I missed <a href="http://www.mission101.org" title="Mission 101">this meme</a> the first time around, but now that I'm trying to whip my life back into shape I figured I should give it a shot. The plan is to list 101 things to do in the next 1001 days, which takes me until November 19, 2009. For symbolic purposes I'm going to aim for November 9, 2009 — my 34th birthday — instead. Things underway are in <em>italics</em>, things completed are struck <strike>out</strike>.

<strong>The List:</strong>

<strong>Career </strong>
<ul>
	<li><em>Finish my MBA applications</em></li>
	<li>Complete my MBA</li>
	<li>Move to a leadership/strategic-oriented position</li>
	<li>Enter into a permanent or extended arrangement volunteering (i.e., not just a one-time thing) (ideas: teachng teens/college students about personal finance?)</li>
	<li>Take French courses</li>
	<li>Take golf lessons</li>
	<li>Subscribe to a good newspaper or business magazine and read</li>
</ul>
<strong>Well-being </strong>
<ul>
	<li>Try rock-climbing</li>
	<li>Buy a curling broom</li>
	<li>Join a curling rink for regular league play</li>
	<li>Follow a workout schedule (gym or home) for a month</li>
	<li>Go kayaking on Dow's Lake</li>
	<li>Reach a 32" waist or 160 lbs (when I started: 35", 190)</li>
	<li>Do ten pullups</li>
	<li>Get my eyes checked</li>
	<li>Restart my Zen practice</li>
	<li>Do a yoga class</li>
	<li>Visit the Nordic spa in Gatineau</li>
	<li>Eat a steak and see what happens</li>
	<li>One week. No pop.</li>
</ul>
<strong>Home and Family
</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Cook dinner every night for two weeks</li>
	<li>Rearrange the living room and dining room</li>
	<li><em>Get rid of all the detritus (parts, papers) from the spare room</em></li>
	<li>Set up a blog for Dad</li>
	<li>Eat at the dining room table, instead of the couch, for a full week</li>
	<li>Set up backups for all of our computers</li>
</ul>
<strong>Finance</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Cash my forgotten college GIC</li>
	<li>Repay my RRSP withdrawals for school</li>
	<li>Restart my automatic RRSP purchases</li>
	<li>Arrange automatic house-down-payment savings</li>
	<li>Talk to the bank about student loans</li>
	<li>Pay off my student loans</li>
</ul>
<strong>Hobbies and Things
</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Practice flute at least two hours a week for a month</li>
	<li>Play at a local Irish music session</li>
	<li>Sell the motorcycles</li>
	<li>Buy a KLR</li>
	<li>Get my full M license</li>
	<li>Cancel my cellphone and find a prepaid plan</li>
	<li>Buy a laptop so I don't have to use my work computer for everything</li>
	<li>Carry my camera around town, and take 100 pictures in a week</li>
	<li>Go shooting on a range</li>
	<li>Learn origami</li>
</ul>
<strong>Local and Entertainment
</strong>
<ul>
	<li>See Ron Mueck at the National Gallery</li>
	<li>Visit the Diefenbunker</li>
	<li>Go canoeing around Wakefield</li>
	<li>Go spelunking in Gatineau Park</li>
	<li>Ride the O-Train!</li>
	<li>Go see the NAC Orchestra play</li>
	<li>Go see a modern string quartet piece</li>
	<li>See ten local bands play</li>
</ul>
<strong>Travel</strong>
<ul>
	<li>Visit Ireland</li>
	<li>Show Candice around Toronto</li>
	<li>Visit Nova Scotia, other than Kingston</li>
	<li>Visit NYC</li>
</ul>