Ed

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I'm doing 33 things
 

Ed's Life List

  1. 1. Complete the clean sweep program
    6 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. Discover 43 musicians who inspire me
    6 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. identify 100 things that make my partner happy
    8 entries . 6 cheers
    107 people
  4. 4. Get (or renew) a passport
    2 entries . 5 cheers
    329 people
  5. 5. Get out of debt
    5 entries . 4 cheers
    12,157 people
  6. 6. Become a leader at work
    5 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. Tie up loose ends at work
    4 entries
    1 person
  8. 8. Read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    3 people
  9. 9. Support cancer research
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    2 people
  10. 10. Do volunteer work
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    616 people
  11. 11. Lower my cholesterol
    5 entries . 3 cheers
    218 people
  12. 12. Get in shape
    7 entries . 2 cheers
    10,338 people
  13. 13. Run a 5K
    3 entries . 3 cheers
    2,787 people
  14. 14. Study karate
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    3 people
  15. 15. Convince my mom I'm not going to hell
    13 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. Cross that bridge when I come to it
    8 cheers
    1 person
  17. 17. Support the Zeitgeist Movement and the Venus Project
    1 entry
    2 people
  18. 18. Go white water rafting
    4 cheers
    1,422 people
  19. 19. Kayak
    1 cheer
    220 people
  20. 20. Write a story
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    650 people
  21. 21. Learn to play the saxophone
    1 cheer
    228 people
  22. 22. Learn German
    1 cheer
    5,393 people
  23. 23. Learn Spanish
    1 cheer
    18,159 people
  24. 24. Own a sailboat
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    99 people
  25. 25. Take the Mensa test
    4 cheers
    1,001 people
  26. 26. Stop assuming that if someone doesn't post a picture they must be ugly
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. Brew my own beer
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    647 people
  28. 28. Quit coffee
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    25 people
  29. 29. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    47 people
  30. 30. Create a 3D comic
    1 entry
    1 person
  31. 31. Improve my mental hygiene
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. delete my facebook
    2 cheers
    44 people
  33. 33. Develop the Natural Language Learning Algorithm
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person

How I did it
How to practice Franklin's 13 virtues
It took me
16 weeks
It made me
a better person.


How to do tomorrow's planning today
It took me
3 years
It made me
Disciplined


How to finish the back wall of the basement
It took me
3 days
It made me
Happy


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Recent entries
Eat less meat
Doing this

Thanks to some not so nice blood-work results and a really convincing film called Forks Over Knives, I’ve reduced my meat and dairy consumption down to almost none. seriously, I can’t recommend this film enough to people. So much of what we really think we know about nutrition can be replaced by a single rule: eat only whole, plant-based foods.



Fix the lighting in the basement (read all 3 entries…)
Canceled

Well, I don’t live in that house anymore and now no one spends much time in that basement, so fixing that lighting isn’t really a priority anymore. Good thing, too, because, as you see from my years of procrastination, electrical work sort of intimidates me. :/



Complete the clean sweep program (read all 6 entries…)
Status Update

Well, an awful lot of these seem to have taken care of themselves while I wasn’t paying attention. I’m pretty happy with where I’m at in my life right now, so I’m not terribly surprised to see that my habits are improving as well. This actually may be a feasible goal now…



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