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Bernardo Szpilman




I'm doing 40 things
  

Bernardo Szpilman's Life List

  1. 1. have an international career
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  2. 2. develop better posture
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  3. 3. Make people laugh.
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  4. 4. stop procrastinating
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  5. 5. Get more sleep
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  6. 6. Learn to whistle with my fingers
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  7. 7. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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  8. 8. play strip poker
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  9. 9. learn calculus
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  10. 10. exercise regularly
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  11. 11. take a road trip
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  12. 12. start a blog
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  13. 13. install Linux
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  14. 14. participate in AIESEC Exchange
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  15. 15. Buy an Xbox360
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  16. 16. graduate from college
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  17. 17. Drink eight glasses of water each day
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  18. 18. get married
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  19. 19. get my own place
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  20. 20. learn german
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  21. 21. buy moleskine
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  22. 22. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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  23. 23. create my own computer game
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  24. 24. whiten my teeth
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  25. 25. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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  26. 26. learn PHP
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  27. 27. play in a poker tournament
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  28. 28. Read more books
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  29. 29. get my driver's license
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  30. 30. Simplify.
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  31. 31. pass my exams
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  32. 32. learn python
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  33. 33. Learn Ruby
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  34. 34. focus
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  35. 35. Learn to surf
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  36. 36. take a philosophy class
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  37. 37. learn esperanto
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  38. 38. Learn Subversion
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  39. 39. Have a retreat day at home once a month
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  40. 40. type faster
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Recent entries
learn to meditate
Untitled 11 months ago

I’ve gone through the 8-week program proposed by the 8 Minute Meditation book. I’m now moving my daily meditation period from just before sleeping to just before waking up, and expanding it slowly from 8 minutes to 15 min, for now.

I’m very glad I started this, and I hope I’ll keep it up for the rest of my life.

Nov 08, 2007, 06:09AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Drink eight glasses of water each day
Making progress. 11 months ago

Well, I’m doing at least half the goal on a daily basis. I’m not usually counting, but I’m happy enough that I’m actually drinking water constantly, as opposed to how it used to be (zero).

One decisive thing for that was our new refrigerator, wich pumps out the sacred liquid as in a water cooler. It may seem silly, but easy access to water helps A LOT, at least for me.

I was previously having some success with bottled water, but the fact that I producing all that plastic trash daily weighted on my conscience.

Now I can drink it freely, free of concerns and effort =D Let’s try and reach those utopic 2 liters now..

Nov 07, 2007, 04:34PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


implement GTD (read all 5 entries…)
GTD for your creative needs! 11 months ago

It really lets you see your life from a “greater plane”. Stating your ultimate goals and then breaking them down into visions, projects, and finally actions in an easy method is one hell of an accomplishment =D

It sure took a lot of my time this year, but I’m now finally settling for a system that works for me, I just love it! It can take long to really start flowing, just don’t give up!

But really, dragging around a notepad wherever you go is key. Being able to capture ideas and get things off your mind the moment they come at you is priceless, and then you have many, many ideas archived for future use.
“An idea can be dangerous when it’s the only one you have.”
Perfect!
And I just love having dozens of projects available for me to tackle, depending on outside opportunities/threats.

My weekly review is the weakest link right now, but I understand it’s purpose fully and am working on a proper fix for such leak.

The system doesn’t make you any mechanic. Rather, it takes the mechanized part of your thinking off your mind so you can focus on being creative for a change! And by implementing contexts designed for creativity boosting, you can really do a lot more freeform thinking all day long than you would normally!

All in all, totally worth it! Now you just wish your coworkers had read GTD too! :D

Nov 01, 2007, 01:44PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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Become an exotic dancer have conversations late into the night with fascinating people own a restaurant Visit Germany skinny dip...at night own a mercedes Retrospective wants to Save $50,000 volunteer abroad To watch Degrassi/Instant Star/South Of Nowhere Learn to play Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) on the guitar take a photography course attend the burning man festival play the cello watch free movies see africa Read one book a month meet Clay Aiken Learn to say no find out my blood type mlharper wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) sell art climb a mountain facebook less learn to trust Accept Criticism Visit mexico find a place to call home