TheHelenOfTroy




I'm doing 42 things
 

TheHelenOfTroy's Life List

  1. 1. Read my 43things list every morning
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    2 people
  2. 2. Have more friends and fewer things
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  3. 3. Get THE job offer
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  4. 4. Practise Optimism
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  5. 5. Take more chances
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  6. 6. Care more, worry less
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  7. 7. Keep a journal
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  8. 8. Improve my vocabulary
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    1,068 people
  9. 9. Wake up before 6 AM - EVERY DAY
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  10. 10. Run a half marathon
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    1,918 people
  11. 11. Be a GREAT photographer
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    64 people
  12. 12. Make a cool website
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  13. 13. Be a Java Guru by end of 2010
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  14. 14. Start my own business by 2020
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  15. 15. Get a Tattoo
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  16. 16. Design my own t-shirts
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  17. 17. Meditate every day
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  18. 18. Practise Yoga
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  19. 19. Learn something new every year
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  20. 20. Read one good book every month
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  21. 21. Try a new recipe every week
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  22. 22. Bring music back into my life
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  23. 23. Volunteer once a month
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  24. 24. Donate blood
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  25. 25. Save the environment
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  26. 26. Go hiking once a month
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  27. 27. Go white water rafting in 2010
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  28. 28. Swim with dolphins
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  29. 29. Go scuba diving
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  30. 30. Go fishing
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  31. 31. Go backpacking once a year
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  32. 32. Climb machu picchu
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  33. 33. Visit Alaska
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  34. 34. Do a coast to coast road trip
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  35. 35. Spend 3 weeks in Italy
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  36. 36. Go backpacking in Europe
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  37. 37. Live in a downtown apartment
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  38. 38. Be an interior decorator - someday
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  39. 39. Write a book
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  40. 40. Own a Lexus IS F within 5 years
    1 person
  41. 41. Be brave
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  42. 42. Rest of the list ...
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How I did it
How to be a SCJP with 100%
It took me
2 months
It made me
Geeky


How to work for Microsoft
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
Proud


How to lose 20 lbs
It took me
5 months
It made me
Lighter


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Recent entries
Read my 43things list every morning
.. to set the tone of the day 2 months ago

Life is made of years – years are made of months – months of weeks and weeks of days. If you want to live a meaningful life, you need to try to make your days meaningful. What is meaningful varies from person to person. For me, the goals matter. Wheather I achieve them or not does not matter, but they need to be there. I want to live with intensions. I cannot live passively.

50 years down the line, what would I like to have accomplished? What achievements would give me a sense of fulfilment? What memories would I love to cherish? What things would I regert? I am going to think about and answer all these questions. They will be my life goals.

How do I go about achieving them? I am going to add these goals to this 43things. A few at a time; those that I need to start working on right now. I want to start every single day, with this list in my mind. I want to work on some of the goals and make some progress. That way I can go bed peacefully knowing that my day has added something meaningful to my life.



Be a SCJP with 100% (read all 2 entries…)
No, couldn't score 100% .. but I am happy. 3 months ago

I managed 56/60 which is not bad at all. I would have loved to get 95% + but I did my best. If given a second chance, I would do a few things differently. But overall I am happy with the result !



run a half marathon (read all 2 entries…)
tiny improvement 4 months ago

I could do 2 sets of 10 min runs without killing myself. But only twice so far. I mostly end up on the elliptical machine. It is easier to burn calories there. Though I have not declared it here, my higher priority goal is to lose a few inches off my tummy. I want to burn all that fat first. I guess the marathon will have to wait till i get to size 2.



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