Dream big. It’s the first step to success. Just like that saying, shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars. So aim high, aim higher than you ever thought you could because if it just wasn’t meant to be, you’ll still shine. - Unknown

On this page I’ll list all the things I would like to achieve during my lifetime. It will be the backbone of this entire blog and most of my future posts will be related to achieving things on this list.

I have decided to organize my dreams into nine life areas as proposed by Travis Robertson.

Business/Career

  • Start my own company and develop indie games Dropping this
  • Work and travel for a year in Australia Decided in 2019 to move to Australia for studies instead
  • Become a Microsoft MVP Dropping this
  • Participate in a programming competition and share my experience Dropping this
  • I write a movie manuscript and get the movie produced (make a full-length fictitious movie)

Career in the Music Industry

  • Become a songwriter
  • Produce a cover music album
  • Make my own music album
  • Play my music for 1000 people
  • Become a performing musician and play at 20 venues
    • Had the first gig with RedStone at The Flamin’ Galah on 27 November 2020
  • Learn to play the piano
  • Learn to play the harmonica
  • Make a music video for one of my songs
  • Train my musical hearing to be able to more easily play along with songs
  • Perform my original songs on the big stage at Gröna Lund
  • Get my success story featured on the wall in JMC Academy’s lounge at 69 and 75 Grey Street, Brisbane
  • Perform at a music festival
  • I perform at the Bluebird Café in Nashville
  • I perform at the Woodford Folk Festival, either solo or in a band
  • I perform at the 606 Club in London
  • I perform at the Blues on Broadbeach music festival on the Gold Coast
  • I perform at the Dark Season Blues festival in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
  • I perform at Polarjazz in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
  • I perform an original song on an American talk show
  • I perform an original song and a cover on triple j’s Like A Version
  • I produce an album with Rick Rubin
  • I produce an album with Bob Rock
  • I produce an album with Finneas O’Connell (Billie Eilish)
  • I produce an album with Jonas Kjellgren
  • I produce a music video with Jonas Åkerlund
  • I learn 100 covers on guitar
  • I write 100 original songs
  • I write a song with Tobias Forge (Ghost)
  • I write a song with Damian Cowell (TISM)
  • I write a song with Aldous Harding
  • I write a song with Alan Menken (Disney)
  • I write a song with an instantly recognizable intro (a song that gets recognized within 3 seconds)
  • I write music for a Disney movie
  • I write a timeless song. One that people still listens to and is relevant after two decades i.e. 20 years
  • I write a song that gets included in a karaoke song book
  • I co-write with Melissa Horn
  • I co-write with Vargas & Lagola
  • I play organ in a church during a wedding
  • I have my music played on the radio
  • I have my music reviewed in Rolling Stone Magazine (or other market leader)
  • I win a Grammis/GRAMMY for my music
  • I get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • I get my music/band featured in an episode of the J Files podcast
  • I release my own Neoclassical metal album
  • I reach 1 million subscribers on my YouTube Channel, Ras World of Music & Lyrics
  • I host a weekly Object Writing Party
  • I feature in various online and print publications, including Guitar World, Guitar Player Magazine, and Ultimate-Guitar
  • I mix an award-winning song that mix, and master engineers use as a reference track
  • I live-stream the writing and recording of an original studio album. Similar to Exposure
  • I have a guitar jam with Janne Schaffer

Family

  • Get a dog, preferably pug if I’m not allergic

Finances

  • Pay off all student loans by 2030
  • Start my Money Machine
  • Buy a Toyota Supra MKIV with steering wheel on right hand side
  • Buy a Ford Mustang from the 1960s
  • Buy a Lamborghini Miura SV
  • Save enough money to be able to purchase a residential property
  • Become financially independent (enough passive income to cover my lifestyle expenses)
  • Become a millionaire
  • Invest in 10 companies
  • Buy a Kawasaki KX450FE Enduro motorcycle
  • Have an apartment at a vacation resort
  • Rent a part of an allotment
  • Buy a cottage by a lake
  • I donate 1.000.000 SEK to charity
  • I buy a Grand Piano
  • I buy a drum set/kit
  • I own a SHURE SM7B dynamic microphone

Fun & Recreation

Adventure

Travel

I plan to visit at least a new country annually and to have completed my trip around the world by December 31, 2027.

