I'm doing 42 things
Time it was
And what a time it was.
It was . . .
A time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago, it must be.
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories,
They’re all that’s left of you
AKW's Life List
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1. List 50 Great Poems
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2. Climb a mountain every day
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3. Write more
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4. teach at an international school
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5. Start a "quote of the day" entry
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6. Start swimming.
1 cheer50 people -
7. Find a place to work with clay again and throw pots
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8. Simplify.
1 cheer703 people -
9. Keep a journal
1 cheer3,566 people -
10. Learn more about grandpa's rocks and fossils and begin finding some of my own!
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11. read everything
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12. Learn all of the Chinese radicals and their stroke order.
1 entry . 1 cheer54 people -
13. Get a Graduate Degree
1 cheer127 people -
14. Go back to Clark AFB and see what it's like now.
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15. keep in better touch with friends & family
265 people -
16. learn to read a chinese newspaper
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17. go back to new zealand
57 people -
18. go on a fossil dig
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19. Learn to fly
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20. play softball
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21. Be fluent in Chinese
1 cheer75 people -
22. own my own home
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23. Get organized
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24. spend more time outdoors
3 cheers969 people -
25. stop procrastinating
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26. learn to row
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27. Walk the Inca Trail
58 people -
28. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
1 cheer326 people -
29. Learn to play the guitar
1 cheer13,797 people -
30. travel the world
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31. write a book
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32. make a perfect cup of hot cocoa
2 cheers4 people -
33. Become more proficient in Lego robotics and get together a team of kids for next year's FIRST Lego League competition
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34. have land
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35. get rid of stuff i don't need
1 cheer235 people -
36. thru-hike the Appalachian Trail
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37. Join the Peace Corps
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38. Blog about Grandpa's post card collection from 1910
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39. Write a (continually updateable) list of books to read, and read them
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41. Try to find an address for all of my old friends and send them a Christmas card this year! Hey, if you know me, send me your snail mail address.
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42. identify 100 things that make me happy.
2,563 people
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“We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.”
