You can’t get what you don’t know you want

You can’t get something that you do not know that you want. You can’t strive for a goal that doesn’t exist. You can’t make reality out of an idea that you have not thought of.

So what is it that I want? What are my goals? What are my big ideas?

I thought that coming up with a list of 100 goals and wants would be easy, but it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. There are many places I want to go, things I want to experience, and things I want to accomplish, but when I come down to actually writing out 100 of them, I get stuck.

I tried to do this over the summer and I only got to number 48. I could only come up with 48 goals. I want to try to finish my 100 goals list.

1. Develop a successful, passive income
2. Grow my net worth to $1M+
3. Grow a successful business empire
4. Drive/own a luxury hybrid (again)
5. Remain fit and healthy
6. Own a 5000 + sq ft house on 1+ acres
7. Be a great parent
8. Finish reading my book list (keep adding to it)
9. Continually learn to cook new meals
10. Go to the Grand Canyon
11. Go to Niagara Falls
12. See the pyramids in Egypt
13. Scuba drive somewhere tropical
14. Visit the Muse De Orsay
15. See Stonehenge
16. Go to Peru
17. Learn to play the guitar
18. Have a least one painting in a gallery other than my own
19. Open a gallery that is successful, has many visitors and features many talented artists
20. Get dirt bikes and learn to ride really well
21. Take one big vacation at least once a year
22. Go to Ireland
23. Learn to and build great looking, complex websites
24. Have a house with a library in it
25. Start an art collection – travel the world to acquire art
26. Have Sean and I have more free time and both work from home making at least $15k per month
27. A huge walk in closet
28. Develop a mastermind group that gets together regularly
29. Find a mentor
30. Have 2 healthy, smart kids
31. Put together a professional support team (accountant, financial planner, realtor, lawyer, etc.
32. Find a coach
33. Continue to develop the great friendship and marriage that I have with Sean
34. Lean another language fluently
35. Visit the Milwaukee and Minneapolis with Sean
36. Ask for what I want or expect in all situations
37. Go camping several times every summer
38. Paint more often
39. Meet good friends
40. Be financially free and work because I want to
41. Visit NY city
42. Commit to life long learning
43. Leave a legacy
44. Be a role model
45. Be decisive
46. Continue to be a “cool cucumber’
47. Not be afraid to try
48. Write several books and successfully sell them
49. Inspire others to be great
50. Visit Abbey Road
51. Have the money and time to help animals
52. Own a Monet
53. Learn metal fabrication
54. Learn to reupholster car interiors
55. Have a shop on our property
56. Go to the San Diego Zoo
57. Instill honesty and politeness in our kids
58. Learn more about plants and trees making my thumb a little greener
59. Donate time and money to charities
60. Have a vacation home
61. Sell clothing designs daily
62. Meet Jack Canfield
63. Continually learn to be a better designer
64. Invent something useful that many people need/want
65. Own a 56 Ford
66. Own several 1970’s muscle cars
67. Get a massage once a week
68. Employ several people – that are paid and treated well and that love their job
69. Be a better photographer
70. Create a compete, beautiful baby-kid/memory book for my kids
71. Visit DC again (with Sean this time)
72. Take Sean to Paris
73. Go on a European vacation and have plenty of money to see the big site, stay in really nice places and eat at great restaurants
74. Bike in Amsterdam
75. Ride a Segway
76. Swim with a Dolphin (a nice one)
77. Take Sean to SEMA
78. Design our own custom house
79. Teach (not sure what just yet, or when)
80. Take more painting classes
81. Be able to easily travel to visit family
82. Have Sean be featured in Heavy Hitters
83. Get lasik and have 20/20 vision or better
84. Get straight teeth
85. Eat sushi more often
86. Get a motorcycle, learn to ride well, take weekend trips
87. Have a home gym
88. Have a huge, natural looking swimming pool
89. Have someone clean my house regularly
90. Open a restaurant, coffee shop or pub
91. Own a hot tub and sauna
92. Have a very large garage
93. Own our house outright
94. Basement with a home theater/pub-ish room
95. Have the time to be involved in kids’ extracurricular activities
96. Go to Monterey Bay Aquarium
97. I want a kegerator
98. To take our kids to Disneyland when they are at that “magic” age that it is totally amazing to them, but still old enough to remember
99. Have our kids go to private school
100. Laugh everyday

What a list!