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  1. 1. maintain the good habits I've marked as "done"
    14 entries . 184 cheers
    7 people
  2. 2. visit all 50 states
    14 entries . 88 cheers
    8,530 people
  3. 3. Meet one person from every country.
    37 entries . 79 cheers
    31 people
  4. 4. cuddle a koala
    3 entries . 88 cheers
    10 people
  5. 5. Try 43 kinds of cheese I've never had before
    7 entries . 13 cheers
    0 people
  6. 6. Get 43 rejections
    7 entries . 13 cheers
    2 people
  7. 7. Get my BMI reliably below 21.5
    3 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  8. 8. Have first aid/disaster preparedness kits
    3 entries . 15 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. read every book I own
    8 entries . 93 cheers
    2,138 people
  10. 10. leave everything a little better than i found it
    2 entries . 108 cheers
    74 people
  11. 11. Stop interrup--wait, what?
    4 entries . 52 cheers
    2 people
  12. 12. Understand and accept the way I am
    11 entries . 61 cheers
    2 people
  13. 13. Dwell on the positive
    4 entries . 52 cheers
    2 people
  14. 14. Like and appreciate people
    1 entry . 19 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. Find a way to procrastinate that doesn't involve bright screens
    2 entries . 32 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. spend less time on the internet
    3 entries . 22 cheers
    1,055 people
  17. 17. Stay mellow
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. Protect my mental health
    18 cheers
    2 people
  19. 19. Implement ZTD
    3 entries . 7 cheers
    8 people
  20. 20. find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
    6 entries . 9 cheers
    2,363 people
  21. 21. simplify my life and material possessions
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  22. 22. Buy less food at work
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. Assume I'm below average
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  24. 24. Give more 43t cheers than I receive in 2011
    3 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. Record all the books I read in 2011
    52 entries . 6 cheers
    2 people
  26. 26. Find $100 in change
    4 entries . 4 cheers
    132 people
  27. 27. Cook one new dish every week
    26 entries . 21 cheers
    10 people
  28. 28. Spend 15 minutes a day on SERIOUS housecleaning
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. Follow the No-S Diet
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  30. 30. Always leave something on my plate
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. Wii Fit Challenge
    9 entries . 4 cheers
    0 people
  32. 32. Break my caffeine addiction...again
    4 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  33. 33. Set a 15-minute timer every time I surf the web
    5 entries . 69 cheers
    1 person
  34. 34. Read and annotate 25 pages/week
    1 entry
    1 person
  35. 35. Read magazines/journals the week they arrive
    1 person
  36. 36. Grade promptly
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  37. 37. write for 15 minutes a day
    4 cheers
    3 people
  38. 38. Give 43 non-trivial charitable gifts
    31 entries . 86 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. Only speak positive words about others.
    3 entries . 47 cheers
    15 people
  40. 40. Focus on listening
    3 entries . 39 cheers
    1 person
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give 43 non-trivial charitable gifts (read all 31 entries…)
#26 - Kiva

Another replenishing of the Kiva account.



Record all the books I read in 2011 (read all 52 entries…)
52. The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

Tracks the movie The Social Network more closely than I expected – if you’ve seen the movie, there’s not much reason to read this.



Record all the books I read in 2011 (read all 52 entries…)
51. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Full of Gladwellian entertaining anecdotes, but that’s about it.



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