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A Nerd's Bucketlist

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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.

  • βœ… Travel to at least one country except for US and China
    • Done! I’ve made two international trips (finally!) in July and August of 2023, one to πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­, and the other to πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡­.
    • I traveled to πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ twice, πŸ‡«πŸ‡· once, and πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ twice in 2024!
    • Fui a πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ dos vecez en 2025, a Guadalajara y CDMX.
  • βœ… Keep running
    • I ran a 10k race in November 2024 and placed the second in the women’s group.
    • I’ve ran an official half marathon and will run two more in 2026 hopefully.
    • I ran an unofficial marathon distance in Feb2025, which took me 4:49:03 to finish. Still very proud of myself.
    • I hope to be able to run a half marathon under 2 hours!
  • βœ… Have a long distance roadtrip~~
    • I visited to Yellowstone and Grand Teton in June, 2021. Checked!
    • We drove from Califoria to Wisconsin in summer 2023. It was a nice roadtrip.
    • We visited Joshua Tree NP for Christmas 2024.
  • Go skydiving at least once
    • Not yet, not a current priority
  • βœ… Go hiking at a real mountain
    • Many times thanks to the great collection of trails in CA.
  • βœ… Go to a live event of my favorite folk band, Acetre, although they are located in Badajoz, Spain
    • 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
  • βœ…Continue to publish the work I have done - all done
  • 🚧 Read the following books:
    • The Gifts of Imperfection by BrenΓ© Brown
    • Daring Greatly by BrenΓ© Brown
    • β›” Modern Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (I don’t like this book so I won’t read it further)
    • Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
    • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo