Don't be shy!     blog@sufficientthrust.com - @MarinaMartin
An ongoing source of inspiration and motivation to propel you to success!

As part of the 101 Goals in 1001 Days series, below is my list of 101 goals (slightly modified for public viewing) for more ideas for your own list!

As the series progresses, many of these goals will become links to my personal execution plans for you to adopt and adapt for yourself!

     

    BLOGGING

  1. Get lifehackered
  2. Get 1,000 comments on Sufficient Thrust
  3. Write 500 posts on Sufficient Thrust

    4.  

    CREATIONS

  4. Publish an article in a print magazine (any topic, any magazine)
  5. Write Sufficient Thrust book
  6. Make a nine-square quilt
  7. Design a killer dress (and wear it out somewhere nice)
  8. Successfully make three types of sushi at home
  9. Bake a loaf of ciabatta bread

    10.  

    EXPERIENCE

  10. Take a pole dancing class
  11. Completely digitize life so I am never without a file no matter where I am
  12. Have a lucid dream
  13. Pose nude for an artist (or art class)
  14. Be photo pen pals with Katey for a year (one photo per day)
  15. Win a hand of poker
  16. Develop a complete, effortless backup system for digitized life
  17. Finish a New York Times Sunday crossword without assistance

    18.  

    FINANCE

  18. Buy my soul back from Sallie Mae

    19.  

    GIVE BACK

  19. Volunteer on a Habitat for Humanity house
  20. See a CASA case to fruition
  21. See 101 people through to their 101 goals

    22.  

    HOME

  22. Live in three places at once
  23. Live in Seattle
  24. Feng shui my Portland apartment
  25. Paint all the walls in my Portland apartment
  26. Decorate my Portland apartment only with things I love

    27.  

    KNOWLEDGE

  27. Fill in a world map with correct country names and capitals with no help
  28. Memorize all the two-letter Scrabble words
  29. Explain string theory in simple terms
  30. Take an astronomy class
  31. Tell Miles from Coltrane
  32. Finish the Foreign Service Institute’s Level 1 Amharic course
  33. Finish the Foreign Service Institute’s Level 1 German course
  34. Complete Economics textbook and complete every problem set
  35. Complete “Calculus Made Easy” by Silvanus Thompson and complete every problem set

    36.  

    PHYSICAL

  36. Do a pull-up
  37. 17% body fat
  38. Do a split
  39. Run a 5K without stopping
  40. Spend 100 hours hiking (total)
  41. LASIK
  42. A1c under 6

    43.  

    PIECES OF PAPER

  43. CPR certification
  44. NASM certification
  45. CCW permits in as many states as allow non-residents

    46.  

    PROPERTY

  46. Own a handgun
  47. Find a shade of lipstick that I will leave the house wearing
  48. Find a pair of eyeglasses that I will leave the house wearing
  49. Find a pair of sunglasses that I will leave the house wearing

    50.  

    READING

  50. All books published in English by Hans Gadamer
  51. All books published in English by Seth Godin
  52. All books published in English by Martin Heidegger
  53. All three volumes of Das Kapital
  54. All the Orange Prize for Fiction books
  55. All the Personal MBA books
  56. All books published in English by Milton Friedman
  57. 15 books on Second Amendment issues
  58. All books published in English by Nietzsche
  59. All books published in English by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  60. All books published in English by Ayn Rand
  61. All books published in English by Paulo Coelho
  62. All books published in English by Lionel Shriver

    63.  

    ROUTINES

  63. Go to bikram yoga class daily for 30 days straight
  64. Wake up at or before 6AM for 30 days straight
  65. Run three miles a day for 30 days straight
  66. Meditate for 30 minutes for 30 days straight
  67. Be a raw foodist for 30 days straight
  68. Give up coffee for 30 days straight
  69. Spend five hours a week at the shooting range for three months straight

    70.  

    TASTES

  70. Try 100 new kinds of beer
  71. Try 100 new mixed drinks

    72.  

    TRAVEL

  72. Drink a Guinness in Vienna, Austria
  73. Drink a Guinness in China
  74. Swim in Antarctica
  75. Go on a truly random road trip
  76. Visit Ouray, Colorado
  77. Visit Walden Pond
  78. Watch the Mass Games live in North Korea
  79. Go on a tour of Oregon vineyards
  80. Eat kik alicha in Ethiopia
  81. See Camille Claudel’s The Waltz in person at the Rodin Museum
  82. See a Cirque de Soleil show
  83. See a Frank Wildhorn show
  84. Attend an Austrian Economics conference
  85. Attend high school reunion

    86.  

