– Ph.D.
– Kids (abstract; tough to imagine concrete since they’re so variable)
– Resurrected writing career
– Hardwood floors
– Big windows
– Fast self-assembled wildly overspecified computer system
– Big self-assembled solar system
– Old self-maintained engine-integrated RV
– Beachfront property
– Sanity
– Self-discipline
– Acres and acres of cattails
– Years as a photographer
– Trip to China
– Restoration for the 25-year old Volvo
– Enough money to travel NYC<->SLC with ease, over and over again
– An end to the tension
– Blundstones to go with the Redbacks
– For this to all be over and done with
– A month in Venice to read Proust
– Carl’s Jr., right now
– For most of my exes to die suddenly and hilariously
– Absolution for the previous remark
– Honesty
– Respect
– Serenity
– Peace
– Time