’s too hard to accomplish when you have your feet in too many buckets.
Ask for help, nothing in life happens if you don’t ask your community for help.
May we all achieve these big dreams we all yearn for. My “International & Domestic” List are more like “Cool things to do” and I have written them down here so I don’t forget, and my “Life Bucket List” is probably closer to my “life passion”.
International
Latin America
- See the mirror Salt Flats during wet season @ Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Yoga Forest@ Lake Atitlan, Guatemala I did this for my 30th birthday as a solo trip for myself! One of the biggest takeaways I had from the first 3 decades of my life is you show the world how to treat you, by how you treat yourself. May I always continue to focus on self-care and love, and making time for myself.Dance all night at the Sambadrones at Carnaval@ Brazil This was so much fun, dancing from 10am to 4am, drinking Caipirinhas and wearing SO MUCH glitter. I can't thank my new Brazillians friends (and journalists!) enough for this amazing experience!Swim with pink dolphins and explore the Amazon@ South America Life.Changing. Now I need to go back and see more parts of the river!Dive the Pit@ Tulum So beautiful. I loved it so much. LMFAO ask about how I got lost in the Pit and freaked out and Nae and my instructor had to find me LOL
Europe
Catch the Northern Lights@ Iceland Stayed in a clear igloo with my sister and spent the whole night running around & looking at the Northern Lights while drinking wine and talking/laughing. It was a magical experience and I am so happy to have gotten to share it with her. Also, after spending an hour looking at the lights outside, I'm happy we got to retreat and see the lights in the comfort of our igloo.Dive between two continents in Silfra@ Iceland My first dive and I was horrible! Kept floating to the service, couldn't deflate my drysuit, got water in my goggles...Bless instructor Ants Stern for being patient. Water was freezing, but visibility amazing. Felt like I as in outer space, I couldn't get enough of it. Need to do Endless Summer Dive now...Snowboarding in the Swiss Alps @ Switzerland Keeping myself accountable to do a snowboarding trip with my German friend Ben!
Zermatt to St. Moritz, Switzerland Train ride @ Switzerland
Eurasia
- Hot air balloons and history @ Capadoccia
- Landscape, saperavi, Georgian wine khvanchkara, churchkhela, tkemali & so much kindness @ Georgia
Africa
Cage diving with Great White Sharks @ Seal Island, South AfricaI do not want to do this anymore. I realized my fear of unsafe activities lol- Go on a safari experience and see lions @ Johannesburg, South Africa
- Giraffe Manor @ Nairobi, Kenya
Asia
- Gibbon Experience @ Huay Xai, Laos
- See Angkor Wat @ Siem Reap, Cambodia
Backpacking through@ Vietnam Vietnam is the perfect backpacking country because everyone only goes N2S or S2N. Only managed to get two cities done... need to return for the North!- Diving in islands off of Thailand @ Thailand
- Swim with the gentle giants of the sea, whales @ Cebu, Phillipines
- Island hopping @ Langkawi, Malaysia
Oceania
- Van life adventure @ Byron, Australia
- Go diving Great Barrier Reef @ Queensland, Australia Can only go from June to October
- Nature and more @ New Zealand But while I'm there... Ferg Burger and El Sizzling Chorizo
Domestic - US
- See Lebron James the GOAT Play @ Los Angeles, CA
Go to Harry Potter World@ Universal Studios, California This was just okay. I don't think I need to go back and the Butterbeer is supa whatever.- Hike / camp @ Zion National Park, Utah
- Meow Wolf @ Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Plan another concert trip with friends @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre, CO Yeah, I've done this, but I really want to do this at a concert that isn't SnoopDog hahahaha
- Get a Melanzana @ Leadville, CO
- Sundance & Board @ Salt Lake City, Utah
- **Meet Warren Buffett and attend Value Investor Conference **@ Omaha, Nebraska
Mardi Gras@ New Orleans, Louisiana Went Locals Weekend via a bschool trip and it was SO MUCH FUN. Hope I can get my tarot read there one day.Bear nation and more@ Anchorage, Alaska My trip to Alaska to visit my good friend Monchen while he was interning at the National Parks was amazing and life changing. What started off as wanting to see salmon in Alaska morphed into one of my favorite places in America. READ: YOU NEED TO GO!!!Star gaze and rainbows@ Joshua Tree, California I did this, and it was one of the very few things I wasn't sure had lived up to the hype. I will need to revisit this...
LIFE BUCKET LIST
Become conversational in Spanish Over the years, I have realized I like traveling more to connect with people and understand the world better. I think language is the ultimate access to understanding people. 1.2B people in the world speak Chinese, 437M people speak Spanish, and 360M speak English. As someone who is fluent in Chinese and English, if I can become conversational in Spanish, I can communicate with over a quarter of the world's population.
Live in Taiwan for at least 2 months This has been one of the my biggest goals, and I want to spend time in Plum Garden and understanding all aspects of Taiwan from a political to cultural landscape.
Get scuba certifiedFinished and this is amazing. I am now Open Water + Dry Suit Certified. I love scuba diving so much, and can't wait to use my license around the world! Edit: 3 years later, and I still cannot express how much I love diving. Hoping for Advanced & more warm water dives in the future!Work abroad* Done!* *Thank you Uber for this life-changing experience, and Argentina for welcoming with open arms. Never thought I'd get to see so many beautiful places in a span of such a short amount of time, but South America you have taken my heart! Me encanta! *Go to business schoolThanks to a team of support, I was accepted into MIT / Tsinghua for an MBA / MSMS degree! This was something I have dreamed of since 2011, and this has surpassed my dreams tenfold.Live in China or Taiwan to grow closer to my cultural rootsMoving to Beijing was crazy scary, but one of the best learning experiences I ever had. PM me if I can ever help you get started on your adventure!Host an Airbnb ExperienceFinally did this! Check out my 5 star review ;)
WHAT'S NEXT?
This area is feeling a bit dry now... ping me if you have any fun ideas to keep me moving. :)