Active Items

These are some items I’m currently working on.​​​​​

• Start my own business [Day 1/100 - Progress]

• Learn Riak.js

• Learn K8

• Learn Apache Presto

• Learn Apache Pinot

• Learn Crossplane

• Help 100 entrepreneurs through Kiva.org [28/100 - Progress]

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The latest accomplishments​

• Read 30 pages a day every day for three months in a row [90/90 - Done]

• Listen book on audible for 30 minutes a day for three months in a row [90/90 - Done]

• Create Mr. Fries stuffed toy for Morgan's "Burger & Fries" Comics book [Done]

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Life​

• Help 100 Entrepreneurs Through Kiva.org [28/100 - Progress]

• Sell books door-to-door - [05/1999-08/1999 - Done]

• Be the absolute best in the world at something (described as such by a reputable source)

• Change 1 person’s life for the better

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Entrepreneurship​

• Start my own business [Day 1/100 - Progress]

• Start an incubator to help others

• Start my own non-profit

• Launch my own apparel/clothing line

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Intelligence/Self-Education

• Read at least 30 pages a day for three months in a row [90/90 - Done]

• Listen audible book at least 30 minutes for three months in a row [90/90 - Done]

• Learn Riak.js

• Learn K8

• Learn Apache Presto

• Learn Apache Pinot

• Learn Crossplane

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Minimalism

• Go without a cell phone for a day

• Live without technology for a day

• Go without internet for a month

• Go without a car for a month

• Count & document all my crap

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Misc.

• Create "Mr. Fries" stuffed toy for "Burger & Fries" [11/09/21 - Done]

• Completed a pre-Basic Rider motorcycle course​ - [09/06/21 - Done]

• Blog 365 days in a row - [2020-2021 - Done]

• Become an Ordained Minister [09/03/2021 - Done]

• Go to a Russian Banya with a non-Russian friend - [10/21/21 - Done]

• Create a custom T-shirt [10/05/2021 - Done]

• Donate blood [11/02/2021 - Done]

• Go to a Toastmasters meeting

• Obtain e-residency - Link

• Plant or help plant 10,000 trees

• Shoot a documentary

• Support a childhood passion

• Raise $1 million dollars for charity

• Open a school

• Provide a fresh drinking water to a village

• Provide electricity to a village

• Learn to ride a motorcycle

• Be an extra in a movie

• Do adventure roulette

• Get something named after me

• Leave a $100 tip at a restaurant

• Help a student expand their potential and realize their dreams

• Try a ridiculous fast

• Become a better cook: cook something new every day for a month

• Experience something new every day for a month

• Fund a scholarship

• Become a part-time owner of a professional sports and/or e-sports team

• Take a 30-Day cold shower challenge

• Create an illustration I’d be proud to sell as a printable

• Start a podcast. Publish 100 podcast episodes

• Plant a garden

• Draw every day 30 days in a row

• Play guitar every day for three months in a row

• Go clam digging

• Bring baked goods to a neighbor

• Send someone an anonymous gift

• Write a thank you letter to a company that treated you well [11/13/2021 - Done]

• Write a letter to 10 people I admire

• Donate toys at the holidays

• Volunteer

• Write a letter to your future self

• List 10 things you are grateful for every day for 1 month

• Build a house with Habitat for Humanity

• Serve food at a soup kitchen

• Do a body cleanse

• Make a coloring book

• Blow glass

• Knit a scarf

• Make a 2022 calendar with my favorite photos

• Memorize a poem

• Write your life story

• Make a homemade beauty product

• Make my own perfume

• Invent something

• Sell something on the internet

• Make a career out of a hobby

• Send a message in a bottle

• Visit my state capitol

• Take a Seattle underground history tour​

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Renaissance Woman​

• Write a poem in Russian [10/15/2021 - Done]

• Write and publish a comic book

• Write a book

• Write an e-book

• Publish a real physical book

• Start a successful blog (50,000+ subscribers)

• Start a second successful blog

• Write a poem in English

• Write a song

• Learn to DJ

• Learn to Breakdance

• Create a video that gets international coverage

• Get to Space

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Fitness

• Run non-stop for 365 days [2020-2021 - Done]