I will travel to the following places

  • The Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Australia Moved to Brisbane in September 2019
  • Norway
  • South Africa
  • Las Vegas
  • San Francisco
  • Russia
  • Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monza
  • All Formula 1 and MotoGP Grand Prix circuits on a race weekend
  • MotoGP Grand Prix at Aragón
  • Every continent
  • Sail around the world
  • Motorcycle vacation in Europe
  • All European capitals
  • Sardegna island, Italy
  • Around the world aboard The World
  • Visit and walk a portion of the Great Wall of China
  • I visit the different Swedish communities around the world
  • I travel to Svalbard
  • I visit the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
  • I visit Coober Pedy, South Australia

Meet

  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Valentino Rossi
  • David Cage
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Robert De Niro
  • Leo Babauta
  • Lissie
  • Melissa Horn
  • José González
  • Metallica
  • Foo Fighters
  • Sia
  • Lady Gaga
  • Chris Martin
  • Paul Stanley
  • Ace Frehley
  • Tobias Forge
  • Jimmy Fallon
  • Jim Carrey

# Health & Fitness

My overall goal is to become a stronger person who curiously enjoys pushing the boundaries of what’s physically and mentally possible. The list below contains the races and challenges I’ve done, and would like to do.
My completion time is written out as (hours:minutes:seconds) or (minutes:seconds).

I’m in no way a Superman, but with enough time, practice and determination you’ll be able to achieve unimaginable things. It all starts with a dream. Then act on it. Today.

Get sponsorship from

  • Asics
  • Nike
  • TSM Running
  • Red Bull

Personal Development

  • Learn to ski
  • Attend a concert at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Build or buy my dream house
  • Write and publish a book
  • Paint a canvas and place it on my wall
  • Go scuba diving and get certified
  • Take driving license for motorcycle
  • Learn Russian
  • Learn to dive
  • Reach Enlightened Karma status in Todoist. I’m currently a Grand Master with a long way to go
  • Quit biting my nails…

Comfort Zone Challenges

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone - Neale Donald Walsch

Below are some of my fears and things I find uncomfortable. I intend to do as many of these as possible in order to increase my comfort zone and decrease my fear. I won’t be limited by my fears.

  • Stand up for you opinion, what’s so scary about conflicts?
  • Snakes
  • Heights
    • Bungyjump
  • Doing somersault on/from trampoline and diving board
  • Dropping in on a skateboard ramp
  • Parachute jumping
  • Perform music in front of an audience (I have started to do this regularly since I began studying at JMC Academy)
    • Perform music in the public (Busking)
  • Donate blood
  • Fear of failure
  • Discomfort to come late
  • Hold a presentation in front of a bigger crowd
  • Talk to strangers (especially girls), in real life…
  • Take an ice bath through a hole in the ice
  • Flyboard
  • I present on a TED Talk

Romance

  • Getting married
  • Having kids

Social

  • Have a friend in every continent
  • Engage in other activities instead of social media for one month Removed my Facebook and Twitter accounts in 2018 👍
  • Visit 10 people from Slowly

Spiritual

  • No television for a month (well that includes Netflix, YouTube, etc…)
  • No internet for a week
  • Embrace the nature by going for a week’s camping trip (annually)
  • No cell… eh smartphone for a week
  • Attend Burning Man
  • Attend The Borderland
  • Attend and volunteer at the Woodford Folk Festival
  • I become a blood donor
  • I visit a Buddhist temple in Japan or Tibet
  • I live a week with other Christians in Taizé

Contribution

  • Influence 100 people to live a healthier life with more exercise and less bad habits
  • Be part of bringing Sweden’s tobacco consumption down to 5% by the year 2025