    VENTURES

  86. Launch an Ethiopian restaurant review blog with at least 10 posts
  87. Launch a blog about traveling around the world drinking Guinness
  88. Launch a health/nutrition blog
  89. Launch [Business Venture #1]
  90. Launch [Business Venture #2]
  91. Launch [Business Venture #3]
  92. Launch [Business Venture #4]
  93. Launch [Business Venture #5]
  94. Launch [Business Venture #6]
  95. Launch [Business Venture #7]

    96.  

    WATCHING

  96. Watch 50 Cold-War-era Eastern European films
  97. Watch all Natalie Portman films
  98. Watch all Ryan Gosling films
  99. Watch all Robin Williams films
  100. Watch all Johnny Depp films
  101. Watch all Edward Norton films

First posted on September 11, 2007

9 Comments »

  1. Re #16: I have found Mozy to be a perfect backup solution for me. At least until Leopard comes out. Mozy Unlimited Backup [affiliate link] It’s $5/mo and works in the background. Beautiful.

    Re #70: I just took up the task of 200 beers. I joined the U.F.O. club at The Flying Saucer last night, and I am aiming to have my plate on the wall before I move away from Fort Worth. http://www.beerknurd.com

    Keep up the great work! I am really enjoying this series.

    Comment by Jamie Phelps — September 11, 2007 @ 9:15 am

  2. Hey Marina, this is an awesome list! Lots of great stuff. And just to give you a head’s up, so you’re not disappointed, I grew up near Walden Pond and it isn’t anything like what it was when Thoreau was there. So don’t imagine that you’ll be heading out into the wilderness!

    I’ll definitely be following along to see how you do with these.

    And thanks for the link to my 36-hours of free time post.

    Comment by Edward Mills — September 11, 2007 @ 2:50 pm

  3. I love your goals. I love the way you categorized them. They run the gamut from fairly mundane to incredibly ambitious.

    I’m never one for making lists or being remotely organized or goal-oriented, really, but there’s some inspiration to be taken from this. Very cool.

    -Jon

    Comment by Jon Glassett — September 19, 2007 @ 8:00 am

  4. You’re by far the most driven person I’ve ever met and it’s absolutely inspiring - thank you!

    Re #56: A friend of mine is working at the Hoover institute right now as a research assistant helping Prof. Leeson, the man creating The Friedman Papers - essentially sorting every piece of work Friedman put his name to, including personal correspondences. Reading all of Friedman’s books is certainly possible. Reading all of his journal articles and books is tough, but possible. But reading everything he wrote (pertaining to economics) is a hell of a task - they’ve literally got a whole room full of boxes full of his papers. I never appreciated how prolific the man was until I saw it, it’s absolutely incredible. That man was a true believer. I’ll try to forward anything I get my hands on, but I can’t promise much - they’re being oddly protective…

    Comment by Eric Danielson — September 23, 2007 @ 2:20 pm

  5. Also, Re #68: …. Why?!

    Comment by Eric Danielson — September 23, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

  6. Good point, Eric … by “works” I actually meant “books” but I should definitely be more clear, or I could read every minute for the next 1,001 days and not make a dent in that section!

    As for giving up coffee … just to say I did. Sometimes my tolerance gets a wee bit too high (like the day I had six shots of espresso at LuLu’s, then a double espresso at the SC Diner, then took a nap) and it’s good to reset it.

    Comment by Marina Martin — September 23, 2007 @ 2:28 pm

  7. Nice list- I hope you don’t mind if I use some of yours as inspiration for my list. I HAVE always wanted to do a split!

    I’ll take you out for Ethiopian food when you come to Walden, k?

    Comment by Kit — November 14, 2007 @ 10:28 am

  8. I’ll help you out with #2.

    I’m late to this, I found your website via a search on “Twitter Accountability”. I loved the idea of a Twitter accountability partner - or even using all of my Twitter followers as an accountability board.

    This list is VERY ambitious. I know because I’ve made lists that are a near duplicate of this. Some of these things will just take plain old time - so be careful not to burnout.

    My daughter spent one summer watching every single Johnny Depp movie. And with work, volleyball camp, miscellaneous road trips, and just plain old hanging out with friends - it took her the whole summer.

    And Robin Williams has been a lot more prolific. Plus, to be fair - not all of his movies are even watchable ;-)

    And I assume #48 is before #41?

    I’m going to spend some time making my list this weekend.

    I might make a shorter list - with less days.

    If I know I have a 1001 days to do something - I’ll end up waiting until day 971 to get started.

    Comment by Vinny — April 30, 2008 @ 4:51 am

  9. Love your goals … very succinct and manageable! :D We’ve also got Cirque Du Soleil on our list!

    Comment by Latharia — June 21, 2008 @ 6:38 am

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