I'd like to shed the extra 45 pounds that are burdening me, and then be able to go backpacking more and for longer distances, and also be able to ride a horse that's not like 17 hands
I've mentioned that I was a boy scout a couple times already, but this story comes from how, when I was taking my horsemanship merit badge, the horse I was assigned to to clean, groom, and ride was this HUGE 18 hand mare. I'm not short, and I could barely get up in the saddle.
as far as the short term goes.
For the long term, I want to graduate college, get a job as an astrophysicist, and make enough money so my family never has to worry about money again. I want to, after that, go and work as a park ranger in a national park so I can live out in some secluded area, read, fish, hike, and everything else like that. That's my ideal life plan.