LEVEL 8

Level	Achieved	Reward
LEVEL 1	Jan 01 2011	excitement of launching a new project
LEVEL 2	Mar 29 2011	hard work is its own reward
LEVEL 3	Dec 18 2011	+1 Self-Awareness
LEVEL 4	Jan 28 2012	intangible religious benefits
LEVEL 5	Sep 03 2012	a small spike in blog traffic
LEVEL 6	Dec 15 2012	hoodie upgrade
LEVEL 7	Sep 07 2013	graphics card upgrade
LEVEL 8	Mar 15 2014	computer desk upgrade computer monitor upgrade
LEVEL 9		hard drive upgrade ??
LEVEL 10		domestic vacation
LEVEL 11		??
Project Complete		international vacation

I finally caught up on all the books I had already planned to get rid of a couple months ago when I bought a new computer monitor as my level up prize. It was on sale and I thought I would be done soon. Oops. So much for proper self-incentivizing.

While I was reading all those books, I was also making a "next up" list as I noticed other things that need to go soon. Closet junk, stuff I haven't decided exactly what to do with yet, and so on. So now I have a plan. There are 30-something items on that list; that should get me through another full level, if I can focus on just those things.

Oh, and I decided that travel would make for nice rewards. Unlike this computer monitor, I will commit to actually getting rid of things -- and blogging about them -- before I embark on those trips. But I can start to anticipate and plan them now. Motivation perhaps!