Lists

Places I’ve Been Since Starting This Blog

(which was back in 2013, holy shit this blog is old!)

• North America
  • Tulum and Cancun, Mexico (thrice, no full entries, just mentions)
  • Colorado, USA
  • New York, USA
  • Chicago, USA (no full entries, just mentions)
• Europe
  • Various cities, Spain
  • Istanbul, Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey again
  • Multiple locations, Northern Cyprus (many mentions because I lived there)
• Asia
  • Abu Dhabi, UAE (a billion entries, really, because I live here)
  • Various roads and Muscat, Oman
  • Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
  • Manama, Bahrain
• Africa
  • Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • Seychelles, various islands

Life Goals

Since leaving America, I have realized that goals are hard to make because I cannot predict my life for shit. And deadlines are impossible. But here are 30 things that I want to accomplish at some point in my life, insha’allah.

1. Go to East Asia (Japan, Hong Kong, or Singapore?)
2. Go to Palestine (le sigh, but it’s for bae)
3. Go to Spain (Completed, 27)
4. Go to Mexico again (Completed, 26)
5. Try living in America again
6. Go to Monticello in VA
7. Finish a book in Spanish
8. Finish Arabic workbook
9. Get laser hair removal
10. Quit smoking
11. Pay off credit card debt (Completed, 27)
12. Put $2g into my Roth IRA (Completed, 29)
13. Donate blood again
14. See an opera
15. Attend a basketball or soccer game
16. Go skiing again
17. Attempt to surf
18. Try stand up paddle boarding
19. Take a yoga class again
20. Take violin lessons again (nah, but I taught them, 30)
21. Make sauce from scratch (Completed, 26)
22. Become comfortable cooking for others
23. Throw a surprise party for somebody
24. Go to the dentist for cleaning (Completed, 27)
25. Get eyes checked and new glasses (Completed, 27)
26. Get paid (and credit) for something I write
27. Write a book of short stories
28. Write a full novel
29. Get married (Completed, 29)
30. Have a child