cafegroundzero




I'm doing 41 things
 

cafegroundzero's Life List

  1. 1. learn to do the tango
    1 entry . 17 cheers
    5 people
  2. 2. write a novel
    3 entries . 9 cheers
    9,281 people
  3. 3. Learn Homeric Greek.
    3 entries . 33 cheers
    8 people
  4. 4. complete the last drafts of my novels.
    12 cheers
    2 people
  5. 5. get out of debt, and build up a substantial amount of savings
    9 cheers
    5 people
  6. 6. write a dictionary
    8 entries . 11 cheers
    6 people
  7. 7. Get a second Bachelor's Degree in Math.
    5 entries . 40 cheers
    4 people
  8. 8. own a half dozen horses, and the land on which to graze them
    2 entries . 40 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. Write a best selling book
    1 entry . 31 cheers
    56 people
  10. 10. Learn to program in two computer languages.
    2 entries . 15 cheers
    5 people
  11. 11. Build a Canoe
    1 entry . 36 cheers
    29 people
  12. 12. Get the D.O.T.s involved in keeping wildlife from becoming road kill.
    5 entries . 26 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. run another marathon
    6 cheers
    119 people
  14. 14. get a divorce
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    278 people
  15. 15. Get my PhD funded.
    2 entries . 20 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. Pay off the mortgage and buy property in Europe.
    5 entries . 20 cheers
    3 people
  17. 17. build a house with habitat for humanity
    3 entries . 30 cheers
    296 people
  18. 18. learn to fence
    11 cheers
    514 people
  19. 19. Memorize the Quran
    3 entries . 5 cheers
    247 people
  20. 20. study music theory more
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    3 people
  21. 21. get my national teaching certificate
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    1 person
  22. 22. Visit the Potowatami communities.
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. Submit my writing (publications or contests) at least 12 times this year.
    3 entries . 8 cheers
    3 people
  24. 24. ancient greek
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    4 people
  25. 25. buy a laptop
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    840 people
  26. 26. Establish a shelter and vocational rehab program for people with children and pets.
    2 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. Start making my own clothes
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    78 people
  28. 28. become financially independent and stable
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    6 people
  29. 29. start my own company
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    868 people
  30. 30. 2 mn situps 3 times a week
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  31. 31. Memorize "Howl" by Ginsberg
    5 cheers
    5 people
  32. 32. Learn Urdu
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    246 people
  33. 33. find a way to fund my studies
    1 cheer
    3 people
  34. 34. emulate Webster and write a revenge novel
    1 cheer
    2 people
  35. 35. complete my degree
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    121 people
  36. 36. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    418 people
  37. 37. Learn to pick locks
    4 cheers
    1,464 people
  38. 38. piece together a quilt.
    1 cheer
    2 people
  39. 39. finish my masters
    1 cheer
    257 people
  40. 40. manage my time better
    1 cheer
    1,386 people
  41. 41. Find a 43 things Group
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    1 person

How I did it
How to read hamlet
It took me
5 days
It made me
amazed, pleased


How to read more shakespeare
It took me
12 weeks
It made me
pleasantly surprised


How to finish reading "Moby Dick"
It took me
25 days
It made me
proud


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Recent entries
learn to do the tango
We started with an introductory half hour lesson at Arthur Murray 4 months ago

Now I know the basic steps, “Slow, slow, quick quick, slow.”

I think.

More to come.



write a novel (read all 3 entries…)
Write a best selling book 4 months ago

I’ve not yet done this

1 entry . 33 cheers



look at numbers
How about palindromic prime numbers? You ever look at primes? 11 months ago

For instance, 1212121 is the “smallest seven-digit smoothly undulating palindromic prime number,” according to “Prime Curios” a website done by university mathematicians connected to University of Tennesee Martin.

http://primes.utm.edu/curios/home.php



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