A Nerd's Bucketlist

Here is a bucket list, and it will be actively updated (and hopefully also actively checked) in the future.

Below I added some updates from 04/04/2022. The newest updates were made on 01/25/2025.

• Travel to at least one country except for US and China in 2020
  • Because of covid-19, I have not been able to travel internationally yet.
  • Done! I’ve made two international trips (finally!) in July and August of 2023, one to Zurich, Switzerland, and the other to Thailand where I was the de facto tour guide for my parents.
  • I traveled to Japan twice, France once, and Spain twice in 2024!
• Run for 10 kms in a single run
  • Done! Now I can run half marathons with a slow and steady pace.
  • I will challenge myself to run a full marathon in Feb 2025.
  • I hope to be able to run a half marathon under 2 hours!
• Lower body fat percent to below 27%
  • After moving to California I started personal training with a trainer twice a week. I was surprised when I learned in the beginning of the training that I weighed 128lbs with 34.7% body fat percentage, which was not a healthy number. Five months later I am now at 115lbs with 31.1% body fat percentage. For this goal, I am confident to say that I am on track!
  • Another update: now I’m at 26.3% body fat percentage. Goal checked!
• Have a long distance roadtrip
  • I visited to Yellowstone and Grand Teton in June, 2021. Checked!
• Go skydiving at least once
  • Not yet, not a current priority
• Go hiking at a real mountain
  • Many times thanks to the great collection of trails in CA.
• Go to a live event of my favorite folk band, Acetre, although they are located in Badajoz, Spain
  • Not checked either due to travel restrictions. But a friend who lives in Madrid sent me all of Acetre’s albums. Thanks!!
  • I did it finally, in December 2024. I watched Acetre’s performance in Medina del Campo, Spain. It was a concert of a lifetime!
• Watch a live sumo game
  • Not checked either
• Continue to publish the work I have done
  • On track! One last paper under review
• Read the following books:
  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
  • Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
  • Modern Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
  • Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo