Live It

Travel, dreams, and the memories worth engineering for.

A living record of where I want to go, what is already in motion, what I have done, and the experiences I want to remember.

Travel is part of Live It: using the money, time, and capacity I create. Trips that depend on physical ability come first, because what I can do today isn't guaranteed later.

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IN MOTION

Already in motion.

These are the travel goals and trips that have moved beyond “someday.”

UPCOMING · Guanacaste · Costa Rica: Costa Rica — A trip built around the experiences I want to prioritize right now: hiking, snorkeling, and wildlife.
UPCOMING · Cusco Region · Machu Picchu: Peru — Salkantay, Rainbow Mountain, Machu Picchu, and the planning behind a trip built around something I want to do while I can.
Completed · Texas · United States: Austin — A football weekend in Austin: Tex-Mex, barbecue, exploring the city, and seeing the Buckeyes take on the Longhorns — even though the scoreboard did not go our way.
In Progress · Costa Rica: Costa Rica — Costa Rica trip

College Football Bucket List

Following the Buckeyes one game at a time.

Open a goal group on the live page to see the full checklist and the attended-game details attached to each completed goal.

Big Ten Stadiums

See the Buckeyes play at every Big Ten stadium on the list.

15 of 18 completed.

Illinois — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 34, Illinois 16 — Memorial Stadium · Champaign · Illinois
Indiana — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 54, Indiana 7 — Memorial Stadium · Bloomington · Indiana
Iowa — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 24, Iowa 55 — Kinnick Stadium · Iowa City · Iowa
Maryland — 4 attended games
- Ohio State 43, Maryland 30 — SECU Stadium · College Park · Maryland
- Ohio State 52, Maryland 51 — Maryland Stadium · College Park · Maryland
- Ohio State 62, Maryland 3 — Maryland Stadium · College Park · Maryland
- Ohio State 52, Maryland 24 — Byrd Stadium · College Park · Maryland
*ichigan — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 42, *ichigan 13 — Michigan Stadium · Ann Arbor · Michigan
*ichigan State — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 17, *ichigan State 16 — Spartan Stadium · East Lansing · Michigan
Minnesota — Not completed
Nebraska — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 26, Nebraska 17 — Memorial Stadium · Lincoln · Nebraska
Northwestern — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 52, Northwestern 3 — Ryan Field · Evanston · Illinois
Ohio State — 2 attended games
- Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17 — Ohio Stadium · Columbus · Ohio
- Ohio State 58, Northwestern 7 — Ohio Stadium · Columbus · Ohio — My first home game in Ohio Stadium, as an Ohio State student.
Oregon — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 31, Oregon 32 — Autzen Stadium · Eugene · Oregon
Penn State — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 44, Penn State 31 — Beaver Stadium · State College · Pennsylvania
Purdue — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 41, Purdue 7 — Ross-Ade Stadium · West Lafayette · Indiana
Rutgers — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 52, Rutgers 13 — SHI Stadium · Piscataway · New Jersey
UCLA — Not completed
USC — Not completed
Washington — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 24, Washington 6 — Husky Stadium · Seattle · Washington
Wisconsin — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 24, Wisconsin 10 — Camp Randall Stadium · Madison · Wisconsin

Major Road Games

The big road environments and special venues I want to experience with the Buckeyes.

4 of 16 completed.

Texas — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 23, Texas 24 — Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin · Texas — View travel story
Alabama — Not completed
LSU — Not completed
Navy — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 34, Navy 17 — M&T Bank Stadium · Baltimore · Maryland
Notre Dame — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 17, Notre Dame 14 — Notre Dame Stadium · South Bend · Indiana
Wrigley Field — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7 — Wrigley Field · Chicago · Illinois — A once-in-a-lifetime Ohio State game at Wrigley Field.
Texas A&M — Not completed
Georgia — Not completed
Clemson — Not completed
Ole Miss — Not completed
West Virginia — Not completed
Tennessee — Not completed
Oklahoma — Not completed
Auburn — Not completed
Virginia Tech — Not completed
Florida State — Not completed

Big Ten Championship

Be there when the Buckeyes play for the conference championship.

