Why Hello...

So that didn't work. I wanted to get real focused on the list then work actually got better and busy and now its January and where am I. Well I did play a few rounds of golf, including a 92, which was the only round under 1oo. I also have been cooking more, stir fry mostly, its meat with onions and whatever else I can find over rice, pretty easy but a lot of variations. Also I am going to take care of my shoulder. I have let it go too long and it is starting to bother me to much so I am gonna start working with a personal trainer to strengthen it.

So other than that Not much to report on the list, although 2 other list related notes: 1st Becca I am very disappointed in you. you gave me the list & blog idea and you gave up. that is weak, man up and get it done. On the flip side of that I have passed the list on to Jen Wright, who not only made a list but set it up so she comes here to visit and wants to me take her to a Broadway show. I have to say well done on that one, use the list to its full potential.

Also I failed at one thing, giving away my token. I carried it for a year, and when that year came up i really wanted to give it to someone who would do the same, but that was hard to do because you never know who will actually care enough to keep it, so I still have it. It resides in my bag, i still need to give it away but it was harder than I thought.

so to try and get me to be more active on this site I am going to start posting random thoughts, kind of like things i would have put up on facebook as a status or something, lets see how this goes...

The Rededication of The List

So recently people have told me that they have read my blog. I know that I slack in writting it so it doesn't really inspire people to keep reading it, but if you happen to be reading this, I challenge you to to find something on my list that you want to do and make me do it with you.

I think with all the moving and life changes I have lost my way with the list. kind of like how I feel like crap about myself when I stop working out for no reason other than I am being lazy. in this case I have been telling myself work work work, but work is frustrating the crap out of me recently so I need to get back to the list in hopes that it brings everything else back into perspective, that was the whole point anyway

So again I say challenge me, also I plan to make some alterations to the list just in case you memeorized it

Why Hello there

Place Time Pace Name
345 38:31 7:43 David Fischer
590 40:59 8:12 Ian Zucker
791 42:39 8:32 Chris Stout
1147 45:42 9:09 Seth Broman
1173 45:55 9:11 Greg Nadler
1740 51:12 10:15 Ashley Hart
1908 53:52 10:47 Tara Mole
2026 56:16 11:16 Holly St. Peter
2027 56:17 11:16 Michael Mole
2138 1:03:30 12:42 Marisa Skolnick
2139 1:03:30 12:42 Brooke Viggiano

So I ran the Harpoon 5M for the Angel fund. Overall a very amusing day. As you can see from the group shot & results we had quite the cast of characters, and most importantly the stach made a weekend appearance. I def need to start actually running again if i am gonna do the 10M & 1/2 Marathon. I had a terriable race, definately didn't prepare myself. But we got drunk and it was still a blast

I also made it to Yankeee Stadium & Citi Field recently. Yankee statidum was a Yanks vs Rays game which was terriable for a sox fan, I had no one to root for, but I had company seats on the field, they were ridiculous. The Rays won, whatever. Citi was for Felice's Birthday,a Yanks vs Mets game and for the most part i was surounded by Mets fans so we had a common intrest. Mets won too.

Checking in

So I am coming up on 4 months here in Hoboken, which is as long as I was in AR. All I can really say about that is it doesn’t feel the same. I felt like I had been in AR forever and couldn’t wait to get out, but I feel like I just got here. Maybe because I have been living in a tiny apt knowing it was just until I got settled, and I don’t feel like I am there yet. It also helps that I actually know people here and that even the ones I don’t know I can relate to. Anyway on to the list…

So when I went to festival 8 I got this “token” or whatever you want to call it. So I am 5 months into #58, and I finally have a picture of what it looks like to share. I will say there have been a couple times that I couldn’t find it for a couple days but it always turned up. Even though it isn’t my keys or wallet or phone, I treat it like it is. When I first found this idea in some other list I thought it was cool but wasn’t sure how it would affect me, but now 5 months in, I think it is finally getting clearer, the real question is how hard will it be to give away, and who will I give it to?

I have been working on my cooking skills, I made some chicken parm and just need to keep trying to make new things. Yesterday I signed up for the Harpoon 5mi in Boston on June 5th, so I guess I need to start training again so I can cross off #1.

I spend a lot of time either working or blowing off steam, but I think I need to find new outlets, because if I want to be successful I need to work harder but I also need life balance and I think going forward I can pull it off

Its been awhile...

Ok so it has been awhile since I last wrote anything on here which I am pretty sure is exactly the opposite of what I wanted to do but the whole moving thing and new job thing has pretty much taken all my time. I also recently passed the one year of this blog and didn’t even manage to get a post up. Long story short I have been trying to cook more, although I seemingly make the same things over and over so that I need to work on that and I still have my token and am coming up on 3 months.

Honestly I started the blog but more specifically the list to find some kind of direction. Oddly enough it has been a weird year and in an odd way the list has helped me get thru it. I plan on plugging away at the list but it is definitely going to have to take a backseat to work, although without a job I wouldn’t be able to do most of the things on the list in the 1st place so until next time….

Gratuitous I miss my Stash Pic

When a Door Closes a Window Opens

So since I have been on a bit of a hiatus from writing on here I feel as tho I owe myself some updating. The main reason I haven’t written on here is that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I got a job offer to move to NYC and a week later I packed up my stuff and left Little Rock. I am currently looking for a place to live and couch surfing the in the process but very excited about the possibilities. I did make some good friends while I was down there and I will miss some of the people I met in AR but I can’t honestly say I was sad to leave the state. I don’t think a Northerner like myself has much of a place down there.

On another note I read Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers over the Thanksgiving break. Start to finish in 5 days which for me is ridiculous, especially since almost all of the reading was done on my 2 travel days. When I finished blink I wrote a whole synopsis now I don’t have the time but just to give you an idea the book talks about how people who are wildly successful (ie. Bill Gates) weren’t just the best at their craft they were born at the right time and had ample opportunity to practice their craft. That is not to say they lucked into anything they had just that they were put in a situation that allowed them to be great and they put in the effort before the opportunity arose and were ready to execute when that time came. The thing from the book that will stay with me the longest though is Gladwell’s analysis of how long it takes to master something, How much practice time does it take for Bill Gates to be able to build Microsoft or a Canadian hockey player to make it to the NHL, or how many hours did the Beatles need to have played before they could have not only come over to the US and be successful but be all time greats.

10,000 Hours

I don’t know about you but I have never done anything in my life for that long, but it is definitely a goal worth shooting for

More to come once I get settled here, and hopefully find a place to live