A Declaration of Intentions

I'm afraid to put this online.

Publishing an opinion or an anecdote is one thing. This is different, this is my bucket list. Not everything I want to do before I die, but what I choose to do.

The fear isn't failing. It's naming. Right now, if I never climb 7A outdoors, nobody knows I wanted to. Wanting something quietly costs nothing. Writing it down with a date on it turns a maybe into a fact somebody can check.

I've written about the version of me that keeps planning and never ships. That's why I need to publish this one even if I don't want to, even if I can't accomplish everything, not for you but for me. This way I will be able to point back at it in the future and say: I told you.

This is a living document. I started it at the beginning of 2026 and it's taking the whole year to finish. When something changes, I change it here and write down why in the changelog at the end.

Meaning & Independence

aprender es crear · own the direction · investments compound

Before 40 — True fans asking for more. The signal isn't a number — it's not being able to fulfill demand. The first people who get it and keep coming back. One medium working deeply is enough.

Before 40 — Lead my own work. At least one person working full time on my vision with a competitive salary. I set the direction. Not on anyone else's payroll. Independent — not necessarily a company yet, but mine. Built from where I stand today, not after a clean exit.

Before 50 — Multiple mediums working. Courses, content, books, games, mystery boxes — at least two or three mediums where the essence holds: the kid ends with a project they made and are proud of.

Before 50 — Reach financial security. Investments cover regular expenses. Keeps us alive without depending on active income. Nothing more, nothing less — but the floor holds.

Before 60 — A full ecosystem of learning experiences. Books, series, videogames, courses, toys, museum experiences, attraction parks — all sharing the same soul. Aprender es Crear, at scale, across every medium that works.

Before 60 — Reach financial freedom. Investments cover expenses, emergencies, and the unpredictable — plus some luxuries. Life doesn't require compromise when something goes wrong.

End of life — The organization continues without me. A team, a structure, a mission that doesn't need me to run. The work outlives my involvement.

End of life — Leave a lasting investment for family. The next generations get the same — expenses, emergencies, unpredictable things, some luxuries.

Family & Friends

gathering · presence · depth

Before 40 — Travel with friends and open our home. Two trips a year with friends. People over at our apartment at least once a month — kids included, messy, all together. The experience, not the space.

Before 50 — Never 6 months without my core people. Everyone who matters — in person, at least twice a year. They're scattered across the world. I'll make it happen anyway.

Before 60 — Never 4 months without my core people. The bar goes up as freedom grows. Three times a year minimum, in person.

End of life — Die surrounded by people I love. The result of decades of showing up consistently.

Movement & Health

capability · independence · sleep, check-ups, weight

Before 50 — Climb 7A outdoors. A confirmed outdoor 7A route. Real rock, not a gym grade.

Before 60 — Climb twice a week, sustained. Not as an event or a goal anymore — as a way of life.

Goal: 90 — No assisted living before 90. Body and mind capable enough to live independently until 90. That isn't only climbing: it's sleep, regular check-ups and a healthy weight. They're one thing.

What happens now

Three pillars. One life. How I would like to be remembered: Calm, capable and useful — not only to myself and my immediate circle, but beyond that.

Some things I want are not here. I want to play the piano. I want to finish a master's, and then a doctorate. Those are real — I'd enjoy every one of them. But I can put them down and walk away without it costing me anything. I did in the past, and once again while making this list.

That's the difference between wanting and choosing. I want more than what's on this page, but I don't believe it's good to concentrate on so many things. What's left didn't survive because it's impressive. It survived because I tried to drop it and couldn't.

I made this list with a guide I wrote while making it: What do you want?. It's long and it's difficult, and most of the difficulty isn't the writing — it's finding out which of the things you thought you wanted, you don't.

I expect to live to a hundred. I don't have a reason, it's just what I assume. So, I have about sixty-seven years left. When I'm a hundred I want to look back and see that most of this happened. Suddenly, sixty-seven years feel very short.

Changelog

September 2026

modified Wanting became choosing. This is no longer the list of things I want to do. It's the things I choose to do. I want to do more, but I don't believe it's good to concentrate on so many things. I also stopped counting them — the number was never the point.

modified Meaning and Economic became one pillar: Meaning & Independence. Building a learning brand and leading my own work turned out to be the same road. I don't have time for work and passion to be different things, they should be the same path. Only one.

modified Lead my own work — built from where I stand today. Not after a clean exit. Independence starts from what I'm doing now, not from quitting first.

modified Multiple mediums — the student became the kid. The essence is about kids ending with a project they made and are proud of.

dropped Have a space to gather people. After a lot of conversations at home, the space wasn't the point. We will use what we already do and what we already have — no need for a dedicated place, we have it already.

new Travel with friends and open our home. Two trips a year with friends — one a year is easy, we usually do it already. And people over at our apartment at least once a month. We already invite people, just not that often.

modified Physical became Movement & Health. Sleep, check-ups and weight are part of the same goal as climbing — living independently until 90 depends on all of them.

dropped Swim 5km in open water. I hadn't swum since I wrote the goal, and nobody around me swims. I'll still swim for fun. Climbing is the one I actually live.

modified Swim and climb twice a week became climb twice a week. Swimming moved to recreation, so only climbing stays as the weekly practice.

modified Calm, capable and helpful became calm, capable and useful. Not only to myself and my immediate circle, but beyond that.

August 2026

new Published. Written at the beginning of the year, published in August. Sixteen things across four pillars: Meaning, Economic, Social and Physical.