I'm doing 43 things
I’d like to say I’ve been busy working on my goals while not on the site, but I’ve been slacking overall. Still, progress has been made on the running. Broke a few personal records, nothing impressive. Will go for a longer run for the first time in a while this coming Sunday, about 8 miles.
Max's Life List
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1. become financially solvent
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2. be punctual for one year
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3. reach shodan in go
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4. Memorize the Games of Go Seigen
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5. work out daily
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6. run a marathon
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7. do 10 pull ups
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8. stretch every day
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9. raise alarms about the fuel crisis
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10. get a six pack
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11. be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up
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12. write more letters
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13. learn Korean
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14. Learn Japanese
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15. get a degree
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16. reconnect with my extended family
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17. type 70 wpm
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18. get certified as an actuary
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19. Volunteer
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20. Climb a 5.9 without hangdogging.
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21. do a backflip
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22. Learn to play the guitar
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23. learn to sing
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24. write and publish fiction
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25. scuba dive
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26. Learn to surf
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27. find friends to spend time with
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28. Get organized
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29. organize my files
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30. meet interesting, smart people
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31. give to charity
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32. juggle 4 balls
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33. get a unique tattoo
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34. learn to draw
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35. solve a rubiks cube
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36. prove a nontrivial mathematical theory
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37. pose nude
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38. Master this shirt-folding technique
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39. learn to sew
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40. expand my culinary repertoire
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41. Skydive
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42. Learn the Napoleon Dynamite dance
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43. Wish Lunagirl388 a super Happy Birthday on March 31 as she celbrates the first day of the awesome year ahead of her
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Recent entries
I went through a long period of a couple weeks where my typing skill plummeted, mostly due to errors (lots of letter reversals). It was getting quite discouraging. Then I started my new job and just wasn’t able to make time to practice the last week. The feelings of discouragement certainly played a role. Well, I just picked it up again today and hit a new high avg. of 64 wpm. That will likely slide some, but it’s still encouraging.
I’ve had this experience before at all sorts of skill sets. I experience a long period of no advancement and get discouraged. I take a break for some time and when I come back I make improvements at a much higher average pace. Am I fooling with my mind into lodging the activity as a novelty again or has my mind made connections during the break or what? The other question is whether there is any way to take advantage of this. Can I schedule regular breaks and make more progress than if I had kept at it steadily? My experience with running says otherwise, but it’s an intriguing notion.
Had to take a day off of my job assignment for back pain and got replaced last week. There’s talk of other assignments, but it’s just talk right now. Fortunately I’ve kept my spending down and have enough in the bank to last out the month. If I get a job soon I should be able to stay and if it pays well enough I should be able to get back on track without too much problem.
