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
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3. Get a new ID
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4. read Proust's In Search of Lost Time
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5. Send a message in a bottle
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6. exercise more
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7. meditate daily
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8. be more outgoing
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9. become a better conversationalist
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10. Make new friends
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11. do yoga
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12. visit new york city
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13. Stop caring what other people think of me
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14. be more confident
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15. go camping
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16. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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17. Fall in love
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18. Kiss in the rain
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19. graduate from college
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20. become a teacher
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21. go to peru
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22. go to japan
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23. live in New York City
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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…
