{"id":1210,"date":"2012-12-11T11:18:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T03:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gergely.imreh.net\/blog\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2012-12-31T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T08:23:41","slug":"my-40-by-40-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gergely.imreh.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/my-40-by-40-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"My 40-by-40 plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while ago I was reading someone’s 30 by 30 plan<\/a>, 30 things to accomplish before the author turns 30 years old. Since I always liked lists<\/a>, it got me interested. Since I’ve just turned 32 a few days ago, that other ship has sailed a long time ago, but then I can set my even more ambitious list: 40 by 40.<\/p>\n

It took a 2 or 3 brainstorming sessions, here are the results, not any particular order, just numbering it to keep track, and a bit of explanation here and there:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Travelling to: Chile, Africa (somewhere), Southern Hymalayas, a desert, Hokkaido (because seeing new places always open new dimensions)<\/li>\n
  2. Create a new programming language (programming so much, maybe can make something new, which would me to appreciate the other languages even more)<\/li>\n
  3. Become professor (that’s the science\u00a0career\u00a0path and working this long for other professors, I wanna see how I can be in their place)<\/li>\n
  4. Publish a book (reading so much, writing quite a bit, can I really write something others want to read?)<\/li>\n
  5. Start a company (the independence and creativity it would give me is hard to overestimate)<\/li>\n
  6. Travel to space (unlikely, but let’s just set the goals high)<\/li>\n
  7. Learn to play a musical instrument, current candidates: piano, trombone, or guzhen (I’m listening to so much music, want to be able to create something myself)<\/li>\n
  8. Have an art exhibition (creativity knows no bounds, and interactive art is awesome, would be great to collaborate too)<\/li>\n
  9. Be in a film (I’m a terrible actor, but still want to see what work goes into all the movies I like to watch so much)<\/li>\n
  10. Sail on the ocean (adventure time, real travel, real toughness)<\/li>\n
  11. Go skydiving (that must be a feeling impossible to describe, have to see it myself)<\/li>\n
  12. Send my parents travelling somewhere where they wanted to go (I was lucky to have travelled more than most of my family, let’s pay back some of that while possible)<\/li>\n
  13. Set up a foundation for some good cause (I was thinking about this quite a bit, I wonder how can I help the most?)<\/li>\n
  14. Learn to swim properly (being a frong is just not enough)<\/li>\n
  15. Run a marathon (I guess I’m already doing this wrong, but want to see what does it feel like)<\/li>\n
  16. Do a defensive driving<\/a> course (haven’t driven for almost a decade, but the way people drive in Taiwan, this would be a very important skill to learn)<\/li>\n
  17. Write to my \u00a0inspirational people (though first really have to figure out who are they, have some but need time to think)<\/li>\n
  18. Learn to meditate properly (have tried it a few times with guidance and it is simply life-altering experience, too bad single times fade, I want to have the habit)<\/li>\n
  19. Create a high traffic website (can’t read Hacker News day in and day out without having this ambition)<\/li>\n
  20. Become fluent in Chinese and one other language: Japanese, Spanish, French, or something else (languages are awesome, love to communicate with people)<\/li>\n
  21. Long distance bicycle trip to somewhere (many people do that around Taiwan, and used to cycle much more than these days, is a great way to get around)<\/li>\n
  22. Learn to brew really good coffee (these days I do drink a lot of coffee, but very few places make it such that it stands out, I want to see what it takes)<\/li>\n
  23. Learn the constellations and other important object on the sky, be able to navigate by night (used to do much more astronomy as a kid, have to rediscover the universe)<\/li>\n
  24. Get to know a traditional profession deeper, like carpentry or pottery. (there’s an awful lot to geek out about those)<\/li>\n
  25. Build a building, or renovate an old one (break the mystery of the places where I stay everyday)<\/li>\n
  26. Grow a tree (tried many times, and they have failed very early)<\/li>\n
  27. Learn to be a technical writer (that’s the influence of my advisers from Oxford)<\/li>\n
  28. Bring traditional Taiwanese food cooking back to Hungary, and Hungarian back here to Taiwan (cooking is a lot of fun, and dinner parties with people are even more)<\/li>\n
  29. Overcome helplessness about the issues I see around me everyday (stray animals, homeless people,\u00a0poverty, all could be improved upon if I can face them)<\/li>\n
  30. Give away at least half of my stuff (I have too many things, need to simplify)<\/li>\n
  31. Get back in touch with my childhood, teenager and uni friends (I have burned so many bridges by inaction)<\/li>\n
  32. Learn to mix cocktails well – and come up with a new one that people actually like (cocktails are playground, and even though I can’t drink, I was reading a lot about them)<\/li>\n
  33. Attend the Nobel prize ceremony (preferably when someone I know won the prize)<\/li>\n
  34. Do something concrete for science education (also inspired by my high school friend<\/a> who’s doing an amazing job at that)<\/li>\n
  35. Write up our family tree and as much of our history as possible (I love history, and very interested in my family)<\/li>\n
  36. Have a patent of an actually useful invention (then give it away)<\/li>\n
  37. Have a radio show (had some small stuff before, just feel like doing it)<\/li>\n
  38. Figure out how to donate blood again (they wouldn’t let me here because of being grown up in Europe)<\/li>\n
  39. Learn to fly helicopter (somehow much more tempting than aircraft)<\/li>\n
  40. Overcome the fear of heights (that would be very useful)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While making this list, though, I was thinking: this is all good and nice, but I care much less about it than I thought in the beginning. These would be nice, but I actually have 1-by-40 plan: be happy.<\/p>\n

    Let’s see how does that go. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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