I'm doing 7 things
I’ve managed to put up a boilerplate welcome page on the main URL and have started adding content to the blog. It’s using Wordpress as the architecture, so things are going up fairly quickly and easily. Wordpress has evolved enough to allow for easy upgrading, modifications, and posting from anywhere. I should have a fully functional blog in a matter of a couple more weeks. It’s live now, despite not being totally done.
Tyler LeBrun's Life List
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1. Earn PhD in Mechanical Engineering
2 people -
2. Live overseas
275 people -
3. Become a wine sommelier
6 people -
4. Become a sake sommelier
1 person -
5. learn Japanese
10,615 people -
6. Make my hobby/passion into a career
1 person -
7. learn French
12,434 people
How I did it
It made me
giddy 
How I did it: Saved, saved, saved, saved, and paid with cash. Most importantly, was prepared and willing to settle for less than cutting edge. With that said, if something comes out that looks enticing, never buy the first run - it's always never fully ready for the mass market. Read how I did it…
It made me
Breathing easy.
How I did it: Overtraining is the key. I've been trying to run a 5k at least 3 times a week (on top of lifting weights). By pushing your 5k time, you can easily improve your 1 mile time. Also, by working on interval training with short bursts of high intensity, your long distance, endurance will improve greatly. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
A mac pro is just too expensive. There is no reason why I need all 8 cores churning away performing some super number crunching. A mac mini running a dual core processor is plenty for desktop computing. People don’t need to have a personal super computer. Besides a mac mini is about 1/5th the cost.
401(k), check, high yield savings account, check, IRA, check, income to support all three, check. Ok, it looks like the goal of saving money is well on its way and therefore can be considered completed.
