I always look at where my blog referrals are coming from. One recent one is from a gal whose blog is called “Ninja Swagger” and I was inspired by her most recent post, “30 before 30.” I’m 35, soon to be 36 in August, so I’ve modified it a bit and here’s my 10 in 10.
1. Spend at least 2 weeks in Brazil studying jiu jitsu.
2. Get my purple belt. (Hey, with a bad back, you shoot for long term goals)
3. Get down to 135 lbs.
4. Get a Princess Leia gold bikini and have a photo shoot. Hopefully from www.leiasmetalbikini.com, but it’s $400, so…there’s that.
5. Bench press my body weight.
6. Dead lift twice my body weight.
7. Publish a book.
8. Eat kobe beef.
9. Pay off (most of) my student loan debt.
10. Visit Thailand, Phillippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
11. BONUS: Completely move all my stuff out from my parents’ house.
[Added 11/4/12] 12. Teach jiu jitsu in a foreign language. I can say some basic things in Korean, but I’m working toward this goal!
What are some of your goals?
1. Publish a book or books.
2. Get my weight down down to <185 lbs.
3. Live in Thailand, India, Malaysia, and maybe Vietnam and Cambodia.
4. Bicycle and/or walk across large portions of at least two countries.
5. Master at least one computer language.
6. Finish my "assisted debate" webapp.
7. Have a modern-style sherwani, churidar, and hanbok tailored for my slimmer self.
8. Participate in at least one temple stay of a week or longer duration.
9. Direct a film.
10. Become a make-up artist.
Have you done any of these yet?
1. Get down to 165
2. Climb MT. Fuji
3. Win Korean ADCC nogi +94.5 division
4. Train at 10th planet hq for a month.
5. Get purple belt from Eddie Bravo.
6. Move out of Korea, and head back to the states.
Does Eddie give belts or “shirts” ^_^? Good luck for the ADCC – when is it?
He gives out belts, silly goose. The adcc trials were in march I think.
7. Publish a book.
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What do you write?
Oh wow – totally didn’t see this. I’m mostly interested in writing memoir type books. Non-fiction. However, I play around with the idea of fiction, though overall I don’t know how well that would go. I tend to enjoy more “authentic” writing – and not sure how fiction writing would suit me.
AND also interested in writing/publishing children’s books.
Came across your blog via Georgettesjiujitsuworld. Great job on your body transformation, this endeavor of ours keeps us young. Good luck and best wishes for continued success.
Thank you so much! Georgette is great, isn’t she?