I'm doing 36 things
Chapters are complete
Third is underway
Joined writer’s group to help craft and edit
Progress is no longer stalled
Huzzah!
SurlyAardvark's Life List
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1. find consistency of tone and the scales on my musical saw
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2. learn to ride, and then own, a motorcycle.
6 entries . 4 cheers1 person -
3. Work as a wandering storyteller at Silver Dollar City (a Branson, MO, theme park)
2 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
4. learn to freemount a giraffe unicycle
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5. Commute twice (and then regularly) to work on my unicycle
5 entries . 24 cheers1 person -
6. juggle a sustained five ball cascade
7 cheers2 people -
7. write letters to the software companies that make the games I love, detailing the specific aspects and touches that I enjoyed especially
4 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
8. finish my adolescent spy novel, "Wun," and get it published
1 entry . 16 cheers1 person -
9. design and build a front porch on my house
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10. skydive
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11. learn finger-style guitar
1 entry . 5 cheers5 people -
12. shave my head and grow my beard long
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13. take my family on a houseboat vacation
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14. be able to identify ten constellations by sight
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15. get a kilt from Utilikilt (utilikilt.com) and wear it to teach in.
2 entries . 5 cheers2 people -
16. ride my unicycle in a kilt (how bizarre would THAT look?)
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17. establish an art-welding/metal sculpture business
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18. work as a short order cook for a summer
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19. attract more bats to my property
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20. eat only when hungry and stop when pleasantly full, thus divorcing myself from my greed for food
4 entries . 4 cheers1 person -
21. design and build (have built) a prairie style home into which my bride and I can retire one day
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22. write and get published a book detailing my method of teaching vocabulary through storytelling
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23. encourage a cure for alopecia areata (which my little girl, Melly, has)
1 entry . 3 cheers1 person -
24. Stop slinking through life
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25. ride my giraffe unicycle in a parade while playing a banjo and wearing a sign that says, "Don't vote for me!"
4 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
26. participate in a pie fight
2 entries . 7 cheers2 people -
27. play the role of Tevye in a production of "Fiddler on the Roof"
3 cheers1 person -
28. establish a weekly night out for my bride and me to enjoy each other's company away from home.
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29. learn to play the Iron & Wine version of "Such Great Heights" to sing to my excellent bride
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30. live in daily obedience to God, because He cares for me so.
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31. complete a three mile loop near my house in under 40 minutes.
2 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
32. throw a Molotov Cocktail
1 entry . 1 cheer9 people -
33. get all the achievements in SOME Xbox360 game, thus "completing" the game.
1 entry1 person -
34. Make incremental changes. No more overzealous good intentions that result in early failure.
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35. play my musical saw for Nipher's Variety Show
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36. Own one good shotgun, one good rifle and a good handgun.
1 person
How I did it
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How I did it: Be surest to have a reason. Wandering in and choosing something from the wall is a recipe for regret. I held onto my design and my reason for five years to see if they were things that were long-lasting for me; things that would be as relevant to me thirty years down the road; that I would be still proud of and willing to display and explain. My reasoning goes like this (yes, I wrote it out for myself when I thought I expre… Read how I did it…
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