I’m going to go with this list of movies on Netflix as a starter. I’m not much a movie person, so we’ll see how long it takes me!
1. White Christmas – 1/14/19
I’m going to go with this list of movies on Netflix as a starter. I’m not much a movie person, so we’ll see how long it takes me!
1. White Christmas – 1/14/19
Source: http://www.marcandangel.com/2009/07/13/50-questions-that-will-free-your-mind/
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Christmas Wedding Planner 11/25/18 with JK on Netflix
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Fantastic Beast – 11/21/18 (in theater with Avni, Neil and JK
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Half Girlfriend (11/24/18) – At Sameerbhai and Jaimini’s home
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White Christmas – 1/14/19
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I’m not much of a movie/TV watcher, so this is really going to be a challenge for me! But that’s what makes this goal even more fun! Let’s see how many I’ve already watched so far and go from there! This is the list I’ll be using for this. I was really surprised to see 3 Idiots making this list. Pooja loved this movie and she had actually made us sit down and watch the movie rather than it being the other way around when it comes to Hindi movies.
I went thru the the Banned Books on GoodReads and seems like I’ve read plenty of those! I was surprised to see Harry Potter books making this list even more than them making the list on Classic books list!Since I’ve already read more than 3 banned books, I’ll try to read 3 more books that I haven’t read so far. But just for reference, here’s the list of books I’ve already read.
While I like reading historical novels, I haven’t been able to get into older books that hits the Classic book lists. I’ve tried reading Romeo and Juliet, Jane Eyre, and few others, I wasn’t able to finish them. This will be a good reason to get those finished and add some more to my reading list! I am glad that Harry Potter book is considered as a classic book! To be honest, I was surprised to see it on the list. Can I cheat and add all seven books to my list? If that’s the case, I’m done with this goal!
I think I’m going to add the books I’ve already read so far. I’ll be using the list from GoodReads for the reference.
Art Matters – 01/13/19
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Dare to Lead – 12/15/18
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Grit – 01/08/19
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Mindset:The New Psychology of Success – 11/26/18
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Rising Strong – 01/03/19
Start With Why – 12/17/18
The Alice Network – 11/18/9
The Book of Joy – 11/27/18
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Businesses Don’t Work and What They Do About It – 12/26/18
The Miracle Morning: The Not So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life : Before 8AM – 12/28/18
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When I saw the challenge for 200 squats, I had to jump on it right way. Usually, squats are the only thing I do at home if I don’t go for the exercise. I’m following the program from twohundredsquats.com. I took the initial test and did 34 unbroken squats. This put me in the week 3 program to start out.
Day zero – 11/17/18: – 34 squats (After dinner)
Each set done with 60 second rest time in between. Last set is the max reps.
Week 1 – 11/19/18 – Day one – 16 – 22 – 17 – 17 – 40 Total reps: 112
I did this set at 3PM. I was kind of surprised that I was able to max rep to 40 today! Took me about 7-8 minutes including 4 minutes of rest time.
Week 1 – 11/21/18 – Day two – 19 – 25 – 19 – 19 – 40 Total reps: 122
It had been a long day. Forgot to do them in the morning before going to work. After work, went to watch the movie (Fantastic Beasts) as soon as I got home. Then, went to mom’s home to stay overnight and prepped for the monkey bread for the next morning. Next thing I know, it was almost midnight. But I made sure to get those squats done! Not bad after a long day!!!
Week 1 – 11/23/18 – Day three – 22 – 29 – 20 – 21 – 50 Total reps: 142
Did this set at 7:45, right before dinner. Seems like I’m doing better already!
