I'm doing 40 things
Happy
1 week ago
happy birthday, dear bookish. Hope you’re enjoying the day, and wish you all the best in the coming year. :)
Faustus's Life List
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1. encourage others to reach their potential
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2. practice and spread acceptance, understanding and compassion
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3. Be open minded - learn always - listen carefully
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4. be a good teacher
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5. make poverty history
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6. put an end to all forms of discrimination
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7. get better at teamwork
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8. stand up against war and oppression
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9. let the people i love know it
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10. love unconditionally
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11. Periodically reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful
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12. be more social
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13. be a better person
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14. commit acts of random kindness
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15. learn a new language
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16. make a list of 100 quotes that inspire me
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17. go home
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18. Become a tenure-track professor at a PhD-granting public university
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19. identify 10 things that make me who I am
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20. make a smaller ecological footprint
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21. Write down my memories
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22. jot down random fleeting thoughts and ideas
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23. step back, look at the big picture
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24. go through all the articles I've saved to read
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25. Practice playing piano regularly
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26. floss more
2 entries . 24 cheers397 people -
27. Celebrate Flirt's birthday with chocolate, flirtinis and anything purple on Nov 11th
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28. face my problems head on
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29. embrace creativity (even with botched results!)
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30. Be god on Wednesdays...
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31. be part of the solution
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32. Form a habit of reading at least 30 minutes every night before bed.
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33. Always do my best.
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34. share
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35. develop the habit of doing the dishes right away
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36. do more with my time
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37. improve my health
4 entries . 16 cheers248 people -
38. Give Flirt Special Appreciation As She is Remarkable
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39. Run
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40. bloom where I'm planted
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Recent entries
Untitled
3 weeks ago
Here is the tentative route, subject to many future adjustments, of course! All times are local times… I think! I still like to meet 43Ters along the way, but just can’t figure out how that can be arranged! Maybe food can be used as an excuse?
Day 1: Saturday, Oct. 24- Atlanta, GA: 6:00AM
- Birmingham, AL: 7:30AM
- Memphis, TN: 11:30AM
- Little Rock, AR: 2:30PM
- Tulsa, OK: 6:30PM
- Stillwater, OK: 7:30PM
- Stillwater, OK: 10:00AM
- Wichita, KS: 12:00PM
- Denver, CO: 8:00PM
- Cheyenne, WY: 10:30PM
- Cheyenne, WY: 7:30AM
- Rock Springs, WY: 11:30PM
- Yellowstone National Park, WY: 7:00PM
- Yellowstone National Park, WY: 11:00AM
- Missoula, MT: 5:00PM
- Spokane, WA: 7:00PM
- Seattle, WA: 11:00PM
The
3 weeks ago
disturbing news coming from Iran is that some of the people detained in the aftermath of the election are sentenced to death penalty. I don’t know the details of the case… well, there is no independent way to learn more (another problem!)... but there are certain things that bug me: (1) the nature of charges, association with a monarchist terrorist group. Well, since when are we convicting people not for what they have done, but for what they might be associated with? (Oh, right, I guess I forgot that possible association with a terrorist group strips people of all their right… reminds you of something?) (2) no access to a decent representation (from what I’ve heard, they were assigned to defense attorneys, and even then, had a limited time to get help from those attorneys). I might be biased, but this whole thing seems to be a fear-inducing act. It’s almost laughable, “monarchist” and “terrorist”, those are “bad” things, right? Who wants to maybe get associated with such groups by asking for a fair trial? The majority that’s struggling for peaceful democracy shouldn’t say anything against unfair persecution of monarchist terrorists (assuming that’s really the case), I suppose!
Oh, and the ATL seminar talks are finally uploaded here under the video tab. In hindsight, the tones are a bit more… umm… angry than what I personally had expected! Oh, please don’t donate! All the expenses are already covered! I am still in awe of the people involved who put the whole thing together only by independent fundraising.
