I'm doing 41 things
Training daily as of April 28, 2010. Attending classes at my dojo 4 times a week on average and at least 25 days a month. Building a training area at my home with heavy bag, chin-up bar, double end bag, sand bags to lift and sand bags to kick and punch and a makiwara
Tahoedreamer's Life List
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1. Be a good husband
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2. Get in the best shape of my life before January 1, 2012
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3. Earn my black belt in World Oyama karate
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4. Open a Gym
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5. Teach martial arts
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6. learn to speak spanish
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7. Earn NSCA trainer certification
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8. Hike the John Muir trail in the Sierras
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9. Learn to fly and get my pilot's license
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10. Play the mandolin well
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11. Climb the Grand Teton
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12. Attend the CLASS school for motorcycle riding
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13. Explore California
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14. Build our ski cabin near Lake Tahoe
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15. Write a book...which is good enough to actually have people who will pay good money to read it.
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16. Create a blog on the martial arts
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17. Climb Mt. Shasta
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18. learn to sail, get bareback chartering certified
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19. Visit Japan
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20. Watch less tv
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21. stop procrastinating
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22. Have lunch with Tony Robbins
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23. Learn yoga
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24. Climb Aconcagua
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25. Ski down Mt. Elbrus
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26. Climb the Matterhorn
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27. Ski Chile for a couple of months
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28. Bike the PCH
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29. Be more than a half ass carpenter
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30. Be Scuba certified in Maui
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31. Motorcycle tour Europe
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32. Climb Mt. Elbert in Colorado
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33. Be able to do 100 good pushups by September 1, 2010, and do them regularly thereafter
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34. Be able to do, and do 10 consecutive excellent pullups by December 31, 2010 and do them regularly thereafter
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35. Lose 20 lbs of fat by July 4, 2010, and weigh less than 245 lbs.
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36. Run two 5K races before the end of September 2010
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37. Run three 10 races before the end of December 2010
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38. Be able to do 50 good pushups and 3 good pullups by July 1, 2010
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39. Learn to weld
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40. Build houses
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41. Build a comfortable cabin in the woods.
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How I did it
It made me
Appreciative 
How I did it: 1. I read the Book Working with Emotional Intelligence and implemented several key improvements.2. I read books on breathing and implemented the techniques and practice them daily and especially when I feel negative stress.3. I slowed down. I did stop to smell the roses, and the tulips and examine the trees and watch the skies with the passing clouds. I make a point of doing these things daily.4. I move… Read how I did it…
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Early to bed
Early to rise
Makes a “person”
Healthy, wealthy and wise.
Get at least 7 hours of sleep. If you have to get up at 7 that means midnight. Then add 40 minutes to insure your well rested and get to bed on time. So if I need to get up at 6 then I go to bed 7 hours and Forty minutes before then and no later than seven hours before then—thus, 10:20 PM (and no later than 11PM), to rise promptly at 6 AM.
Use productive naps. Set an alarm. Sleep for an hour and get up and move-move-move. Don’t nap if you have only four hours before you plan to go to bed. Just work to get done what you need to accomplish and either go to bed on time or try for a few minutes earlier.
Use the bed for sleep. Not for work or for eating. Sleep in a well ventilated place that is dark and at a slightly chilled temperature.
Rise immediately upon the alarm and try to rise at the same time Every day. On a Sunday, I may et up at 6 and have a late morning nap, but get up as scheduled and at a regular hour.
Move—exercise within 20 minutes of rising. Do some simple Yoga. Walk up and down the stairs for a few minutes. Drink cool clear water. Look at you list of activities for the upcoming day. Check the weather, or read the paper but don’t dawdle. Move. the arly part of the day is the most productive part of the day.
