What do I need / want?
- Someone with whom I can play music
- Security from ever becoming homeless
- A few unconditional friendships
- To own a house (a la epicurus) which is welcoming and safe for family and friends
- To minimize energy on chores (trash, laundry, groceries)
- To minimize liabilities, disruptions, and obligations (e.g. chores: trash, laundry, groceries; house moves, rents)
- To have funds enough to support a 2-child family
- To have clout and acumen enough to start a new "open library"-type initiative
- To author an academic paper; to demonstrate myself capable of research
- To secure a world with sufficient access to basic/foundational knowledge (a la Wikipedia, Kahn Academy)
- To author a book on values
- To be marketable and have 1.5M saved @ 50
- To be married at 35
- To start a foundation to help and serve others
- To work for causes which make people less oppressed
- To have few enemies and to be respected by those around me