Bucket Lists - 2024
Published on Jan 1, 2024 by Ben Tyler
Each year I put together an annual bucket list of things I would like to do throughout the year. The exercise makes it easier to capture the joy of being a kid again and makes it easier to nurture a sense of curiosity.
2024’s Guiding Why
- Maximize optionality. Live a life where I can focus on family, fitness, and work when and how I want.
Overarching Theme and Focus
- Limit work, maximize health, family, and income
- Provide amazing value for LC Design customers
- Cut the non-essential
What is an ideal day in 2024?
- Getting up early, going for a trail run, working for a few hours and then spending the rest of the day with family.
The List
Food
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Make Limoncello -
Make Moroccan Rghaif -
Make home made pasta -
Make Roman flatbread pizza street food -
Make Detroit style pizza -
Dehydrate oranges and lemons for drinks - Make Cherry Pie with cherries from farm
- Make a Tagine
- Make authentic ramen
- Make miso soup
- Make wooden espresso board
- Make zatar spice
- Make other middle eastern bakery items
- Make Croissants
Friends & Family
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Take kiddo to flight museum in San Martin -
Take kiddo to Mt Hamilton and Lick Observatory -
Take friends to Bear Valley -
Go on a ski trip with John and Katie -
Attend Sea Otter Classic again -
Move to Oregon -
Finish bike park - Teach kiddo how to ski [in progress]
- Go for a run with my dad in Point Reyes
- Build a wheelie box
- Learn how to weld
- Make children’s book using AI
Outdoors & Fitness
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Run Mt Diablo -
Complete ultra -
Complete 100 mile run - Complete another bike race
- Ski down the bowl from the top of the Mt. Reba ridge
- Ski granite area off of Koala access road
- Ski Osborne Ridge
- Go snowmobiling in powder
- Snowmobile to Lake Alpine
- Run 100 miles of the Bay Area Ridge Trail
- Bike the Flow trail in Santa Cruz again
- Bike the Brail trail in Santa Cruz
- Buy a gravel bike
- Take pack raft to Pajaro River and ocean
- Get a flat stomach or six pack - “Once a Runner” fit
- Complete a running or bike race in Santa Barbara
Travel
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Visit San Francisco -
Visit San Luis Obispo - Visit Pinnacles
- Visit Big Sur
- Visit Calaveras Dome
- Visit Half Moon Bay
- Visit Yosemite
- Visit white deer at mt Madonna
- Visit Monterey and run along coast
- Take a train-based vacation (maybe Bend to Portland)
Giving Back
- Attend a trail work session
- Take on a second mentee
- Commit to open source (I.e supabase or next)
Work
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Attend tech event in SF
Thought
- Read the Bible [in progress]
- Read the Quran [in progress]
- Read the Torah
About Me
Howdy, I am Ben Tyler. I am a product-focused engineer who cares deeply about finding the simplest solution to a user's problem.
I love collaborating on projects, so if you need a hand, please schedule a call or get in touch at hello@lostcreekdesigns.co!
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