As seen on triplux.com, via Negro Please: The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. 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). So:
- Do 80 sit-ups as soon as I wake up or before going to bed, preferably both, five days a week, between October 10, 2004 and January 1, 2005.
- Put new cabinets, countertop, sink and garbage disposal in the new condo.
- File Limited Liability Corporation papers.
- Read Anthony Robbins' "Awaken the Giant Within," Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," "Maximum Achievement" by and "Time Power" by Brian Tracy and Gary Keller's "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent." Read first, judge second.
- Running: average between 70 and 80 miles a week between June and September, 2005.
- Stretch for twenty minutes a day, five days a week between June and September, 2005.
- Run the 2006 Boston Marathon in under 2 hours and 50 minutes.
- Read "Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution," "Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power," "Alexander Hamilton, American" and "Lincoln."
- Compile a personal top 100 movies list.
- Find out who my biological father is, once and for all.
- A romantic weekend spent here; it's only fair.
- Watch my beloved Boston Red Sox beat down the Yankees at Fenway and in New York in the same season. Beeyotch!
- Perform standup comedy at an amateur night.
- Have sex in a 4-star hotel room.
- Beat—no, mercilessly destroy—my nephew on the PS2 and PS3 versions of Madden.
- Attend a town hall meeting and have something to contribute.
- Learn sign language for babies.
- Qualify for and finish The Western States 100 Endurance Run.
The complete list after the jump.
As seen on triplux.com, via Negro Please: The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. 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). So:
- Stretch for ten (10) minutes a day.
- Do 80 sit-ups as soon as I wake up or before going to bed, preferably both, five days a week, between October 10, 2004 and January 1, 2005.
- Remove old appliances from the condo.
- Paint kitchen.
- Put new cabinets, countertop, sink and garbage disposal in the new condo.
- Rewire the condo for surround sound.
- Put track lighting in condo.
- Paint remainder of the condo.
- File Limited Liability Corporation papers.
- Order business cards.
- Running: average 5 miles/day, six days a week, during the month of January, 2005.
- Lose ten (10) pounds from my October 10, 2004 weight by February 28, 2005.
- Read Anthony Robbins' "Awaken the Giant Within," Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," "Maximum Achievement" by and "Time Power" by Brian Tracy and Gary Keller's "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent." Read first, judge second.
- Running: average 8 miles/day, six days a week, during the month of April, 2005.
- Do 120 sit-ups as soon as I wake up or before going to bed, five days a week, between January 2, 2005 and April 30, 2005.
- Lose twelve (12) pounds from whatever I weigh on February 28, 2005 by July 1, 2005.
- Running: average between 70 and 80 miles a week between June and September, 2005.
- Stretch for twenty minutes a day, five days a week between June and September, 2005.
- Run a marathon in under 3 hours and 15 minutes in either October or November of 2005, which will qualify me to run the Boston Marathon.
- Be measured at no more than 8 percent body fat by February 1, 2006.
- Run the 2006 Boston Marathon in under 2 hours and 50 minutes.
- Read "Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution," "Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power," "Alexander Hamilton, American" and "Lincoln."
- Watch all of the films from AFI's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time list.
- Compile a personal top 100 movies list.
- Own the top 25 films from my top 100 movies list.
- Compile a personal top 100 albums list.
- Own all of the albums on my personal top 100 albums list.
- Find out who my biological father is, once and for all.
- Learn CSS and apply that knowledge to make chillin' out in these parts mo' tight.
- Learn Spanish well enough to watch Como Agua Para Chocolate without subtitles.
- Play Texas Hold 'Em at a casino table in Vegas. Wake up in the morning to hear her laughing softly about the previous night's adventures as we greet the day in our room here.
- While we're in the area: Penn & Teller.
- A romantic weekend spent here; it's only fair.
- Watch my beloved Boston Red Sox beat down the Yankees at Fenway and in New York in the same season. Beeyotch!
- Practice Bikram Yoga once a week for six consecutive months.
- Start a retirement fund.
