Heck yeah, it looks like I’ll be able to complete every single goal I had on my list of things I will do differently in Grad School! I’ve just set up an interview with a company that almost exactly matches my career interests in the transportation field. I’m excited to start too.
DJStroky's Life List
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1. not be injured for Ski to Sea and Europe
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2. explore the Seattle neighborhood of Georgetown
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3. Finish writing my computer program
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4. wake up and immediately think of God
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5. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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6. throw a party with more than 30 people attending
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7. See how Fast I can run 40 yards
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8. lay in a hammock
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9. Finish Classifying the Address Systems of Snohomish, King and Pierce county on Local.live.com
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10. watch a Chuck Norris film
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11. jump in a puddle
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12. get to know my neighbors
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13. Cook all the meals in my Cookbook
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14. Write entries for all my things.
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15. get into the habit of doing the dishes whenever I pass the kitchen sink
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16. fill up my play stock portfolio with 40 stocks
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17. Make a List of my Favorite Music Artists
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18. see the demolition of a large structure
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19. invest in the stock market
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20. Advocate for more greenways and parks in Seattle
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21. become a millionaire
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22. Sell stuff on ebay
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23. learn chinese
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24. complete a list of 1001 places to see while you are alive
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25. complete a list of 1001 things to do while you are alive
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26. be part of a support crew that will help climbers summit K2
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27. stop laughing at my own jokes
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28. communicate more often with my parents
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29. stop getting wasted
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30. try 10 new vegetables
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31. Make a best friend
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32. go to each of my teachers' office hours each week and ask meaningful questions
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33. line up a job for when I graduate
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34. graduate from college
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35. build a fixed-gear bicycle
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36. be a research assistant
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37. buy some rain gear
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38. Be on time
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39. improve my website
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40. write about my adventures on public transit
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Each quarter during in my classes I had at least one big project in at least one class where I had to work with classmates to get the job done. It was challenging of course since we were all still learning the material in the class, yet in the end we got the stuff done.
However, I still don’t think I really learned how to perfectly coordinate with a group to efficiently get everything done. It seemed like each group had a different style of getting stuff done, sometimes I was the unofficial leader, other times a minion. In the future in the working world, I sure hope that I can figure out how to efficiently work with others because I just dread having to do things over because of poor group coordination.
For a whole three weeks, numerous trips to bars, and several offers of beer I have managed to avoid alcohol for the three weeks prior to finals. I think that it helped me stay focused on academics and also forced me to be more social while not being intoxicated which is challenging.
I’m drinking again now, but it seems like I’m drinking less than before and I’m choosing a little higher quality beer such as Fosters over PBR. Overall, I think that staying below drunkenness is a better way to experience life anyways since the experience isn’t altered and since no raging hangover awaits you the next day.
