James's 101 Things To Do In 1001 Days...
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days (that's 2.75 years)
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).
Start Date: November 22, 2008 (no, not a coincidence is you know your history)
End Date: August 20, 2011
Health
1. 8% body fat by May 15, 2010
2. Run a 5k
3. Run a marathon
4. Run a triathlon
5. Drink more red wine, less beer and liquor (gonna need at least 20 examples of this before its marked off) a. 11/25- Choice between beer and wine. Chose wine
b. 12/26
c. 4/2
6. Climb Mount Washington
7. Get a complete physical Done 2/5
8. Go to the dentist 2 times a year
9. Drink 8 glasses of Water a day in April of 2009
10. Do not eat after 8:00, Monday thru Friday, except on holidays in April of 2009
11. Go a month without wearing contact lenses
12. Be a vegetarian for a month
13. Go on a liquid diet for two weeks
Entertainment
14. Hear Jimmy Buffett sing Margaritaville live
15. Hear Bono sing City of Blinding Lights live
16. Go to at least 2 red sox games a season (and sit on the monster seats at least once)
17. Go to Red Sox Spring Training
18. Go to a comedy show
19. Go to play on Broadway
20. Get season tickets to BC football
Education
21. Finish in the Top 5% of my graduating class-------Finished Top 6
22. Win at least 3 more CALI awards before I graduate------------Got 1
23. Read the Bible
24. Read the Koran
25. Read the Art of Happiness, by his holiness, the Dali Lama
26. Learn Latin
27. Read writings of Aeschylus
28. Read one biography, “classic” piece of literature or self-help book every two months
a. "The Nine" by Jeffrey Toobin
b. "The Death Penalty" by Hugo Bedau
c. "The Great Derrangement by Matt Taibi
d. Next: Becoming Justice Blackmun
29. Learn to play an instrument
*And due to time constraints, “read includes audiobooks as long as I do it while running on the treadmill!
Travel
30. Swim in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
July 4th- Atlantic Ocean, Martha's Vineyard
31. Try skiing again or snowboarding
32. Nantucket
33. Get a passport
34. Go to Ground Zero
35. Drink a margarita at Margaritaville
36. Sit on a double decker in London, England
37. Eat a lobster on Cape Cod
38. Go to a vineyard
39. Go some place where English, is the second language
40. New York City during the x-mas season
41. Stand on the Cliffs of Moher
For Others
42. Volunteer 50 hours by day 365
10 hours done as of 7/11
43. Volunteer 100 hours by day 730
44. Donate $100 by day 365
45. Donate $200 by day 730
46. Buy a cup of coffee for random stranger in starbucks drive thu
47. Buy food for a homeless person
48. Buy a Christmas gift for a child
Professional /Personal Wealth
49. Do something to get involved in local politics
50. Graduate from law school
51. Pass the Bar
52. Save 25k for a house (this includes 10k already saved)
53. Understand my 401k and take control of it
54. File my taxes the first week I can
a. Done for 2009
55. Apply for 5 scholarships for last year of law school
56. Be debt free (excluding student loans) 57. Buy Real Estate
Toys
58. Iphone or Blackberry
59. Aviator Ray-bans
60. A tag watch
61. 3 new suits
July 14- Bought two new suits.
Randoms
62. Watch 5 foreign films, including one by Kurosawa
a. Watched “This is England”, 2006 British Film of the Year. 1 of 5 foreign films
63. Play basketball at the Y
64. Just say, finally, "I'm an attorney"
65. Play basketball at Morgan
66. Sleep in a tent for three days
67. Go to Mary Ann’s , Eagles’s Deli and Roggies
68. Don’t shave for a month
69. Fly non-commerical
70. Get me, matt, shane, gary, josh & joe into the same room at the same time
71. Visit a friend from high school, a friend from college, and a relative, who all live in another state.
72. Ask a stranger out on a date
73.Take Liam to the Vet
74. Fast for 48 hours
75. Attend 3 school social events
76. Lose 20 pounds by June 1, 2009
77. Enlist in the Army
78. Get the Army Physical Fitness Badge
79. Add in 2011
80. Visit my Grandma and be ok with her asking me if I have a girlfriend, 20 times in an hour 2/1
81. Visit my Great-Grandma
82. Visit the Supreme Court
83. Find Ben Shiu (or at least document considerable effort) Unsuccessful but I gave it a shot
84. Watch a movie at a drive-in theater
85. Hear President Obama speak (live)
86. Go to a Uconn game at Gampel
87. Go without Starbucks for a month- Done and I don't miss it 2/4
88. Dress up for Halloween every year
89. Publish Something
90. Play golf 10 times for each calendar year
2009-
a. Banner Lodge 4/10
b. Grassy Hill 5/10,
c. Quarry Ridge, 5/31
d. Miner's Ridge, 6/22
91. Watch the sunrise
92. Buy a piece of artwork.
93. Make 10 new business related contacts a year
94. Play football on Thanksgiving
95. Go fishing
96. Be in a relationship for at least 6 months
97. Move in my treadmill to apartment
98. Take Bandit to Starbucks DONE 11/27/08
99. Find that Belgium Beer I really liked
100. Finish this list in 1001 days
101. Start a new list.
