Current Goals:
- Lose [redacted] pounds to reach a goal weight of [redacted].
- Finish current book
- Pay off mortgage
Writing:
Finish first book2025!- Finish current book
- Finish current series
- Finish five books
- Finish ten books
Make $1,000 from writing2025!- Make $10,000 from writing
- Make $100,000 from writing
- Make $1,000,000 from writing
Travel:
- Visit all 50 US states
- Missing Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Alaska, Hawaii
- Visit Canada
- Visit Mexico
- Visit South America (Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay)
Visit Western Europe1977 (lol), Glasgow Worldcon 2024. I lived in Germany from 1977-1981.- I’ve never been to Portugal or Ireland…
- Visit Eastern Europe
- Visit Africa
- Visit Australia and/or New Zealand
- Visit the far East (Japan, Thailand)
- Go on a cruise
Past Accomplishments:
- Finished (and published) first novel. (February 2025)
- Visited Scotland (August 2024)
- Have [redacted] in Savings
- Upgraded employer’s internal infrastructure. (May 2017)
- Finished a 5K in under 35 minutes. (October 2016, 33:07)
- Visited New York City with my sister. (August 2016)
- Broke 15,000 rep points on Server Fault. (August 3, 2016)
- [Redacted] in liquid savings (March 2016)
- Finished a half-marathon (9/26/15)
- Microsoft MVP for 2015 through 2017 (January 1, 2015)
- 10,000 points on Server Fault. (April 13, 2015)
- Knocked 8 minutes off previous year’s Peachtree time! (7/4/2014)
- Finished a 10K race. (7/4/13)
- Debt-free except mortgage (2013)
- Finished a 5K race. (9/30/12)
- Qualified for and joined SFWA as a full member (June 13, 2012)
- Lost 125 pounds (2010)
