I'm doing 42 things
50th book!
6 months ago
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind
50 books read – 22 audiobooks – 72 books absorbed in 2008!!!!
Andrew Jones's Life List
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1. Make new friends
2 cheers12,210 people -
2. exercise regularly
10,185 people -
3. Write more
3,410 people -
4. Meet Barack Obama
112 people -
5. Publish a book
2,043 people -
6. have a book published
139 people -
7. invent a card game
3 people -
8. insulate my house
10 people -
9. landscape my yard
279 people -
10. organize my closet
287 people -
11. organize my basement
34 people -
12. repair my back fence
2 people -
13. finish my basement
122 people -
14. Write a science fiction or fantasy novel
39 people -
15. Complete my novel
1 entry21 people -
16. write a comic book
176 people -
17. find out what my blood type is
1,287 people -
18. build a robot
410 people -
19. Learn to play the guitar
12,287 people -
20. Cliff Dive
95 people -
21. scuba dive
2,115 people -
22. Swim with dolphins
7,138 people -
23. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
18,104 people -
24. Go white water rafting
1,178 people -
25. learn to ski
803 people -
26. Skydive
1 cheer9,856 people -
27. Shower in a waterfall.
416 people -
28. Attend TED
33 people -
29. Watch every Best Picture Oscar winner
2 people -
30. visit all 50 states
1 entry6,876 people -
31. Get a PhD
2,670 people -
32. own a horse
641 people -
33. be a scoutmaster
1 person -
34. own a cabin
15 people -
35. own a vacation home
74 people -
36. Learn to fly
2,081 people -
37. Own a Sail Boat
25 people -
38. sail around the world
865 people -
39. Design and build my own house
1 cheer1,465 people -
40. be financially independent
1,490 people -
41. become a spy
1 cheer352 people -
42. travel into outer space
18 people
How I did it
It made me
Ecstatic! 
How I did it: I did what I could to grab moments here and there to read whatever I could. I also read on a lot of diverse topics, so that I never got bored. I didn't hesitate to read some short books, as well, to keep me motivated when I began to feel like I was getting bogged down. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
2 books! Nearing the goal!
6 months ago
Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Sphereland by Sionys Burger
49 BOOKS READ! – 22 audiobooks – 71 books total!
1 book left to read in 2008!
Hiding in the Mirror
6 months ago
Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond by Lawrence M. Krauss
47 books read – 22 audiobooks – 69 total!
