I'm doing 42 things
50th book!
11 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
1 cheer12,789 people -
2. exercise regularly
10,559 people -
3. Write more
3,500 people -
4. Meet Barack Obama
114 people -
5. Publish a book
2,149 people -
6. have a book published
145 people -
7. invent a card game
3 people -
8. insulate my house
9 people -
9. landscape my yard
287 people -
10. organize my closet
294 people -
11. organize my basement
35 people -
12. repair my back fence
1 person -
13. finish my basement
123 people -
14. Write a science fiction or fantasy novel
39 people -
15. Complete my novel
1 entry25 people -
16. write a comic book
180 people -
17. find out what my blood type is
1,318 people -
18. build a robot
419 people -
19. Learn to play the guitar
12,666 people -
20. Cliff Dive
108 people -
21. scuba dive
2,191 people -
22. Swim with dolphins
7,369 people -
23. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
18,607 people -
24. Go white water rafting
1,263 people -
25. learn to ski
847 people -
26. Skydive
1 cheer10,193 people -
27. Shower in a waterfall.
426 people -
28. Attend TED
42 people -
29. Watch every Best Picture Oscar winner
2 people -
30. visit all 50 states
1 entry7,155 people -
31. Get a PhD
2,790 people -
32. own a horse
669 people -
33. be a scoutmaster
1 person -
34. own a cabin
15 people -
35. own a vacation home
78 people -
36. Learn to fly
2,145 people -
37. Own a Sail Boat
25 people -
38. sail around the world
885 people -
39. Design and build my own house
1 cheer1,502 people -
40. be financially independent
1,553 people -
41. become a spy
1 cheer365 people -
42. travel into outer space
19 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!
11 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
11 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!