- Read to Gloria Yumeko twice a week, three weeks a month, for six consecutive months.
- Perform standup comedy at an amateur night.
- Get a spec'd out new iMac.
- Have sex in a 4-star hotel room.
- Take pictures of all of my friends and family.
- Create a photo section in my abode with framed photos of friends and family.
- Just for the heck of it, make a list of everyone I've ever slept with. Take said list with me as I go for a walk along the beach. Burn the list before I return.
- Attend the Kentucky Derby.
- Wake up one morning and shuffle sleepily into the living room. Hit the remote to get my morning cup of MSNBC and ESPN via a 42" plasma tv. Kick back with several cups of coffee as I attempt to jump-start my brain.
- Spend two weeks in Amsterdam.
- Beat—no, mercilessly destroy—my nephew on the PS2 and PS3 versions of Madden.
- Buy a third home as an investment before I'm priced out of the market.
- Sell four apartment complexes containing eight or more units.
- Be in the mood to propose. This doesn't mean that I'll actually do so; it simply means that I'll have met someone who makes me want to do so.
- Attend a town hall meeting and have something to contribute.
- Go to a baseball game solely for the purpose of seeing Randy Johnson pitch.
- Learn sign language for babies.
- Close on a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 3 car garage home of my own.
- Go to an Arena Football game.
- Learn to juggle.
- Go on a ski vacation with someone I love.
- Guitar lessons, to the point at which I can passably play James Taylor's "Secret 'o Life."
- Take pilates lessons for three consecutive months.
- Learn how to properly carve a turkey at Thanksgiving.
- Hike along the base of the Grand Canyon.
- Lower my blood pressure.
- Run a 5k or 10k race for charity six times within a two-month period.
- Spend at least a week in Japan.
- Spend at least a week in Russia.
- Learn how to salsa.
- Take motorcycle riding classes and renew my motorcycle license.
- Own every Spike Lee film on DVD.
- Watch every available season of The Sopranos on DVD.
- Take part in a poetry slam.
- Learn how to mix a specialty drink.
- Throw a theme party.
- Buy some original art work.
- See a professional boxing match in Vegas.
- Go sky diving. Twice.
- Meet someone from another city that I first met through blogging.
- Add sections to t2urner.com to make it more than my online diary. Include resume, a professional bio and a section for my freelance and online projects.
- Get a manicure.
- Get a pedicure.
- Get a professional massage every two months beginning in January, 2005.
- Keep my checkbook balanced monthly between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005.
- Pay all of my bills online for three months.
- Re-connect with an old friend from college.
- Purchase an authenticated jersey autographed by one of my favorite professional athletes.
- Prepare all my meals for a week (no fast food, no restaurant food), once a month, for six consecutive months.
- Prepare all my meals for at least 4 days/week, for eight consecutive months.
- Buy and wear a Utilikilt to at least five Meetin.org social events. Oh, what the heck: buy two. Wear the first Utilikilt to an event no later than May, 2005.
- High jump 5'8" as a participant in an outdoor open track meet.
- Eliminate twenty-five percent (25%) of either my graduate school debt or my real estate debt, whichever is most economically beneficial from an investor's perspective.
- Finish the Old Pueblo 50 Mile Endurance Run in 2006.
- Run and finish the Old Pueblo 50 in a competitive fashion (60th percentile or better) in 2007.
- Find a good dentist and receive checkups on a regularly-scheduled basis.
- Become a licensed Realtor in three states.
- Become a licensed Real Estate Broker in two states.
- Take part in a pillow fight that devolves into absolutely, positively curl your toes and then stretch as far out as you can passionate sex.
- Qualify for and finish The Western States 100 Endurance Run.
- Give an honest assessment of a relationship's potential within no more than three dates, especially if it falls into the category of, "I can only see things between the two of us working if..."
- Take a weekend's worth of high performance driving classes.
- Sign up to attend the 2007 World Championships of Track & Field in Osaka, Japan.
- Host a Chili, red wine and corn bread dinner.
- On Day 1001, publish a new 101 Things in 1001 Days list.
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