My last year in college was a bit lonelier than the rest, and I had a difficult job and a lot of coursework. I was also walking at least five or six miles every day just to get where I needed to go, so I would come home exhausted and turn on the NPR and make myself some veggies. I didn’t have a tv, so I got into the habit of just googling random phrases to see what would come up so I would have something to look at while I ate.
I have no idea what I googled when 43 things came up for the first time, but I remember being incredibly excited that such a place could possibly exist. I think I just skimmed through it voyeuristically for over a year before I got the courage to become a member and start posting goals. Now I’m as addicted to it as I am to my diary. Sometimes I feel like I write too much, but I read SO much here too.
The fact that you can be fairly anonymous and still communicate about deep and personal things with other people has got to be one of the greatest wonders of this internet world. I love getting comments, and I love leaving comments and, I especially love getting comments about how something I said helped somebody or amused them. This place is an introvert’s dream, and God bless it.
I haven’t accomplished anything big since I started (about six months ago), but it’s a wonderful comfort to travel around from page to page and see all the magnificent things (and fun trivial things) that other people are accomplishing. I’m in awe of those people you find here who have accomplished dozens of goals, and not only small goals, but also goals that are truly life-changing.
I hope to become one of those people, goal by goal, as soon as I can.