Day I: Starting Over

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I failed to accomplish most of my goals or to make significant changes or improvements in my life during my first One Hundred Days.

I am going to try again.

Originally posted on Day Twenty-Six and annotated yesterday on the 100th day, here is a revised version of my list of things to accomplish in the next 100 days:

  • Get the house ready for a real-estate appraisal and possible listing for sale
    • Complete structural and aesthetic repairs, like painting and patching
    • Clean out the clutter!
      • Reduce the physical volume of my possessions by half
        • Current number of boxes and storage containers: 64 plastic tubs of various sizes; approximately 6 odd-sized cardboard boxes; 1 storage barrel
    • List the house as For Sale By Owner through a DIY Multiple Listing Service broker
    • Set up a For Sale by Owner web site at SurferKitty.com
  • SELL THE CURRENT HOUSE
  • Move away from Hawaii*
    • *Unless we win the lottery or otherwise can suddenly afford to keep living here!
  • Things to Purchase:
    • Buy a new house – paid for in full – no mortgage
    • Buy a new car; or two
      • First car (Suzuki Sidekick replacement)
        • Under consideration: Subaru Forester
        • Under consideration: Subaru Outback
        • Under consideration: Ford Escape
        • Under consideration: Honda CRV
        • Under consideration: Toyota RAV-4
        • Under consideration: Mitsubishi Outlander Sport
      • Second car (fun car)
        • Under consideration: Mini Cooper Cabriolet
        • Under consideration: Mini Cooper Countryman
        • Under consideration: Fiat 500 Cabriolet
        • Under consideration: Mazda MX-5 Grand Touring Edition
        • Under consideration: Audi TT Roadster
        • Under consideration: Subaru Outback
        • Under consideration: Rolls Royce: Silver Shadow, Cloud, … or a Corniche, if I can swing it!
    • Buy a new computer (iMac desktop)
    • Buy an iPad
    • Buy a stylish dress suit (after I reach goal weight)
    • Buy one more movie poster: Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
  • Resume exercising
    • Complete 100 sit-ups and 100 push-ups daily for 100 days
    • Lose weight – 50 to 60 pounds (starting from 202)
    • Improve cardio endurance (run ultra distances)
    • Comfortably wear 30-inch waist Levi’s 501 regular cut jeans
  • Pay off my credit cards
    • Current balance (2 November 2014): $21,864
  • Find or create a new career
    • Make a living at a job, profession, or business I don’t hate
    • Make more money than I do now
    • Have as much or more free  non-work or to-use-as-I-prefer time as I do now
  • Write and publish eBook novels on Amazon (and other formats)
    • Complete NaNoWriMo 2014
    • Publish my NaNoWriMo project on Amazon for Kindle
  • Improve this blog
    • Post daily for another 100 days
    • Figure out how to make it look cool
    • Refine the focus and purpose of the Chamber of Chaos site
    • Improve my blogging style – make it more like NerdFitness
    • Decide if blogging is worth pursuing longer-term
  • Read five or more books
    • Finish reading (and acting on) Adventure in Everything by Matthew Walker
    • Post my list of One-Hundred Great Novels to Read
      • Read some of the books on this list!
  • Miscellaea
    • Practice playing the ukulele – learn Tiptoe Through the Tulips
    • Practice drawing
    • Resume posting photos regularly to Flickr
      • Include more photos in Chamber of Chaos posts

So… what did I accomplish today? Even though I’m still feeling quite under the weather, I completed 100 pushups and 100 situps. Day One… done!