SmallVictories

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I'm doing 27 things
 

SmallVictories's Life List

  1. 1. turn my obsessive side from a part-time liability into a full-time asset
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. Start writing again!!
    4 entries . 8 cheers
    367 people
  3. 3. network with people in my present and future
    4 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. Find someone with whom I can write and publish an article
    1 person
  5. 5. Make more money than I need, doing what I love
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    71 people
  6. 6. Raise the Bar
    7 entries . 2 cheers
    3 people
  7. 7. Assemble my PhD application this year
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    1 person
  8. 8. encourage biophilia
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    1 person
  9. 9. Join a field naturalists' club
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2 people
  10. 10. be a better negotiator
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    5 people
  11. 11. contribute to wikipedia
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    50 people
  12. 12. be on the Board of several companies and organizations
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    1 person
  13. 13. Strategically build (at least) one skill per year
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  14. 14. Begin to meditate again.
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    1 person
  15. 15. watch 40 movies from the Criterion Collection
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    3 people
  16. 16. read at least one book per month
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    63 people
  17. 17. write one essay and prepare one presentation per month
    1 person
  18. 18. identify and photograph 43 birds
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    2 people
  19. 19. go on an arctic expedition
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    3 people
  20. 20. Scuba dive in the Red Sea
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    18 people
  21. 21. Have the love I want with a man of spirit and substance
    7 entries . 13 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. participate in an ECO Challenge competition
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    3 people
  23. 23. rip up the asphalt driveway and install two cobblestone wheel paths, moss, grass, native species, and a plant box and fence between my neighbour's driveway and mine
    1 person
  24. 24. Become more politically active in a non-partisan way
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    1 person
  25. 25. Go stay at the Buddhist monastery in Los Angeles
    1 person
  26. 26. get a safety deposit box
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    7 people
  27. 27. Research my family tree
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    823 people

How I did it
How to finish this phase and get some clarity about the next.
It took me
1 year
It made me
oh my god


How to understand the stock market
It took me
7 months
It made me
a smartypants


How to continue practicing discardia until everything I have is indispensible
It took me
2 years
It made me
smug


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Recent entries
read at least one book per month
In October and November 1 day ago

In October (I could swear I already wrote this, but I’m getting forgetful in my old age) I read The Vivisector which I had found in a pile of castoffs on Bornholm. The modern cover for the book is appalling, the version I have is quite artistic and more a propos. This was an intense read and very, very good.

I just spent two weeks of being very productive, and was beginning to feel a little blah. It occurred to me that I find reading fiction regenerative and time well spent for more reasons than one. So the other night I picked up Back When We Were Grownups (Ann Tyler) and plowed through it in two days. I feel better able to focus on my economics homework right now, and continuing the rest of my project to-do list which is finally, after several years, getting down to th point where I can entertain the time to start writing again, get my PhD apps assembled, etc. at a proper pace. And throughout, I will keep reading. I can easily read another book this November.



Strategically build (at least) one skill per year (read all 2 entries…)
Leadership skills 6 days ago

Definitely have to work on those, I get too caught up in the action to lead sometimes.



write my will (read all 13 entries…)
Claimed as "done" but it's not done until it's signed. 1 week ago

The thing is only that I finally got it as done as I can on my own. The rest is signing all sorts of papers and paying the notary…hopefully I will have news on this by October 31.



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