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Alexandra Samuel




I'm doing 33 things
  

Alexandra Samuel's Life List

  2. 1. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
    9 team members . 1 entry . 4 cheers     		162 people
  3. 2. live in New York City
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  4. 3. travel internationally with my children
    3 cheers     		10 people
  5. 4. find the best toddler activities for our visit to Seattle
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  6. 5. meet Stephen Sondheim
    1 cheer     		9 people
  7. 6. meditate every day
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  8. 7. Write a good book
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  9. 8. learn to read Hebrew
    2 cheers     		21 people
  10. 9. travel into space
    2 cheers     		133 people
  11. 10. never use the word synergy
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  12. 11. cook Indian food
    2 cheers     		29 people
  13. 12. declutter our house
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  14. 13. project movies on my wall
    2 cheers     		92 people
  15. 14. Be a more concious consumer
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  16. 15. Tell my daughter I love her each and every day
    6 cheers     		20 people
  17. 16. collect art
    3 cheers     		82 people
  18. 17. travel through the southern U.S.
    2 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. ban SUVs in cities
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		39 people
  20. 19. go to Italy
    		2,823 people
  21. 20. be a guest on the Daily Show
    1 cheer     		25 people
  22. 21. accentuate the positive, deemphasize the negative
    		116 people
  23. 22. avoid passive voice
    3 cheers     		9 people
  24. 23. make gnocchi
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		32 people
  25. 24. meet all my known relatives
    3 cheers     		3 people
  26. 25. help create a national daycare program
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  27. 26. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
    3 cheers     		2,383 people
  28. 27. sing in public
    2 cheers     		525 people
  29. 28. make a Wonder Woman costume
    3 cheers     		20 people
  30. 29. direct a musical
    		26 people
  31. 30. learn to program
    2 cheers     		382 people
  32. 31. design a custom magic 8-ball
    		34 people
  33. 32. do my knee exercises regularly until I can snowboard again
    		1 person
  34. 33. find twelve women who have powerhouse careers AND are great, involved moms
    		1 person

How I did it
How to potty train my son
It took me
14 months
It made me

How I did it: Peer pressure -- seeing other kids at daycare. Persistence. Lots of praise. Putting little paper boats in the potty for him to sink. Giving up on the kid potty and encouraging him to pee standing up at the toilet. Read how I did it…

Feb 05, 2010, 11:15AM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer


How to read with my daughter
It took me
1 year
It made me
proud

How I did it: In a non-coercive, friendly and non-judgemental way that didn't make anyone do more than they felt like. Hmm, any hints here? Read how I did it…

Apr 30, 2009, 08:16PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
Start a company that survives longer than 2 years
Twenty-nine months and counting!

Tonight I returned to 43Things so I could update the team on the news that ChangeEverything.ca (a site inspired by 43Things) has been nominated for a Webby. (It’s up against Facebook, among others, in the social networking category. Please vote for Change Everything at http://pv.webbyawards.com !)

As I always do when I come back to 43T after a while, I cruised down my list of 43 Things. And here it was: the goal of starting a company that survives longer than 2 years.

Well, we’ve not only done it (we’re now at 29 months, officially) but we’ve even made the short list for a Webby. Not bad for two years in!

Apr 23, 2008, 01:29AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


be invited to a gay wedding
Congratulations Ian & Paul

I finally got to go to a gay wedding….and not just any wedding, but the wedding of our dearest friends. It was truly humbling and inspiring to be an event that was so personally happy and meaningful, and to reflect on the fact that this event was something none of us would have imagined possible even a decade ago. So—change IS possible!!!

Aug 23, 2007, 03:07PM PDT | 0 comments


read with my daughter
The joys of poetry

The most popular books around our house these days are “The Owl and the Pussycat” and “Jabberwocky”. The rhyming helps our daughter anticipate what’s coming next so she gets the experience of reading along even though she’s not able to read yet. Plus she’s now well on her way to memorizing both poems!

Jun 20, 2006, 11:06PM PDT | 0 comments


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