I’m doing sets of 20 daily. The goal is to make it as easy to do 20 as possible. That is, I want to be able to do 20 as quickly as possible. I don’t want the last few to be a struggle. If I miss a day, I’ll do another set of 20.
Shaine Mata's Life List
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1. graduate from college
2 entries . 4 cheers6,134 people -
2. weigh 130 pounds
4 entries . 3 cheers142 people -
3. Start my own business
3 entries . 6 cheers8,605 people -
4. Get organized
1 entry . 2 cheers6,088 people -
5. Volunteer
6 cheers4,891 people -
6. Buy a House
2 entries . 2 cheers12,587 people -
7. write a book
1 entry . 2 cheers26,124 people -
8. ride my bike more
1 entry . 3 cheers984 people -
9. Find my purpose in life
2 entries . 3 cheers853 people -
10. Become Financially Independent
3 cheers5,437 people -
11. go to church regularly
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12. get out of debt
2 cheers11,042 people -
13. see the northern lights
1 cheer16,929 people -
14. Go back to Big Bend.
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15. sell my books on ebay
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16. save $5000
1 entry . 3 cheers190 people -
17. live simply
4 entries . 1 cheer3,260 people -
18. Be a better blogger
2 entries1,459 people -
19. Get more people to read my Blog
2 entries . 3 cheers724 people -
20. take pictures
1 entry229 people -
21. live in England
2 entries472 people -
22. Visit Ireland
2 cheers2,453 people -
23. skydive
2 cheers10,195 people -
24. learn to SCUBA dive
1 cheer2,566 people -
25. be a better podcaster
2 entries . 1 cheer15 people -
26. Learn to play the piano
3 cheers7,465 people -
27. read harry potter
1 cheer83 people -
28. go to las vegas
1 cheer558 people -
29. go hiking
1 cheer580 people -
30. go on a cruise
1 cheer4,110 people -
31. 40 push ups
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32. run a marathon
1 entry . 1 cheer10,455 people -
33. learn statistics
3 cheers46 people -
34. engage in cheer wars with people to help them reach 1000 cheers given
11 team members . 5 cheers7 people -
35. continue to sing, and sing better
3 cheers55 people -
36. learn to play golf
1 cheer444 people -
37. ride in a 24 hour mountain bike race
2 team members . 1 cheer4 people -
38. learn cost accounting
2 entries . 1 cheer9 people -
39. learn mandarin
2 entries . 11 cheers1,228 people
How I did it: Knowing my ability to turn off an alarm in my sleep, I put the alarm across the room so I would have to get out of bed to turn it off. It only takes a few days to get used to it and a couple of weeks for it to be easier. Read how I did it…
Just to keep everybody updated, I am still waking up at 5 am. At this point, the waking up part is much easier than it was before. The only drawback to my experiment is that staying awake is sometimes a problem. The issue stems from working late or not going to bed early. When I work until midnight or later, it doesn’t give me much time to rest and be back at work the next day. Do that consecutively, and it wears you down. I’ve resorted to napping after waking up. I’ll wake up at 5 AM to keep with the challenge, but then I’ll nap for an hour from 6 to 7 to make up an extra hour of sleep. On days like today, when I have enough sleep, at least 6 hours, staying awake is not a problem.
I ordered some Moo cards to help promote http://shainemata.net, which seems to be working. Since I started the site, I’ve been getting more and more traffic. There are other blogs for which I have not written in a while that are still getting more visitors. However, if the trend continues, I’ll be passing them soon.
