I'm doing 40 things
Seems like a good day to start this up again:
Day 1: The National – High Violet
Day 2: The Chameleons – Strange Times
OneChordWonder's Life List
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1. learn needlework
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2. blog
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3. learn to carve wood
2 entries . 39 cheers8 people -
4. have a record player and a massive record collection.
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5. learn palmistry
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6. learn Tarot
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7. learn magic
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8. learn to crochet
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9. build an automaton
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10. make a temari ball
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11. learn to make fortune cookies
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12. read two books a week
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13. Read "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman
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14. exercise
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15. Learn to juggle
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16. Learn to play the guitar
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17. play the piano
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18. become an urban explorer
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19. BE A GHOST HUNTER
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20. shoot a gun
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21. become a better chess player
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22. Learn to pick locks
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23. learn to screen print
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24. learn to draw
12 cheers2,310 people -
25. make a game
4 cheers1,262 people -
26. Buy a sewing machine and learn to sew
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27. host a pirate radio show
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28. play air hockey competitively
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29. make a zine
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30. Build Electronic things
8 cheers13 people -
31. learn photoshop
18 cheers1,539 people -
32. Learn to work with polymer clay
1 entry . 9 cheers14 people -
33. Learn how to play billiards
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34. learn french
6 cheers12,437 people -
35. do yoga
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36. learn origami
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37. beat all the Dragon Quest games
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38. find 250 geocaches
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39. climb a 5.10
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40. listen to an album every day for a year
2 entries1 person
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: After several months of 100+ degree temperatures, it has gotten a lot more mild. So almost every day I've been going out either after work or in the morning. I'd have to check the numbers to be sure, but I think I got more in the past few weeks than my first 6 months combined. It is something that gets easier as you learn to plan out routes and what to look for. I hope I'll continue to get faster because I'm going to post… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I tried to save at least $100 from each paycheck, and often more. I also made around $200 selling things on etsy and won $150 in a poker game so that helped too. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Trying to refocus on listening to entire albums and not just one or two tracks. I’ll reset every time I miss a day.
Day 1 – The xx – xx
Day 2 – Young the Giant – Young the Giant
Day 3 – Dum Dum Girls – Only in Dreams
Day 4 – David Bowie – Scary Monsters
Day 5 – Parliament – Clones of Dr Funkenstein
Day 6 – Catherine Wheel – Chrome
Day 7 – Matmos – Matmos
Day 8 – Portishead – Third
Day 9 – A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
Day 10 – A Place to Bury Strangers – Self Titled
Oh man, I accidentally fell asleep while reading and wound up sleeping through the night before I listened to anything that day. Time to reset.
