Zero Day; 101 things in 1001 days

Monday, June 10, 2013

Day 30, small things knocked off.

Well I've knocked off 2 small Items. #17 and #94. Planning a trip to Vegas, while i have a date range in mind and it's majorly being discussed, it looks like between September and October of 2015 looks like the big return. Already excited! The other thing was cleaning out my email inbox. I went from 615 emails (dating all the way back to 2007....yea seriously) down to 47. Amazing how quickly those joke emails that you'll want to keep for later add up. Or the email that are important at one point, aren't 2 years later. I have started up on getting clothes together to donate and should get them out in the next week or so.

so statistically I've gotten 3 items done in 30 days, that's 1 every 10 days. with 98 more to go in 971 days averaging out to 1 in every 9.9 days.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Iist update.

Nothing to update as far as being done. Just updated the list with in progress items. Looked at the imdb top 250 list and saw I've already seen 50. I now own 17 nes games so that takes care if 1/3 of the retro game list item. Also added a link to the pic for the 8 bit emergency.

There is one item I plan to take care if this weekend so another update should follow soon.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Day 2, Item #30....

Here I am getting things done on day 2 already:

The 50 questions to free your mind

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? Mid to late teens until my body feels its aches then mid 60's.
Which is worse, failing or never trying? Never trying because you'll never know.
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? Because many of us are scared to take chances and play it safe.
When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? I hope not.
What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? I hope that someday people will judge people based on personalities not skin color, religion, age, sexuality, gender or desired gender.
If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? Owner-chef of my own bakery/cafe
Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? Mostly settling.
If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? I'd be doing a lot more to make me happy and others not so much.
To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? Most of it I'd say.
Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? Doing the right thing.
You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do? Defiantly speak up and try justify my friends behavior or actions.
If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? Do what makes you happy not keep others happy.
Would you break the law to save a loved one?yes
Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? Yes especially in the kitchen.
What’s something you know you do differently than most people? Nothing I'm ready to admit openly yet.
How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? It takes a special kind of person to be happy with it.
What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? Own a business.
Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? Fear
If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? Florida or Nevada
Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? No
Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Joyful
Why are you, you? I wish I knew
Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? I hope so
Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? The one nearby, there's no excuse for it
What are you most grateful for? Life
Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? If I can't have them all then none at all. Then my crazy had an excuse.
Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first? It must be challenged
Has your greatest fear ever come true? Close
Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now? I'm over it.
What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special? To many to choose.
At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
If not now, then when? Soon?
If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose? A lot, but a lot could be gained.
Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? Those are the best conversations.
Why do religions that support love cause so many wars? Passion
Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil? Good and evil are loosely defined but to the extremes it can be.
If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? I'd put my 2 weeks in real fast.
Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? More
Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? Yes
When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? Not recent enough
If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? Gather all my close family in one place.
Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? I'd be willing to give 2
What is the difference between being alive and truly living? Happiness
When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? When fear is on overload.
If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? We are afraid of being judged
What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? I can't answer that at this time
When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? Last night
What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? Yes
In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that? Not likely.
Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? A mixture

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Day One

Day one of my list starts, May 10, 2013 and the last day is February 16th 2016. As I progress the things on my list will be highlighted in a different color. There are a few items I'm really excited for and can't wait to do. There are a few things hidden as they are private items I will do and keep to myself. I will blog every 10 days or so, about my adventure, triumph, and will for good.

The List!!

Items in red are in progress and items in blue are completed.

