Berry Simpson’s 100 LIFE GOALS: version 2016 (age 60)
2 Chronicles 27:6 … “Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God.”
Influence Goals
1. Publish my first book............................................. DONE = Running With God = 2009
2. Sell 100,000 books
3. Be on New York Times best-seller list
4. Be interviewed on NPR
5. Travel to speak 6 times in one year
6. Publish 25 books................................................... 2017 = 4 books
7. Sell 1,000 books/ mo for 24 months
8. Be interviewed by Christianity Today
9. Be interviewed by Writer’s Digest
10. Speak at a Catalyst workshop
11. Talk writing with Erwin McManus
12. Talk about writing with Philip Yancey
13. Talk about writing with Calvin Trillin
14. Have a personal website......................................... DONE = 2009 = berrysimpson.com
15. Ongoing Journey Partner ministry............................ DONE = As of 2017 = 44 men
16. 1,000 names on my author mailing list
Experience Goals
17. Guy’s backpacking weekend in NM......................... DONE = 2012 = Gila Wilderness
18. Go backpacking with grandchildren
19. Go on a cycling vacation with Cyndi
20. Hike rim-to-rim at the Grand Canyon
21. Go on a hot air balloon ride
22. Week-long backpacking trip with guys
23. Backpack in Big Bend – Rim................................... DONE = May 2016
24. Backpack in Big Bend - Desert............................... DONE = Feb 2010 = Blue Creek
25. Backpack in the Gila Wilderness............................. DONE = Mar 2012
26. Backpack in the White Mountains
27. Backpack in the Pecos Wilderness.......................... DONE = Sep 2009, Sep 2016 Iron Men
28. Learn to play jazz trombone
29. Solo backpack for 7 days
30. Personal retreat at a monastery
31. Complete a month epic backpack trip
32. Go hang gliding
33. Go to NYC for Broadway plays
34. Hike the Camino De Santiago
35. skydive
36. Learn how to fly fish
37. White water rafting
Family Goals
38. Publish five family photo albums
39. Celebrate 50th Anniversary with Cyndi..................... 50th = 2029 (I will be 73)
40. Go on a cruise with family and friends..................... Maybe 2018 for Cyndi’s 60th birthday
41. Establish a family scholarship fund
42. Buy new wedding ring for Cyndi.............................. DONE = Feb 2013
43. Replace Cyndi’s 95 Explorer................................... DONE = August 2009, August 2015
44. Install solar power for our home..............................2016 only debt is home mortgage
45. Solar water heater for our home
46. Pay off all debts: home and business
47. own a yoga studio.................................................. DONE = Summer 2010
48. Help Cyndi get her 500 hours.................................. DONE = Dec 2013
49. Own a mountain home for family
50. Inheritance funds for Byron and Katie
51. Celebrate 75th anniversary with Cyndi...................... 75th = 2054 (I will be 98)
52. Funds to invest in family businesses
53. Celebrate anniversary in Hawaii
54. Celebrate anniversary in New Zealand
55. Celebrate anniversary on Med Cruise
56. Finish wills, living wills, financial plans
57. Help Cyndi handle Deanna’s estate
58. Buy property and build yoga studio
Physical Goals
59. Run an ultra-marathon.............................May have to rethink this due to new knees
60. Run a 100-mile trail run............................May have to rethink this due to new knees
61. Run international marathon with Cyndi......May have to rethink this due to new knees
62. Weigh 175# .............................................. 2009 = 185# (closest I’ve been since junior high)
63. Attend a running camp.............................May have to rethink this due to new knees
64. my age in sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups ..................... (within 30-minute time limit)
65. workout 2 hours per day for 40 days....................... DONE = Mar 2009 = 40-Day Challenge
66. Bench press my weight
67. Learn to cross-country ski
68. do a 40-day fast
69. Commute to work on bicycle … (50 times in one year)
70. Cycle across Texas North-South
71. Cycle across Texas West-East
72. Complete a century bike ride
73. Complete a triathlon
74. Swimming goal for triathlon
75. Multi-day cycling stage ride
Giving Goals
76. Donate 160 pints (16 gallons) of blood … June 2016 = 108 pints
77. Fund a family charitable foundation
78. Fund scholarship for school teachers
79. Donate 1 d/wk to Habitat for 1 year
80. fund a complete Habitat house
81. Payoff someone’s mortgage as a gift
Climb Kilimanjaro
82. Climb Kilimanjaro
83. Go to summer Olympics
84. Go to winter Olympics
85. Go to Israel....................................................... DONE = Nov 2016 with Global Missions Project
86. Follow Paul’s missionary journeys
87. Visit 100 countries … as of 2016 = 17 China, Thailand, Singapore, Kenya, Uganda, Denmark, Mexico, England, Scotland, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Canada, Israel
88. Visit the Amalfi Coast in Italy
89. Visit Banff
90. Visit France
91. Visit Costa Rica
92. River cruise in Europe
Education Goals
93. Organize and structure my library
94. Go to writer’s workshop.......................................... DONE = Feb 2013 = Storyline
95. Read 20 Texas books in one year
96. Read 2,500 books … as of 2015 = 1897
97. Attend Catalyst to hear new voices
98. Writer’s weekend personal retreat
99. Practice drawing – 100 daily drawings
100. Read entire works of 20 authors ...... as of 2016 = C.S.Lewis, Donald Miller, Robert Parker, Calvin Trillin, Tom Clancy, Erwin McManus
Ongoing Yearly Goals
Read 60 books
Publish weekly blog
Compile Love Songs to give away
Read through Daily Bible
Bike at least 2500 miles ....... 2016 = 2298 miles
Run at least 200 miles ............2016 = 280 (I averaged 1100/yr before bad knees (1979-2010))
