Jason Preston
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My 101 list

Jason Preston · 2 min read ·

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.

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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

Part 2 - Travel

  1. Live in another country (i.e. not the US) for at least 3 months

  2. Visit Japan

  3. Visit Russia

  4. Visit Australia and New Zealand

  5. Travel Europe by train

  6. Visit South America

  7. Visit Israel

  8. Visit Africa

  9. Ski in the Swiss Alps

  10. Travel the world randomly one destination at a time

  11. Spontaneously take a vacation

  12. Travel to Space

  13. Live in New York for at least one year

  14. Live in Los Angeles for at least one year

  15. Locate and visit Gray’s Lake Walking Bridge (and bring a “go kart”)

  16. Sail somewhere

  17. Enjoy a “Priceless Vacation”

  18. Go to Wimbledon (during the tournament)

Part 3 - Family Life

  1. Find and marry the perfect woman

  2. Never get a divorce

  3. Have at least one child

  4. Become a good parent

  5. Stay close to my parents (I guess this is one you un-check)

  6. Stay close to my sister and brother (another un-checker)

  7. Stay close to my extended family and cousins (ditto)

  8. Live to be a grandfather

Part 4 - Shallow Materialism

  1. Own my own home

  2. Have a nice watch

  3. Own a nice pen

  4. Own a pool table

  5. Have some sort of large-screen home theater setup

  6. Have a nice massage chair

  7. Have a hot tub

  8. Put an original Eames chair in my home

  9. My second car will be a hybrid

  10. My third car will run on an alternate fuel source