I'm doing 23 things
I’m using the videos from thrilltheworld.com to learn. On lesson 6…good exercise!
Frubs's Life List
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1. learn the thriller dance
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2. Get a replacement for my lost birth certificate
1 cheer6 people -
3. Get a new ID
1 cheer73 people -
4. read Proust's In Search of Lost Time
37 people -
5. Send a message in a bottle
1 cheer4,140 people -
6. exercise more
5,606 people -
7. meditate daily
2 cheers4,734 people -
8. be more outgoing
2,767 people -
9. become a better conversationalist
1 cheer236 people -
10. Make new friends
1 cheer13,789 people -
11. do yoga
1 cheer2,309 people -
12. visit new york city
1 cheer937 people -
13. Stop caring what other people think of me
2 cheers4,649 people -
14. be more confident
1 cheer11,568 people -
15. go camping
2,915 people -
16. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
21,506 people -
17. Fall in love
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18. Kiss in the rain
15,128 people -
19. graduate from college
6,202 people -
20. become a teacher
1,454 people -
21. go to peru
211 people -
22. go to japan
3,765 people -
23. live in New York City
2,861 people
How I did it
It made me
smarter 
How I did it: I took my cube with me wherever I went and practiced during whatever spare moments I had. Eventually the different algorithms became second nature and I didn't have to pay attention to my hand movements, so I was able to look farther ahead and plan my next move. Now I'm trying to see how fast I can complete the cube, 2 or 3 minutes would be a good goal! Read how I did it…
It made me
smart
How I did it: I looked at the answers the next day for the ones I missed, this helped me figure out how the clues work. Oftentimes they're not straightforward. Looking at the answers the next day thus helped me figure out the "crossword language". Sure it was the Monday crossword, but now I want to finish the ones later in the week. There's always a new challenge... Read how I did it…
It made me
confident
How I did it: I made a friend online from a web forum I frequent. We both had very similar interests and thought it would be lots of fun to live together someday. She was going to move to SF in four months for college, and I loved the west coast since I first visited a few years back, so it sounded like a great idea. We found an apartment, I saved up like crazy, and on New Year's Eve I found myself boarding the Amtrak from Chicago to SF with all of my … Read how I did it…
