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+# My Life Goals
+
+Last updated 2022-05-03
+
+My life sucks. That's why I constantly think about dying. Don't worry,
+I won't do it *right* now, but it's a prudent act to list out all the
+things I want to try before I do. And when I've tried them, I cross them
+out.
+
+These may be unrealistic but I don't give an imaginary shit. I might
+remove some if I please. I might, at one point, go "screw it" and abandon
+the list altogether. Future Me is unpredictable.
+
+There's some cross-referencing among the items, so I've added labels in
+__boldface__ and/or dependencies (dep) in parentheses where necessary.
+
+## Art
+- Learn bass (__bass__)
+- Get enough vocal training to not sound terrible
+- Learn basic music theory
+- Start playing drums again (__drum__)
+- Join a rock band as bassist (dep: bass) or drummer (dep: drum)
+- Go to a twenty øne piløts concert in every album cycle (dep: us-uni)
+- Buy Trench (2018) on CD or cassette
+- Go to an IDKHOW concert (dep: us-uni)
+
+## University
+- Get a second bachelor's degree and/or a master's in a US university
+  (__us-uni__)
+- Publish a paper of some sort somewhere and snail mail my friends a copy
+  of it
+- Become head of tech dep't of student union
+
+## Engineering
+- Get access to a machine shop, learn to use the lathe, milling machine,
+  and electric drill
+- Learn to make PCBs like a professional (__pro-pcb__, dep: reflow)
+- Get an oscilloscope and learn to use it
+- Get a reflow oven and learn to use it (__reflow__)
+- Try more embedded development
+- Get a PinePhone Pro and hack it
+- This is gonna sound like an sponsorship but it's not. Get a Pinecil,
+  PineTab, PinePower, PineNote and PineBuds
+- Make a submarine. Around 2 liters in volume, uncrewed (obviously)
+- Make my kid(s) a custom calculator to avoid those lame Casios, assuming
+  they'd still use those for math 20 years later (dep: kid, pro-pcb)
+- Go to my high school machine shop and help out my engineering teacher
+  and his FRC team
+- Host workshops about electronics (dep: pro-pcb)
+- Learn to make better 3D models
+- Learn to operate a 3D printer
+- Design a PCB namecard that is functional in at least one way
+- Document development of a project in a video
+
+## Computer
+- DIY a desktop computer, which conceivably will run Arch Linux and KDE
+- Get a proper OpenWRT router at home
+- Configure neovim "just the way I want" and not change it in one year
+- Get a secondhand ThinkPad T420
+
+## Travel
+- Visit Köln (Cologne)
+- Visit the Netherlands
+- Visit Shenzhen
+- Visit Taipei
+- Go to the beach
+
+## Miscellaneous
+- Attend a convention of any kind
+- Observe a furry convention (but not participate)
+- Get a ham radio license and buy a handheld station
+- Eliminate as much meat as possible from diet
+- Declare myself expert in at least one thing
+- Own a cat (probably two)
+- Read all books by Karl Marx
+- Get a semi-professional filming rig with a greenscreen and stuff
+- Have one or more kids (__kid__)
+- Get my own credit card
+- Install solar panels somewhere
+- Seek revenge on that one roommate whose gaming noise keeps me up at
+  night
+- Drink tiny amount of vodka
+- Participate in a protest, verbal or physical
+- Host a technical talk on a conference
+- Steer employer (if any) into FOSS'ing a software project
+- Co-author an IETF RFC