Food and Drink 1). Learn 2 new signature dishes 2). Bake 6 creative cupcakes 3). Learn to make a great cinnamon bun 4). Make hot sauce 5). Learn a good beef brisket recipe 6). Try 5 new restaurants 7). Write the menu for potential future restaurant if my own 8). Try swordfish 9). Write a cook book 10). Bake a bread from scratch 11). perfect a crock pot spaghetti sauce 12). Make a pesto sauce Travel 13). Go to Philadelphia for cheese-steak and maybe pretzel and leave. 14). See a new state 15). Go on a cruise vacation 16). Go back to Niagara Falls 17). Have a plan when to see Vegas again 18). Go to a water park. 19). Go camping twice 20). Go see a movie at a drive in movie theater 21). Go to Hershey Park Personal Experiences 22). Make sure I've watched 100 of the IMDB Top 250 Movies (currently have viewed 50-list to come soon) 23). Listen to Rolling Stones Top 100 songs (in a row) 24). Take a class to learn something completely new 25). Participate in 3 charity events 26). Enter recipes into cooking contests 27). Get my weight down to 170 28). Win ridiculous sized prize at state fair or carnival 29). Discover a wine I like 30). Answer and post "the 50 questions that will free your mind" 31). Enter a short story contest 32). participate in or host a cookie swap 33). Do something as recommended by a friend 34). Go to a famous aquarium 35). Go one week, no soda 36). Learn a card trick 37). Go apple picking 38). Murder Mystery Dinner 39). get a professional massage 40). go on a lunch or dinner cruise 41). Experience something I've been afraid to do 42). Purchase 1 groupon and 1 living social deal and use them 43). Do something that makes someone tell me I made their day. For Others/Environment 44). start my change for a dollar charity 45). give 50 hours to community service 46). donate clothes I no longer need 47). Do 15 random acts of kindness 48). Give a homeless person food 49). Plant a tree 50). send an over seas solder a care package 51). Hold a toy drive at Christmas time and get the toys to a local kids hospital complete with someone dressed as Santa delivering the toys 52). Get 10,000 grains of rice donated at freerice.com 53). convince someone else to donate time to charity Entertainment 54). Dress up for rocky horror picture show 55). Ask 7 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 56). Do a 1000+ piece jigsaw puzzle, glue it and hang it up 57). have a Disney movie weekend (either fri-sat or sat-sun and consisting of a minimum 10 hours each day) 58). have a super hero movie weekend (either fri-sat or sat-sun and consisting of a minimum 10 hours each day) 59). host a potluck/game night 60). see 5 movies in theater 61). Own a foreign movie 62). Start twilight zone collection 63). Complete resident evil movie collection. (own 3 of the 5 movies) 64). See a movie at an IMAX theater Sports and Leisure 65). Bowl a 279 or better 66). Bowl a 700 series 67). Go see 3 different minor leave stadiums 68). Visit 2 major league stadiums. 69). Have a marathon video game session-vintage gaming style 70). Have a marathon video game session-modern gaming style 71). Own 3 vintage game systems with 10 games for each (own NES with 10+ games) 72). Night out at the pool hall 73). play paintball 74). win a poker tournament i host 75). Host a HORSE style poker game 76). spend the summer of 2014 going on a mini golf tour 77). Go on a 25 mile bike ride Things to Buy 78). New tires for my bike 79). save up for kitchen aid mixer or get someone to buy me one 80). A Stephen King book and read it Miscellaneous 81). Learn to change my own oil on a car 82). Visit grandmother's grave 83). build my super hero/Nintendo wall art posters 84). Complete 5 model cars 85). Create a signature cocktail 86). Design a calendar and use it all year long 87). Make a photo portfolio using color splash art 88). Make a photo album of the artwork on my computer 89). Collect 1 chip from 7 different casinos to have in my collection (currently own 3, Turning Stone, Bellagio, and Paris) 90). Try to sell something on Etsy 91). Get a map of the country and place pins of where I've been and where i want to go 92). Make 8 bit emergency kit as seen in picture click here 93). Give a 100% tip to a waiter or waitress 94). Clean out email inbox 95). Listen to 3 DVD commentaries 96). Win lots if tickets at arcade then make some little kids day by giving them my tickets 97). Brew my own beer Non published secret list 98). 99). 100). 101).

So here’s the gist of this...

The Challenge: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 your part).

Why 1001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple challenges such as New Year’s resolutions or a ‘Bucket List’. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years, 1 task per 9-10 days) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips, study semesters, or outdoor activities.