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Learn to play go
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148 people |
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master emacs
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22 people |
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hang glide
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668 people |
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visit New Zealand
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1,369 people |
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legitimately own every album I listen to
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1 person |
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improve my juggling
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58 people |
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learn poi
3 entries |
176 people |
| 8. |
bust a phat rap
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1 person |
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Take up the saxophone again
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6 people |
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finish a creative project that I've started
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1 person |
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make a website
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677 people |
| 12. |
Visit Australia
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2,375 people |
| 13. |
get a saxophone
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5 people |
| 14. |
Learn to play the banjo
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421 people |
| 15. |
learn to ride a unicycle
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247 people |
| 16. |
Learn to juggle four balls
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25 people |
| 17. |
learn to trackstand
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5 people |
| 18. |
grow a bonsai
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19 people |
| 19. |
consume less
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164 people |
| 20. |
play more chess
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131 people |
| 21. |
thru-hike the Appalachian Trail
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141 people |
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hike the appalachian trail
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1,583 people |
| 23. |
Get my Master's Degree
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1,026 people |
| 24. |
Get my Master's
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614 people |
| 25. |
learn how to drive stick-shift
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4,422 people |
| 26. |
Read more books
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10,688 people |
| 27. |
Learn to play the drums
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1,900 people |
| 28. |
learn Tai Chi
2 cheers |
1,103 people |
| 29. |
write a whole story
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1 person |
How I did it: By eating less, and being more careful about what I ate when I did. This consisted mostly of two things: cutting out non-meal snacks almost completely, and cutting down portions when I did eat. It's a bit painful when you start, but if you stick to it hard it gets easier. Mostly I've been having a light breakfast and lunch, with a larger dinner - makes it a bit easier for me. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I'm marking this as done, despite the fact that I never actually did 100 consecutive pushups. Why? Because that's a pretty silly, arbitrary goal when you get right down to it. What's important is that I went from barely being able to do 10 sloppy pushups at a time to being able to do more than 60 good-form pushups consecutively. I've now moved to a more balanced fitness program, but this program helped give me the incentive to start impro… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Simple - consuming less calories than I burned. Most days I ate a small breakfast of cereal (measured out to 1 actual serving) with a banana, a light lunch with maybe a salad or some pita+hummus, and then basically whatever I wanted for dinner (which was never much, because my stomach had shrunk down pretty small). I've been hovering around 160 for a while now, and I think I'm going to shoot for a few more pounds to see whether something … Read how I did it…
My past attempts at completing this goal by fleshing out one of my many ideas have failed due to lack of time. Since I’ll be graduating within the next month or so, I hope to dedicate some time to this. At the very least, I want to just finish one so that I never have to look back and wonder if I could have produced anything decent once I set my mind to it.
I’ve finished all of my coursework & my oral comprehensive exams – now I only have my thesis to go. I have about 1/2 of it drafted, working on drafting the rest this week, and then I have about a month to go through revisions with my advisors. I can’t wait to finally be finished…
This is something I’ve wanted to do since my days as an avid backpacker in Boy Scouts, and something rekindled my interest a few months ago – I can’t even remember what. At first, I tried to gauge the interest levels of my friends, and when I couldn’t seem to get any interested in the idea at all, I let the idea lie dormant for a while. Recently, though, it’s come back to the forefront of my mind, and I’ve decided that if I want to do it, I should do it regardless of whether or not I can get a friend to go with me. The time I have after I finish my Master’s is going to be the best opportunity I’ll have to go, and if my desire remains, I’ll really regret not doing it. Once I’m finished with my thesis, I’m going to be taking a number of prep hikes to test out gear, and make sure that it’s something that I really want to do. But beyond that, it seems like mental commitment is the most important contributor towards successfully finishing, and I know from past experience that that won’t be a problem for me.
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naanu wants to do first things first
write a poetry book
go to an outdoor music festival
keep in touch with old friends
finish my degree
pray more
stop biting my nails for good
exercise more
build a new computer
expand my business
live without a car
dani27 wants to stop wasting time on the internet
be more confident
move to Japan
be appreciated
become a hacker
type with 10 fingers
break my tv addiction
Skinny
do something illegal
Watch the movie "Interview with a Vampire"
Learn Java
spend more time with my family
paint and decorate my prayer room
eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day
become financially secure
take dance classes