• Run a 5k

• Run a 10k

• Run a Half Marathon

• Run a Marathon

• Run an Ultra Marathon

• Run a Triathlon – Sprint Distance

• Run a Triathlon – Olympic Distance

• Run a Triathlon – Half Ironman

• Run a Triathlon – Ironman

• Run a Duathlon

• Run a sub 7-minute mile

• Go Slacklining

• Complete a Century Ride

• Run Tough Mudder 

• Finish the GoRuck Challenge

• Bike a century race

• Bike Across America

• Run Across America

• Do yoga every day for 365 days in a row

• Learn archery

• Learn to curl

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Life Accomplishments

• Get a BS [2001, Hillsdale College - Done]

• Get a MS [2003, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Done]

• Get a PhD [2009, Purdue University - Done]

• Get an MBA [2016, University of Chicago - Done]

• Become a Partner at Microsoft [2021 - Done]

• Become an ordained minister - [09/03/21 - Done]

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Travel

• Visit every continent

• Travel for 1 Year straight

• Become an Estonian E-citizen

• Live on the beach in some tropical country for 3 months

• Do a cross country road trip and make a film about it

• Do a round-the-world trip and make a film about it

• Visit All 50 States

• Visit 20 Countries

• Visit 50 Countries

• Visit 100 Countries

• Visit 150 Countries

• Visit all the Countries

• Start/buy an Island

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Adventures/Adrenaline Rushes

• Go Indoor Skydiving - [09/02/21 - Done]

• Go Whale Watching - [09/05/21 - Done]

• Go Zip Lining - [10/23/21 - Done]

• Go fencing - [11/26/21 - Scheduled]

• Go Skydiving

• Go Bungee Jumping

• Go Paragliding

• Go Parasailing

• Go Hangliding

• Go Skydiving

• Go BASE Jumping

• Go Parasailing

• Go Kitesurfing

• Go Windsurfing

• Go Surfing

• Go Stand Up Paddle boarding

• Go Abseiling

• Got Hot Air Ballooning

• Go Wingsuit Flying

• Go Skiing

• Go Snowboarding

• Go Backcountry Skiing / Snowboarding

• Go Snowmobiling

• Go Jet Skiing

• Go Waterskiing

• Go Wakeboarding

• Go Kneeboarding

• Go White Water Rafting

• Go Kayaking

• Go Scuba Diving

• Go Cave Diving

• Go Freediving

• Learn to Kitesurf

• Kitesurf for a month

• Learn to Surf

• Get PADI Certified & go scuba diving

• Climb a Volcano

• Learn To Freedive

• Go Zorbing

• Fly A Rocketman Water Jet Lev Fly Board

• Fly A Flyboard Water Hoverboard

• Take a helicopter ride

• Learn to fly a plane

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Languages To Learn

• Learn Russian [Done]

• Learn German [Done]

• Learn English [Done]

• Learn French

• Learn Chinese

• Learn Japanese

• Learn American Sign Language

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Events to Attend​

• Oktoberfest in Germany

• Burning Man

• Coachella

• Lollapalooza

• Bonnaroo

• Visit Burning Man And Document It

• See The Northern Lights & Make A Time Lapse Film Of It

• Carnival (Brazil)

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Travel

• Visit all 50 states

• Visit Alaska, in particular

• Visit the North Pole

• Visit the South Pole

• Visit the Dead Sea (lowest point on earth)

• Visit Everest Base Camp (highest point on earth)

• Visit Every Continent in the World

• Visit Every Country in the World

• Visit Every Ocean in the World

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Things To See

• The Northern Lights

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Cities to Visit

• New York City

• Moscow

• St. Petersburg

• Warsaw

• London

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• Amsterdam

• Paris

• Vancouver

• Las Vegas

• Hong Kong

• Miami

• Tokyo

• Prague

• Copenhagen

• Bali

• Rio

• Milan

• Rome

• Barcelona

• Sydney

• New Zealand

• Vienna

• Sicily

• Ibiza

• Antarctica

• Monaco

• Iceland

• Dubai