My goals: (In no particular order)
1) Find Love
2) Be healthy
3) Be a good therapist
4) Make more friends
5) Laugh at myself
6) Laugh at others
7) Laugh at irony
8) Read more
9) Talk to people whom I wouldn't normally talk to
10) Win the lottery
11) Maintain quiting cigarettes
12) Go out to more night clubs
13) Recycle more
14) Listen more
15) Talk more
16) Finish Grad school ( I FINISHED!!! ) --- First ever goal completed!
17) Get into atleast one bar fight
18) Try a Yoga class
19) Find an internship that pays
20) Try a new vegetarian food
21) Stand up to my boss (Subtly of course) -- I actually grew to like him and appreciate his insight... so ignore 21.
22) Watch a depressing movie that somehow enriches my life
23) Go skydiving!!
24) Learn to say a witty and sassy comeback in French
25) Understand why shopping is considered an interest
26) Turn down a beautiful woman who asks for a simple favor, just to know I can
27) Read an old school poem
28) To never become famous (It sounds just God aweful to be famous)
29) Ab crunchies!
30) Make and star in a documentary about taking homeless people out to lunch to feel better about myself
31) Try to understand women's profiles that have themselves featured in sensual position while wearing a nightie with a title saying "looking just for friends"... Really? Are you really trying to find a friend that way?
32) Get onto a better sleep schedule (dear God its late right now)
33) Never ever ever again lock my keys in my car...
34) Write more goals!

A short essay on nice guys -

I think we can all agree that women want a nice guy, but tend to date ***holes. This really bothered me for the longest time, because deep down, I would love to be nice, but sadly only got dates when I was an ass. I thought maybe this experience was unique to me, but after talking to hundreds of people on the subject, it seemed to be a huge phenomenom. And then one day it hit me, and I had an epiphany while sitting in my car. There is a huge difference between being nice and being vulnerable. I don't think its the nice part that gets men such terrible results in dating, but rather the vulnerability. See, when a guy is vulnerable, then there is no mystery. And even worse than no mystery, all of the feelings and emotions and all that sh*tare suddenly being supported by both the guy and the girl. It becomes work. And although this is great for really long term relationships and for growth... it sure as hell won't get you a date. So, I have decided to remain nice, but not vulnerable. I am protected. My heart is protected. My thoughts and spirit is protected. I feel good about this insight... feel free to send me emails with your thoughts/beliefs/perspectives... I love good *honest* feed back.