I'm doing 40 things
Ok, ran the 5k in 27:13min this morning. Gives me hope that I’ll get down below 25min this year.
Dmitri Z.'s Life List
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1. learn to draw
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2. Keep a Detailed Time Log
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3. Organize my papers
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4. Learn to spin fire
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5. go through my things, get rid of or donate anything I am not using
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6. renew my ACM membership
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7. Skydive
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8. Write an application in Seaside
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9. Practice religious test-first development for a month
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10. find a pair for pair programming
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11. Have a savings account funded with at least enough to cover one month's expenses.
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12. perfect my wardrobe
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13. Start own web portal
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14. build a MUD
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15. master Smalltalk
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16. write an application on Rails
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17. Get the LPI Certification
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18. Learn to play African drums
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19. learn to SCUBA dive
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20. Read all Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
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21. play every NES RPG
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22. sail the intracoastal waterway
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23. learn Tai Chi
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24. build a tower
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25. go to gencon
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26. do one hundred consecutive push-ups
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27. Do one hundred consecutive sit-ups
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28. Learn how to give a good massage
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29. Get a PhD in Computer Science
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30. go to burning man
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31. pay off credit cards
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32. bike the entire Erie To Ohio Trail
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33. Learn to play go
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34. climb mt. fuji
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35. see the northern lights
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36. Send a message in a bottle
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37. Cruise the Great Loop
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38. Complete the Mongol Rally
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39. Run a 25 Minute 5K
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40. Lose 10 pounds
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Recent entries
When I weighed myself for the first time this year, coming home after the holidays, the scale read 207. I’ve been stuck around 205-210 for the last several years, and have resolved to lose (at least) 10 pounds this year. There’s a weightloss contest at work that’s also providing motivation.
So, I switched a slow-carb diet (eating foods with a low glycemic index, which basically means meats, fish and veggies for me), and have kept up running and working out. (Altho this past week or so, with my grandmother dying and having to travel to the funeral, I’ve neglected the exercise part of this plan).
But anyways, seems to be working so far. Yesterday morning, the scale read 199 for the first time in many many years.
I’m pretty psyched, I think I can get to 10 lbs lost easily.
Ok, so, as of this morning, I’m doing a 28.5 minute 5k (with some hard hills, but still).
My goal this year is to get this 5k course down to under 25 minutes, I think it’s quite doable.