Week 2: 11/26/18 – Day one – 24 – 30 – 22 – 22 – 55 Total reps: 153
Week 2 – 11/28/18 – Day two – 27 – 34 – 27 – 27 – 55 Total reps: 170
Week 2 – 11/30/18 – Day three – 31 – 38 – 31 – 31 – 55 Total reps: 186
I’m super excited about the progress I’m making! On day three, I was tempted to cut it short by only doing 45-50 squats on last round. I had already bought workout in the morning involving all legs, but I stuck it out and finished with 55 strong I did have to take 3-5 seconds breather every once in a while, but I picked myself back up and kept going!
Onto week three! By end of the week three, I’m supposed to finish with 75 squats on last round or else repeat the week again. So, I made a plan to finish round with 60-65-75 on three days.
Week 3 – 12/4/18 – Day one – 38 – 47 – 34 – 30 – 60 Total reps: 209
Week 3 – 12/6/18 – Day two – 24 – 24 – 27 – 27 – 19 – 19 – 22 – 65 Total reps: 227
Week 3 – 12/8/18 – Day three – 23 – 23 – 27 – 27 – 23 – 23 – 27 – 75 Total reps: 248
Yay!!! I did it!!! Finished off the week with 75 consecutive squats! I did need to take 3-5 seconds breaks to take a deep breath, but I kept on going with final number as my goal. Also, I didn’t follow regular routine of doing this on Monday, Wednesday, Friday this week. Instead I started off with Tuesday, Thursday and then on Sunday. I just kept forgetting to do them on Saturday even though I had the best intentions for it. Most of time, I did them after the dinner.
Week 4 – 12/11/18 – Day one – 34 – 40 – 27 – 20 – 80 Total reps: 201
Today was the tough day to get this done. After two 12 hrs workdays, I was physically drained. New shoes aren’t helping either, they’re killing my feet! I didn’t get home till 7:30 (really bad traffic, took me hour and half to get home). I had set timer for 9pm to get the squats done. But I just couldn’t bring myself to get to it. Finally, I forced myself at 10:30 when I was almost falling asleep. I knew I’ll feel better about it, once I get them done, but just getting out of comfort was taking all the will power. BUT, I did it and I even did 5 more than I did last week. Recommended minimum was only 54 and I did 80. Super happy about it!!!
Week 4 – 12/13/18 – Day two – 19 -19 – 21 – 21 – 19 – 19 – 13 – 13 – 90 Total reps: 196
I meant to do this earlier, but time slipped by and by the time I got around to it, it was 10PM! But, it’s never too late to get it done. So, I got it going and this round was so much easier with very small numbers of reps per set. I guess that’s what gave me the boost to finish up with the bang! I meant to finish off with 85. Even while I was at 65, I told myself, only 20 more to go! By the time I realized that I had passed 85 already on 88! So, I finished off at 90. I’m pretty sure I could’ve gone for at least 3-5 more. This time, I set the timer for the last set to see how long it takes me. I completed first 40 in one minute. Finished off 90 squats at 2:45. Not bad at all. I’ll curious to see my time for 100. Let’s see if I’ve caught up with my time from 2 years ago, or I still need some more work to do. That will be interesting to see.
Week 4 – 12/15/18 – Day three – 18 – 18 – 23 – 23 – 22 – 22 – 19 – 19 -100 Total reps: 264
I was too tired and actually sore from yesterday’s workout. But Since Pooja is coming home tomorrow, I knew I won’t get chance to get this done unless I do it today. Finally, at 9:45pm, I dragged myself to just get it over with. After all, I need to wake up at 3:45am, so I can’t put toff any longer. At times, I didn’t think I’ll beat Day Two’s max number of 90, but I kept on going and finished it strong at 100!!!! My time for last set of 100 reps was 3:!5!!! Not bad at all! Now, it’s all about the final test. Let’s see how I do it next week.
Although I’ve listed these goals in previous post, This will be running list as I find more things to add and I’ll links and/or dates as I start and finish the projects/goals.
101 Projects in 1001 Days
HEALTH:
DIGITAL LIFE:
INTELLICTUAL:
EMOTIONAL:
50 Questions that free up your mind
ENTERTAINMENT: