Ed

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I'm doing 41 things
 

Ed's Life List

  1. 1. Love people and use things
    1 entry
    2 people
  2. 2. Complete the clean sweep program
    3 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  3. 3. Discover 43 musicians who inspire me
    5 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. identify 100 things that make my partner happy
    7 entries . 7 cheers
    113 people
  5. 5. create a vision board
    9 entries
    227 people
  6. 6. Get (or renew) a passport
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    359 people
  7. 7. Fix the lighting in the basement
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  8. 8. Get out of debt
    4 entries . 5 cheers
    10,985 people
  9. 9. Become a leader at work
    5 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. Tie up loose ends at work
    3 entries
    1 person
  11. 11. Read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    3 people
  12. 12. Support cancer research
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    2 people
  13. 13. Do volunteer work
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    537 people
  14. 14. Lower my cholesterol
    5 entries . 3 cheers
    192 people
  15. 15. Get in shape
    6 entries . 3 cheers
    9,357 people
  16. 16. Run a 5K
    3 entries . 4 cheers
    2,162 people
  17. 17. Study karate
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    3 people
  18. 18. Convince my mom I'm not going to hell
    15 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. See my father more
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    2 people
  20. 20. Cross that bridge when I come to it
    7 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. Maintain a successful saltwater aquarium
    3 entries
    1 person
  22. 22. Support the Zeitgeist Movement and the Venus Project
    3 people
  23. 23. Go white water rafting
    4 cheers
    1,262 people
  24. 24. Kayak
    1 cheer
    212 people
  25. 25. Write a story
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    538 people
  26. 26. Learn to play the saxophone
    2 cheers
    198 people
  27. 27. Learn German
    2 cheers
    4,524 people
  28. 28. Learn Spanish
    3 cheers
    15,450 people
  29. 29. Buy a House
    2 cheers
    12,546 people
  30. 30. Own a sailboat
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    91 people
  31. 31. Take the Mensa test
    5 cheers
    972 people
  32. 32. Stop assuming that if someone doesn't post a picture they must be ugly
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  33. 33. Brew my own beer
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    614 people
  34. 34. Quit coffee
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    27 people
  35. 35. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    52 people
  36. 36. Eat less meat
    2 cheers
    257 people
  37. 37. Create a 3D comic
    1 entry
    1 person
  38. 38. Improve my mental hygiene
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. Read the Bible
    3,217 people
  40. 40. delete my facebook
    1 cheer
    43 people
  41. 41. 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
create a 3D comic
Reflection time 3 weeks ago

I’m not sure that I want to do this anymore. Besides the fact that it fulfills nearly the same purpose as “write a story,” it’s just something that I’ve lost interest in.



quit coffee (read all 2 entries…)
Last week 2 months ago

Last week, I took a day off work and spent it with my fiancee. We slept late, went to lunch, went shopping… Without a proper “morning,” I forgot my coffee. I realized around 4 in the afternoon that I hadn’t had any all day. I also realized that that was probably the first day I hadn’t had coffee in about 10 years. So, I thought, since I’d made it until 4 with just a tiny twinge of a headache, I’d try to go caffeine free the whole day.

By 9 that night, the headache was blinding, to the point where I could barely open my eyes, let alone concentrate. I finally broke down and drove to the drug store for caffeine pills.

I’ve learned my lesson. My addiction is even worse than I’d feared, and it’s time to get serious about shaking it. I’ve made just a small start: drinking all my coffee half-caf without increasing my intake. So far, I barely even notice a difference, so I guess it’s working.



create a vision board (read all 9 entries…)
Considering 2 months ago

I’ve started to question the value of this goal. I got about a quarter of the way through it in the first few days and sort of moved on to other things. Now that I look back on it, I’m not sure it’s a valuable use of my time. I haven’t had motivational problems for the last 6-12 months, and this project just seems like busy work at this point. I’m on the fence…

If I’m still on the fence the next time I read this, I’m cancelling it.



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