I'm doing 42 things
Hmmm....
10 months ago
Well, I’ve grown herbs for the past two summers, and it’s great. But no veggies yet (no room). And this is one of those nebulous goals…how do I know when I’ve done it?
EmperorFool's Life List
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1. Improve my German
1 entry479 people -
2. Learn Spanish
1 cheer14,882 people -
3. Try Tai Chi
1 cheer26 people -
4. learn to roll my kayak
9 people -
5. kayak across Vineyard Sound
1 person -
6. Improve my French
1 cheer1,315 people -
7. Learn Italian
5,536 people -
8. finish all my unfinished short stories
1 entry . 2 cheers2 people -
9. publish a recipe
2 people -
10. climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge
12 people -
11. take voice lessons
731 people -
12. learn to throw on a potters wheel
2 cheers2 people -
13. Find at least ten letterboxes
1 entry3 people -
14. Participate in NaNoWriMo yearly
2 entries . 2 cheers5 people -
15. run a half marathon
1 cheer1,833 people -
16. start or join a book club.
2 cheers12 people -
17. publish 3 more short stories
3 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
18. Go skydiving
6,281 people -
19. Go parasailing
685 people -
20. Get at least 300 birds on my North American life list
1 entry1 person -
21. Take a dancing class
1 entry23 people -
22. see the aurora borealis
1,691 people -
23. see the grand canyon
837 people -
24. Dance in the rain
1 entry2,222 people -
25. try bikram "hot" yoga
1 entry . 2 cheers3 people -
26. Release 1000 BookCrossing books
1 cheer2 people -
27. hike the appalachian trail
1 entry1,583 people -
28. grow herbs and vegetables
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
29. Do a juice fast that lasts a week or more
2 people -
30. Camp on Washburn Island
1 person -
31. Send a message in a bottle
3,527 people -
32. See Cirque du Soleil (again)
2 cheers5 people -
33. See (but NOT climb) Uluru
1 person -
34. find a job that satisfies me
3 entries3 people -
35. get over my fear of bees
3 cheers10 people -
36. be in a balloon drop
1 person -
37. find an agent for my novel
2 entries . 1 cheer5 people -
38. Learn to work with polymer clay
1 entry12 people -
39. run a 5k
1 entry2,045 people -
40. Visit Ireland
2,373 people -
41. learn to meditate
1,541 people -
42. Earn my MFA
1 cheer5 people
Recent entries
Working on it...
10 months ago
If finished (drafts of) two of them in the last two months, which feels great. Lots more to go…
I think this counts...
10 months ago
Not exactly a colony or retreat, but I’ve enrolled in a low-residency MFA program in fiction and attended the first residency in July. It was retreat-like and AMAZING.
