I'm doing 40 things
No junk food all day!
Tenacious D Dixon's Life List
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1. draw closer to Jehovah
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2. be more spiritual
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3. conduct a progressive Bible study
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4. become a better listener
175 people -
5. become more compassionate.
31 people -
6. become more open-minded
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7. grow out my hair
780 people -
8. meet the right guy
54 people -
9. live simply
3,264 people -
10. Learn to dance Argentine tango
42 people -
11. study harder
501 people -
12. move to a new city
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13. travel to beautiful places
5 people -
14. be more open
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15. Appreciate people for who they are
1 cheer150 people -
16. learn sign langauge
5 people -
17. be fearless
625 people -
18. Conquer shyness
3 people -
19. Broaden my taste in music
2 people -
20. learn a rare instrument
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21. Learn Japanese
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22. Become a gymnast
12 people -
23. become a dancer
191 people -
24. be friendlier
139 people -
25. run a marathon
12,814 people -
26. learn guitar
3,676 people -
27. spend more time with my family
1,045 people -
28. make enough money to not have to worry about making enough money
3 people -
29. volunteer overseas
266 people -
30. Learn Spanish
18,158 people -
31. play the drums
240 people -
32. be smashingly interesting
110 people -
33. be more loving
97 people -
34. become an environmentalist
8 people -
35. call people more often
19 people -
36. spend less time on the internet
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37. Read more often
432 people -
38. finish my book
641 people -
39. be someone's mentor
30 people -
40. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
550 people
Recent entries
This weekend I had organized a small gathering of friends. I don’t usually invite other people to go out with me but I’m glad I did. It was wonderful.
ColdTurkey.com is an application that will completely block a website on your computer, regardless of browser, for any time between an hour and a week. It’s great for those weekends you want to go out of town and not think about social networking the entire time.
Another app you can download is StayFocused, which will block distracting websites after the clock runs out on a pre-set timer. I use Google Chrome, but I’m sure you can use it on Mozilla Firefox as well.
Other drastic means I’ve used includes buying a slower computer, hiding my laptop’s battery or charger, turning off my wireless internet connection and giving my laptop to a friend for safekeeping.
Whatever you have to do to not be online 24/7, do it. It’s worth it to reconnect with the real world.
