My 101 list

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I’m going to steal a page (almost literally) from Ted Leonsis‘ blog and make my own 101 list: a list of 101 things that I’d like to accomplish in life. I think it’s a really cool idea; some of the things I’ve already checked off my list, and many of the things I have yet to accomplish.

As I’m compiling this list, I’ve realized that some things are ones that you un-check if you fail.

This list is a work in progress - I’m kicking it off with only 34 items. You can always find it with the link on the right sidebar, and I’ll be adding to it periodically as things occur to me. I’m still trying to figure out how I can avoid having to re-number everything whenever I add something to the first two categories.


    Part 1 - Goals

  1. Write and take part in creating a Science Fiction film
  2. Write and take part in creating a Comedy film
  3. Start a business and turn a profit running it
  4. Publish a short story
  5. Find a job that I enjoy
  6. Never be in debt
  7. Hike to the top of Longs Peak
  8. Make photography a bigger hobby
  9. Learn at least one programming language
  10. Read every book I own
  11. Register a patent
  12. Learn to draw
  13. Create or take part in a comic or webcomic
  14. Create or take part in creating a video game
  15. Meet a Bond actor
  16. Get Quoted (like on the Google homepage)
  17. Meet a Bond Girl
  18. Write a cool epitaph
  19. Learn to drive a manual transmission well

    20. Part 2 - Travel

  20. Live in another country (i.e. not the US) for at least 3 months
  21. Visit Japan
  22. Visit Russia
  23. Visit Australia and New Zealand
  24. Travel Europe by train
  25. Visit South America
  26. Visit Israel
  27. Visit Africa
  28. Ski in the Swiss Alps
  29. Travel the world randomly one destination at a time
  30. Spontaneously take a vacation
  31. Travel to Space
  32. Live in New York for at least one year
  33. Live in Los Angeles for at least one year
  34. Locate and visit Gray’s Lake Walking Bridge (and bring a “go kart”)
  35. Sail somewhere
  36. Enjoy a “Priceless Vacation”
  37. Go to Wimbledon (during the tournament)

    38. Part 3 - Family Life

  38. Find and marry the perfect woman
  39. Never get a divorce
  40. Have at least one child
  41. Become a good parent
  42. Stay close to my parents (I guess this is one you un-check)
  43. Stay close to my sister and brother (another un-checker)
  44. Stay close to my extended family and cousins (ditto)
  45. Live to be a grandfather

    46. Part 4 - Shallow Materialism

  46. Own my own home
  47. Have a nice watch
  48. Own a nice pen
  49. Own a pool table
  50. Have some sort of large-screen home theater setup
  51. Have a nice massage chair
  52. Have a hot tub
  53. Put an original Eames chair in my home
  54. My second car will be a hybrid
  55. My third car will run on an alternate fuel source
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March 28, 2006 | Written by Jason | Filed Under Nonsense 

Comments

5 Responses to “My 101 list”

  1. Ethan on August 2nd, 2006 3:20 pm

    Where’s “Win the heart of Ethan Ambabo?”
    Where’s “Watch in glory as someone posts the first message to http://www.ilovejasonpreston.com?”
    You think too small…

  2. Jason on August 2nd, 2006 4:09 pm

    Ethan those aren’t goals. Those are dreams.

  3. Jeremy on August 9th, 2006 4:52 pm

    How can you cross out “never be in debt” or “never get a divorce”? You could only say you’ve done these things once you’re dead.

  4. Jason on August 10th, 2006 1:09 am

    They’ll be “un-crossed off” if I ever go into debt or get a divorce, savvy?

  5. Alyssa on November 29th, 2006 1:16 am

    Hi, is there a way to receive your blog feed in my daily email?