I finished Atlas Shrugged this summer and loved it. I’m on page 105 in the Fountainhead now.
DrewSarasota101's Life List
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1. consciously plan to take advantage of more free events in the city
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2. sail more often and crew or teach every time I have the opportunity to help somebody new
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3. always be on the lookout for my next "favorite things"
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4. improve my writing by learning to be clear and to the point while still providing strong supporting evidence for my claims
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6. complete every grade of school I can, including colleges, with an excellent understanding of the material
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7. always be a help to my family and give my parents back as much as much or more as they than have given me
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8. become a math genius by learning and steadily practicing one new math skill at a time
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9. study the History of Freedom: finish a college course on it before I graduate high school
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10. become a Freemason
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11. travel and stay in Europe long enough that I don't feel like a tourist anymore... and no backpacking! Driving, boats, or train rides ONLY!
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12. play more Scrabble... and win by using more than a three and four letter vocabulary
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14. Learn to spell: Actively go through a book of common mispelling and learn the right spelling for each word and it's meaning
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15. spend more time at the beach (or poolside lounging)
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16. Learn more foreign language conversational business vocabulary and continue to help teach English
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17. learn how to drive stick-shift, paddle shift, and manual transmission vehicles
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19. watch, read, or listen to all of Shakespeare's plays before I turn 30
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20. get my captains license (or as many boating certifications as I can muster together)
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21. LIVE in Australia (not just spend time there taking a vacation--I want to see what living there is all about)
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22. get a law degree so I have it (but not necessarily be a practicing attorney)
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23. be president
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24. Be wealthy enough to retire young, but keep working for the fun of it
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25. observe as many of the world's most dangerous animals in their natural habitats as I possibly can
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26. pass my driving test
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27. seriously look into becomming a doctor
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28. Learn to Scuba Dive so I can Treasure Hunt with my FAMILY
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29. Mow something, plant something, create something aesthetically pleasing and GREEN for my neighbors and my family
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30. read "The Fountainhead"
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31. read Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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32. read Plato's "Republic"
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33. find a really nice, smart, and beautiful girl to date who's a cross between Dagney Taggert, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and my Mom
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34. Complete a 3-D puzzle
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35. think more seriously about what I want to do for a career when I grow up so I can plan the next ten academic years accordingly
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41. always have 43 goals on 43 things
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42. learn to drive American cars first, then get into foreign carsfor those great trackevents
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43. I want to learn to drive. Amerian cars first, foreign cars after.
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I really would like to finish this course before January. It has been on my goal list entirely too long. It is time to create the space to finish this class and to have the time to do it together with my family.
I am going to shift this goal to spending some time in an Italian kitchen with real chefs and possibly do some more catering projects with local genuine Italian restaurants (not Americanized versions). Fortunately, I have spent a lot of time in Little Italy. The Italian Consulate is supposed to be an amazing chef himself, and he’s said that he’d be delighted to have my help in the kitchen some night for a private party, so I’m going to let my goal shift to watching him cook at home and letting me help as a sous chef there. I don’t think thins one needs to be on my list… it is something I just expect will happen naturally.
