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Starting Point: Get debt free

Who doesn’t want to be part of the debt-free club? Not owing anything to anyone is a dream for most Americans. I’m going to bust my ass to make it my reality. It’s something I’ve been working on for a while now, chipping away at slowly but surely.

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Starting Point: Attend an NHL game in every arena

I’ve been an enthusiastic hockey fan for many years. I never played on any organized team and I never really watched as a kid growing up in Connecticut. I think it was when I was about 16 that I started watching and really found myself being drawn to the Detroit Red Wings. At that point, I was living in Indiana which isn’t exactly known for being hockey-centric. I have no ties to the city of Detroit; the Red Wings just sort of became my team for reasons no one’s really sure of.

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Starting Point: What I’ve already done

Pardon me while I get meta. Since I’m planning to accomplish a whole bunch of things, I realized that The List is, itself, a goal. Kind of, anyway. It stands to reason that I should think back on some of the cool things I’ve already done and build off that momentum.

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Starting Point: Visit every state

When you decide you’re going to work toward something, you should probably figure out what you have to start with. Think about what resources you have available and how far you actually have to go to reach that goal. The Starting Point posts will be about just that, taking stock.

Seven and I were discussing our upcoming trip to Idaho to visit my parents. She mentioned that it’ll be another place she’s never been before and so we started discussing the places we’ve visited. It reminded me that one of the goals on The List is to visit all 50 states. I’m not talking about just driving through or killing an airport layover on the way to somewhere else, I’m talking about making a point to have at least one destination within each state.

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