{"id":265,"date":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesrising.net\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","slug":"101-goals-in-1001-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jamesrising.net\/blog\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"101 Goals in 1001 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

d_day<\/a>‘s 101 Goals in 1001 Days inspired me to write my own list. Tell me if you’re interested in being involved in\/assisting with any of them!<\/p>\n

101 Goals for 1001 Days (by January 17 2010)
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\n 1. Write 101 Goals list
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\nExperiences
\n
\n 1. Visit Prague
\n 2. Go to Burning Man
\n 3. Rock climb on a mountain
\n 4. Go boating on the Charles
\n 5. Volunteer in another country
\n 6. Bike across Massachusetts
\n 7. Ice skate
\n 8. Attend a multiple-day meditation retreat
\n 9. Attend 5 different religions’ services
\n 10. Spend a day at a sauna or spa
\n 11. Live alone outside society for 4 days
\n 12. Live 4 days each without a basic function (sight, hearing, touch, taste\/smell, speech, right hand)
\n 13. Attend a large music festival (e.g., Bonnaroo)
\n 14. Read 6 books (I haven’t already read) from the 100 most banned book list
\n 15. Watch 12 movies from AFI’s top 100 list
\n 16. Visit 3 of Australia, South America, Africa, and Asia
\n 17. Try 10 new natural foods (e.g., fruits and vegetables)
\n 18. Try 6 new restaurants
\n 19. Try MDMA or MDA
\n 20. Go to the Boston ICA
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\nSocial and Sexual
\n
\n 1. Write 20 letters (at least 5 friends, 5 family, 5 political)
\n 2. Write a mass-mailed Christmas letter
\n 3. Call mom every week for 2 months
\n 4. Get a friend of every Myers-Briggs type
\n 5. Get a friend from each of 20 countries
\n 6. Say “hi” to 5 strangers a day for two weeks
\n 7. Create a persona (a la Sacha Cohen)
\n 8. Go on a camping trip with friends
\n 9. Learn wedding dancing
\n 10. Get a girlfriend (at least 1 month)
\n 11. Fool around with a guy
\n 12. Have 3 things stuck up my anus
\n 13. Try 5 new sexual positions
\n 14. Host a Rocky non-after party
\n 15. Organize a 100+ person event
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\nProjects
\n
\n 1. Hire an employee
\n 2. Write an academic paper
\n 3. Write a short story
\n 4. Construct a piece of music
\n 5. Draw a painting
\n 6. Complete a general A.I. program
\n 7. Build technology for my apartment
\n 8. Document 100 projects on my projects site
\n 9. Build a piece of furniture (e.g. bean bag chair, carpentry project)
\n 10. Sell something of my own making
\n 11. Design new programming language or theory of physics
\n 12. Publish “Reals”, “Refs”, and “Agents” PHP systems
\n 13. Publish book (e.g., DSPFirst Commentary, D&D Modifications, Written Language, Social Guide)
\n 14. Make fine garb for SCA
\n 15. Make a time capsule
\n 16. Write a 30 page biography (include interests, projects, activities)
\n 17. Take a class outside of MIT
\n 18. Teach a class outside of MIT
\n 19. “Produce” a project that I’ve already finished (e.g., Grading System, System Predictor)
\n 20. Choose a death row “final meal”, and cook it
\n 21. Prepare 25 new recipes
\n 22. Participate in a political campaign
\n 23. Start a business
\n 24. Form a project support collective (writer’s group)
\n 25. Start or join a secret society
\n 26. Create a gift from my skill set (e.g., a robot)
\n 27. Convince ESG to experiment with basic class structure
\n 28. Write up results from By Mice and Men
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\nLife Situation
\n
\n 1. Get a fully outfitted kitchen
\n 2. Switch to a new bank
\n 3. Move or catalogue and reorganize stuff at parents’
\n 4. Get all books on shelves or get rid of them
\n 5. Get good speakers
\n 6. Get eye contacts
\n 7. Get a pet
\n 8. Legally own or rip from friends half of favorite 500 songs
\n 9. Catalogue 1000 of my books
\n 10. Get a friend to help me buy a new wardrobe ($250 worth)
\n 11. Buy stock or real estate (at least $500 worth)
\n 12. Pay off expensive student loan
\n 13. Live principles from Your Money or Your Life<\/u> for 1 month
\n 14. Learn to drive and get a license
\n 15. Write death wishes (funeral service and legal will)
\n 16. Reorganize every room in apartment
\n 17. Paint apartment walls
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\nHealth and Fitness
\n
\n 1. Give blood
\n 2. Bench press 200 pounds
\n 3. Run a 10 minute mile
\n 4. Rid my toes of fungus
\n 5. Do a detox diet for 10 days
\n 6. Gain 20 pounds
\n 7. Give up chocolate and caffeine for a month
\n 8. Get CPR certified
\n 9. Exercise 8 times a month for 3 months in a row
\n<\/font>
\nPersonal Improvement
\n
\n 1. Learn to whistle tunes
\n 2. Give a speech for at least 50 people
\n 3. Learn lucid dreaming
\n 4. Memorize “Howl”
\n 5. Read “Hamlet”
\n 6. Learn the constellations and their stories
\n 7. Learn German well enough to converse
\n 8. Learn to make Spanish Tortillas
\n 9. Learn A-List celebrities (names, achievements, connections)
\n 10. Learn to play 5 new songs on the piano or harp
\n 11. Learn to tie 10 new knots
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I’m going to keep track of my progress on my site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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