For the first time in 3 years, my work is at a place where it generates enough revenue to support me, allowing me to consider next steps. I am well aware that this revenue stream is flaky and unreliable at best, but I really do need to improve my ‘work-play-love-rest-worship’ balance. Here is my current list of things I want to do:
- Do more exercise, to the extent that it becomes a habit, and I start to enjoy it.
- Continue creating apps and sites to grow or maintain Onoko’s revenue stream.
- Learn to take a genuine day of rest each week. In school, I was really good at this, and recognized it as the foundation of success (and sanity) – where/when did I lose that?
- Spend more time contemplating alone on the Ma On Shan beach/pier (the waves are very therapeutic, and normally there’s almost no one – a private beach 5 minutes away, how many people have that? ).
- Do more equity investment, because buying shares (and concept funds) is ridiculously fun.
- Build a Kiva.org (microfinance) portfolio. Helping the poor start their own businesses with low-cost loans from US$25 – utterly brilliant.
- Go to California and visit Andy, Robby, and Joy.
- Visit all the people I’ve neglected for the past several years.
- Make a site or service that does more than make money, that actually makes a difference in people’s lives (probably something revolving around the bucket list concept, and helping people achieve their aspirations)
- Work out what I think about predestination, hell, and other difficult topics
- See the people I love most discover (or rediscover) Christ
- Get a really cool Onoko office (ideally in the Science Park), and hire brilliant people
- Go to a poor country, stay in a random person’s house, and eat dinner with people I barely know. I did this once in Kazakhstan and it was one of the best experiences of my life.
- Meet a pretty, single, Christian girl, although this is deliberately low on my priority list, because I have lots to do, and women are time-consuming, and expensive (oops, I’m going to get in trouble for that one)
- See Shatin Church get an awesome new ministry center, and make it feel like home.
- Ride around in helicopters (ideally for a purpose, so I’m not just wasting fuel… maybe I can volunteer for a rescue mission, or deliver food aid… helicopters are my weakness).
- To be less scared of being a failure (I’m not scared of failing because I fail all the time, but I am scared of being a failure), and realize that people have value beyond accomplishment.
- Become as good as Isaac on the drums, and as good as Leonie on the keys.
- Land a guest role on Big Bang Theory, the funniest TV show ever
- Develop new outlets of creative worship, like a Christian bollywood-style dance group (how cool would that be).
Okay, thats my list for now. I’m sure there are things I’ve missed; I will add them later :). Please comment if you think there are things I should add! :)
