Try out 43 Things

I didn’t expect 43 things to be my salvation, but I do expect to use it as a tool, much like a list or a journal – and like any tool you have to use it for it to work;

well… I haven’t been by in awhile and though I’ve been working off of my list as always, I haven’t really been writing about it, or using the 43 Things site to give and get support.

I’m going to try to use 43 things a little more, I’ve got lots of things to do, and my list seems to barely budge even though I can honestly say that I’m trying.

Here’s to another stab at it! Cheers! (but no alchohol I’m not drinking anymore either)
I’ll try to update my list as I go through it here in the next few days; there’s been some progress made, and I might even have a few things I can check off as “done”, but it seems like the more I do the more I learn of things I need to change. I guess it’s an endless struggle in some ways, but if there’s progress made I’ll be happy with it. Progress is the key.

So I’m back and giving it another go. This year must be a year of positive change for me; it really has to be. My choice is between life or death really.

...that I feel when I’m able to check something off as “done” – so I’m going to use 43 things as a tool to list my goals and hopefully meet them. I truly think this will help alot. The ‘reminder’ emails are helpful, and it somehow really does feel good when I’m able to cross something off of my list. It’s no different than putting a list on my desk say or perhaps stuck with a magnet to my fridge, but somehow having it somewhere where I can see it, and where others can see it; I can’t explain how exactly and I hope the feeling doesn’t wear off, because so far it’s been very helpful, unfortunately at the time of this writing I have a very very long way to go, for YEARS I’ve put off doing the simplest of things, I seem to have lost all motivation; I don’t know what happened to me but with God’s help I’ll use 43 things and pick up the pieces and put my life back together. Thanks internet; you’re the best friend I’ve ever had.

This is actually nothing less than a God-send. I need help. I have avoided doing things to the point of it becoming a psychological disorder, it is difficult to explain, but it occurs to me that part of the problem is that I’m not really accountable to anyone, living alone, single, and without family, I have virtually no network or support system, although making a list is the simplest of ‘first steps’ other lists have never gotten the attention that I am able to give to 43 things. Only a week into it I pray the novelty doesn’t wear off, because in just a few days I’ve already done things I’ve put off for years. There is not an area of my life that’s not suffering from exteme neglect right now. My list has everything from washing dishes to acheiving enlightment, with plenty of very important things in between.

So, with God’s help, perhaps your help, and the help of 43 things, here’s to the new me. This isn’t just a matter of changing a few minor dislikes about myself, this is a matter of life and death. I want to LIVE!