1 of 1 completed.

Big Ten Championship — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 45, Northwestern 24 — Lucas Oil Stadium · Indianapolis · Indiana

Big Six Bowls

Cotton · Sugar · Rose · Peach · Orange · Fiesta

3 of 6 completed.

Cotton Bowl — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 14, Miami (Fla.) 24 — AT&T Stadium · Arlington · Texas
Sugar Bowl — Not completed
Rose Bowl — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 26, Oregon 17 — Rose Bowl Stadium · Pasadena · California
Peach Bowl — Not completed
Orange Bowl — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 35, Clemson 40 — Sun Life Stadium · Miami Gardens · Florida
Fiesta Bowl — Not completed

College Football Playoff

Track the playoff rounds I have experienced with the Buckeyes—including when a bowl game also counts as a CFP game.

3 of 4 completed.

CFP First Round — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17 — Ohio Stadium · Columbus · Ohio
CFP Quarterfinal — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 14, Miami (Fla.) 24 — AT&T Stadium · Arlington · Texas
CFP Semifinal — Not completed
CFP National Championship — 1 attended game
- Ohio State 42, Oregon 20 — AT&T Stadium · Arlington · Texas

28 attended-game records are included in the public historical data shown on this page.

The World I Want to See

A few big goals I can finish one place at a time.

Seven continents. The New Seven Wonders. The Seven Natural Wonders. The list is finite. The experiences are not.

Continents

Africa (Africa)
Antarctica (Antarctica)
Asia (Asia)
Australia/Oceania (Australia/Oceania)
Completed: Europe (Europe)
Completed: North America (North America)
Upcoming: South America (South America)

New Seven Wonders

Chichén Itzá (Mexico · North America)
Christ the Redeemer (Brazil · South America)
Completed: Colosseum (Italy · Europe)
Great Wall of China (China · Asia)
Upcoming: Machu Picchu (Peru · South America)
Petra (Jordan · Asia)
Taj Mahal (India · Asia)

Seven Natural Wonders

Aurora Borealis (Arctic · multiple countries)
Completed: Grand Canyon (United States · North America)
Great Barrier Reef (Australia · Australia/Oceania)
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil · South America)
Mount Everest (Nepal/China · Asia)
Parícutin (Mexico · North America)
Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe · Africa)

Travel Bucket List

A few dreams I’m making room for.

A selected look at the experiences I’m most excited about—some close to home, some farther away, and some already completed.

Australia

Australia — Kangaroos — Kangaroos · Bucket List
Great Barrier Reef — Queensland · Great Barrier Reef · Bucket List

Costa Rica

Costa Rica — Costa Rica trip · Upcoming — View travel story

Netherlands

Amsterdam — North Holland · See the tulips in bloom · Completed

New Zealand

New Zealand — Explore New Zealand · Bucket List

Peru

Machu Picchu — Cusco Region · The one I don't want to postpone. I want to hike it while I still have the physical capacity to. · Upcoming — View travel story

United States

Austin — Texas · A football weekend in Austin: Tex-Mex, barbecue, exploring the city, and seeing the Buckeyes take on the Longhorns — even though the scoreboard did not go our way. · Completed — View travel story
Michigan Upper Peninsula — Michigan · Visit the Upper Peninsula · Bucket List
New Orleans — Louisiana · Visit New Orleans · Bucket List

Points & Miles Bucket List

A few redemption goals I want to chase.

A selected public view of the points goals I’m working toward. The full list stays in my private planning system.

Book an Australia flight for under 80,000 points per person each way — My unicorn redemption.
Build an award trip with a stopover — Use an award routing that lets me spend time in another destination before continuing to the final destination.
Get 5.0¢+ per point or mile on a redemption — A stretch goal for an exceptional-value redemption.
Use points for a 10+ hour first- or business-class flight — A long-haul first- or business-class redemption using points or miles.
Completed: Get 3.0¢+ per point on a Chase redemption — Achieved: 3.52¢/point redemption — See the redemption math
Completed: Use points to fly first or business class — Achieved: 2.74¢/mile redemption — See the redemption math