So honestly - this has been my problem with skiing in the last year or so. I have no goals. Well, other than not getting hurt - but you know how it's easiest to avoid getting hurt skiing? You stay home. I mean, I achieved that goal last year, which is nice, but I didn't ski much either, so that's a pretty pointless skiing goal.
The problem is, I haven't been able to think of ANYTHING that I want to do on skis that I haven't done. Don't get me wrong, heli skiing sounds fabulous, but I really don't want to spend the money. And while there are destinations that sound wonderful, I'd rather spend my vacation time and budget on biking trips.
And I can't think of any skills related things that I want to do. I don't really have any interest in skiing switch or doing anything new in the park or hucking off of anything bigger than I've done before. As much as I'd love to do more touring, I really don't want to put my friends or myself in the situation again we were in when my knee locked up again and we had to get me out of the middle of nowhere on one leg.
To be honest, it's really made me lose my passion for skiing, because the activities where I DO have current, achievable, challenging goals become WAY more interesting to me.
But I was talking about it with a friend this morning and I sort of came up with a crazy idea. I'm going to try and ski and stay completely in the present when I'm skiing. Not work on any skills whatsoever, for the entire season. Not worry about what anyone thinks of what I'm doing, what I'm skiing, what I'm skiing on, or how I'm doing it. Part of it is just a mental challenge because it's so 100% opposite of my nature. And the other part is just an experiment to see what it makes me think of skiing, removed from skills improvement, social pressure, etc.
So that is my one and only goal on the bucket list. On the surface it seems like it's a goal to not have goals, but in reality, I think it's probably the hardest goal I've ever set for myself.