bigjimslade




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  2. 1. Get out of debt
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  3. 2. volunteer
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  4. 3. exercise more
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  5. 4. read faster
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  6. 5. Learn a foreign language
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  7. 6. Learn to play the guitar
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  8. 7. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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  9. 8. Make a film
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  10. 9. run for public office
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  11. 10. Take a vacation
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  12. 11. Write a book
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  13. 12. Learn Python
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  14. 13. participate in my community
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Recent entries
read faster
Day 1 12 months ago

So today I start working on improving both reading speed and comprehension. I figure that improvements here pay off with learning anything else in the future, so this goal is a good place to start on my new unitask-oriented method. So…

On day one, after two inventory tests, may current rate of reading is a solid 162 words per minute, with 66% comprehension. From this point, that means that I must improve to reading 486 words per minute and have better than 66% comprehension to complete this goal. Here goes…

Dec 01, 2008, 09:55PM PST | 0 comments


Learn to play the guitar
Bought a guitar 2 years ago

So I bought a guitar last weekend. Kind of spontaneous thing. I had one in high school because I wanted to be a rock star or something, but now I just want to be able to create music. Guitars are a lot less expensive than I’d thought.

Dec 07, 2007, 09:28AM PST | 0 comments



 

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