Quilnmous

disappeared for awhile and hopes to return a stronger person.



I'm doing 43 things
 

Quilnmous's Life List

  1. 1. obtain another job
    3 entries . 19 cheers
    2 people
  2. 2. write a hit song
    22 cheers
    163 people
  3. 3. make my computer work for me
    7 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. shift over to my creative career
    2 entries . 21 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. find something I feel good blogging about, and then blog about it
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. drink more water
    3 entries . 9 cheers
    20,235 people
  7. 7. learn how to speak Brazilian Portuguese
    2 entries . 11 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. watch all Six Feet Under episodes
    2 entries . 11 cheers
    1,138 people
  9. 9. clean my apartment
    3 entries . 8 cheers
    367 people
  10. 10. whiten my teeth
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    2,139 people
  11. 11. learn how to use this website better
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    2 people
  12. 12. learn Taiko drumming
    1 entry . 14 cheers
    42 people
  13. 13. be a better piano player
    11 cheers
    13 people
  14. 14. list 100 things for which I am grateful
    6 entries . 10 cheers
    14 people
  15. 15. learn more about my digital camera
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    3 people
  16. 16. watch High School Musical
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    805 people
  17. 17. master the law of attraction in 2008
    7 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. learn about AI
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    3 people
  19. 19. start planning my graphic novel
    9 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. write more often
    2 entries . 11 cheers
    465 people
  21. 21. get paid to write or blog
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. find someone special and share a kiss
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. figure out if there is an easy way to find people who have never been cheered on "43 Things" so I can try to cheer them more often
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. exercise more often
    7 cheers
    431 people
  25. 25. make eye contact more often
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    26 people
  26. 26. post random thoughts
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    25 people
  27. 27. visit Boston again
    1 cheer
    8 people
  28. 28. give 1000 cheers by December 31
    6 entries
    1 person
  29. 29. contribute something to Wikipedia
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    24 people
  30. 30. be authentic - believe in myself
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    3 people
  31. 31. push to make the 43 Things site more mobile-friendly
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. ride Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris
    2 cheers
    2 people
  33. 33. make electronic music
    7 cheers
    184 people
  34. 34. accept that less is more
    2 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. watch USC win a 12th Football National Championship
    3 team members . 3 entries . 1 cheer
    4 people
  36. 36. ride in a hot air balloon
    4 cheers
    2,729 people
  37. 37. strike a balance on my to do list
    2 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  38. 38. create a mash up song
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    409 people
  39. 39. donate again, this time at a larger level
    3 cheers
    1 person
  40. 40. get more organized
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    470 people
  41. 41. create a website for my father's side of the family
    3 cheers
    1 person
  42. 42. find out who my heroes are
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    2 people
  43. 43. watch The Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon
    7 cheers
    7 people
Recent entries
contribute something to Wikipedia
Oh my goodness. I dipped in the virtual inkwell.

Editing something on Wikipedia always seemed like such a big and scary thing. Of course, that has always been the case before I started blogging and writing online articles.

So guess what? I was doing some research tonight, and I noticed an entry had the wrong date on it. And I saw the little “Edit” link, so I clicked on it.

All of a sudden I was in Wikipedia HTML Land. And there it was…an editing screen. (Similar to the one I’m using right now to write this entry.) So I fixed the date. And then I clicked on the “Save” button.

It was such a tiny moment. But it wouldn’t be one of my 43 Things, if it wasn’t a meaningful one. I felt like I had just put my foot on the surface of the moon. Am I supposed to say something significant about “one giant leap” now?

Anyway, I did it!

However, the original intent of this goal is to do a full entry in Wikipedia, not merely change the word “2009” to “2010.” And my little date edit is attributed to my IP address, because I haven’t created a Wikipedia user account yet.

So I will still leave this goal here for now, until I accomplish that. But let me tell you, I’m halfway there already, and I feel really good about it!



learn about AI
It was a good reminder while it lasted

Several years ago, I thought this was going to my pet project and the direction I would take my career in. But since then, there are so many more interesting things that I would rather learn about, and then there is a whole other direction to steer my career towards.

So now, this is only an interest I would like to reconnect with, at some point in my life. But apparently I have to make room for the 43 most pressing goal ideas right now, and this is not one of them. So I am going to drop this goal for now. Someday, I shall return to it, but I’d like to work on other things right now.



find out who my heroes are
My first hero

When I listed this goal, I thought about famous people and I thought about fictional characters. At the time, none stood out in my mind, so that is why I hadn’t made an entry yet.

Tonight, I started thinking about taskmasters who are good at accomplishing their long term goals. And one name came immediately to mind: KashaBunny. Her ability to juggle different detailed tasks, as reported in her account here on 43 Things, is just amazing. She has wrapped up a major educational accomplishment as one phase of her life, while finishing off a whole slew of medium-term and other long-term goals.

I understand that this strength of hers sometimes gets to her, and leaves her feeling a bit uneasy with the void of planned business (pronounced “busy-ness”). But I see it as a great strength, and I admire her so much for how good she is at it.

I’m not sure how she does it. She will report that she has 10 things to do. Then the next day she is down to 8 things. Then the next day down to 7. And I’m thinking, that’s 3 months in my book of working to get things done, and she did it in 3 days. But I do know that she will take little life-breaks, to refresh herself for another session of achievements. And I get the sense that she is successful at finishing things by working hard, applying her will and determination, all the while maintaining a strong sense of direction toward her goal (kind of like a marathon runner must visualize in order to get to the finish line).

So I will use her as an inspiration to me, to accomplish my goals in life – short-, medium-, and long-term. And I sense that she will be cheering me on. Thanks, KashaBunny.



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