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AmateurX

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I'm doing 23 things
  

AmateurX's Life List

  2. 1. Love my wife with ALL my heart
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  3. 2. pray more
    		2,956 people
  4. 3. pay off my credit card
    1 entry     		1,473 people
  5. 4. be more confident
    		9,850 people
  6. 5. Save money
    1 entry     		14,236 people
  7. 6. get a new job
    1 entry     		1,779 people
  8. 7. Get another tattoo
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		3,366 people
  9. 8. get out of debt
    		10,552 people
  10. 9. spend more time with my kids
    1 entry     		324 people
  11. 10. pay off my student loans
    2 entries     		2,744 people
  12. 11. Read more books
    		10,688 people
  13. 12. get a masters degree
    1 entry     		2,794 people
  14. 13. exercise more
    		5,010 people
  15. 14. Learn Linux
    1 entry     		411 people
  16. 15. call my sister once a month
    1 entry     		6 people
  17. 16. Learn Spanish
    		14,883 people
  18. 17. Buy a new car
    1 cheer     		1,454 people
  19. 18. Read the Bible daily
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		442 people
  20. 19. Get passports for my kids
    		4 people
  21. 20. Visit all 50 states
    		6,892 people
  22. 21. find a new dentist
    		11 people
  23. 22. learn Chinese
    		2,312 people
  24. 23. backpack through Europe
    1 entry     		4,850 people

How I did it
How to take more pictures
It took me
6 months
It made me
Excited

How I did it:   Actually, I had to start listening to the TWiP podcast.  I had to consciously make a decision to take my camera outside of the house and take pictures of the theme I had in mind.    From there, I had to take my camera out to events, no matter how trivial (eg. my daughter's cheerleading practice).  Generally speaking though, I had to spend an hour, or so, a day going through the Flickr Explore! pages.  It's … Read how I did it…

Sep 15, 04:22AM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


Recent entries
Save money
Baby steps... 8 months ago

I have recently re-evaluated my federal tax exemption. When I claimed “6”, I would get a fairly large return in April. I have since changed that for the rest of the year. Did you know you can claim “19”? That’s the max. On the IRS.gov website, there’s an withholding calculator. It’s actually quite interesting.

My plan involves paying down debt for the remainder of the year, and stashing as much as I can get away with. I’m going to then re-evaluate my withholding exemption in January, and again in June. I hadn’t thought of optimizing my exemption until recently.

Oct 17, 10:54AM PDT | 0 comments


pay off my student loans (read all 2 entries…)
I figure ECD of January '09 9 months ago

I recently looked at my loan statement, and figured my Estimated Completion Date should be approximately this coming January. Man, I can’t wait! Once my loans are paid off, it’s more moolah on the credit card. Woohoo.

Sep 15, 05:21AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


pay off my credit card
Transferred balance to 0% int. card 9 months ago

I recently transferred my huge credit card balance to a 0% interest credit card. I think I get like 9mos to pay it off. In theory, this shouldn’t be a problem. The problem is, my car(s) have a bunch of servicing that needs to be done.

At least it’s a step in the right direction!

Sep 15, 04:52AM PDT | 1 comment


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