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Write a manifesto
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get things done
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learn English better
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quit smoking
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be humble
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Read more books
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Learn Korean
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be useful
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Go To More Local Gigs And See More Concerts
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stop chewing my nails
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Find/Learn Pers. Finance stuff (e.g., taxes)
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keep in touch with the people that matter
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Tell a story
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Hit my BHAGs
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Stay away from the Red Card
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Learn the art of social lubrication
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Come up with a contrarian's reading list (and read the books)
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unpack one box per day until they're all done!
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be able to pull off 5 minutes of talking to explain the idea of time vs. place bias
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outline an Agile QA process
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How I did it: By paying more attention to the people around me (turns out their not so bad after all).(I think) There's not much else to it, but feel free to disagree (and enlighten me on why you do)This part I'm writing in order to hit the 150 character minimum for this box Read how I did it…
How I did it: - one day at a time...it also helps to have people who know you, love what they do & are good at what they love- love what you do- know what you love- never second guess yourself. it's probably the least painful way to shoot yourself in the foot, but it'll hurt the most (in the long run)- two hands are better than one Read how I did it…
Bump that, it’s much sweeter when someone else is the boss & you (I) get the chance to do what I love.
That’s the situation I find myself in right now, and I can’t help but love it (to death).
Note: that doesn’t mean I’m not my own boss. It just means I’ve found a boss that’s also fine with me being my own boss.
I dig it.
- The list from Hitchens’ Letter to a Young Contrarian
- Tienanmen Square
- Che Guevara
- Kafka
- Hunter S. Thompson
2009 is the first year (in over a decade) that I set a New Year’s resolution for myself:
Read more books.
Halfway through the year I’ve realized what bullshit that is.
I read somewhere that the average 21st century American (during the course of their lives) read more in one week than someone in the 18th century did in one year.
Consider that the 18th century was part of the Industrial Revolution.
Clearly reading more books is not going to give me a heads up.
So I’ve changed my resolution:
Read more efficiently
What am I reading and why? Does it fall into a larger reading picture/schema or not?
Also see: gtd, goals (and moving targets), agile (and flexible), flow & process)
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Nichole1852 wants to DJ regularly
Learn how to French braid my hair
watch Veronica Mars season 2
Have an out-of-body experience
Be a morning person
learn to dance hiphop
Donate blood
astral project
paint my walls
Take the GRE
see Wimbledon live
MeowMing wants to toilet train my cat
go to Hawaii
love and be loved
make money
Go skydiving
molly mcdot wants to have better posture
lose 30 pounds in 30 days
Plan B
try sushi
