I'm doing 38 things
I lived there for about 6 years. My two oldest kids are still there.
david's Life List
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1. pay off my debts
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2. walk to work 2-4 times a week, weather permitting
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3. lose 100 pounds
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4. take better photographs
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5. figure out off-camera flash
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6. eat less greasy foods
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7. love myself
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8. practice Buddhism
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9. drive cross-country
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10. get a passport
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11. visit Liverpool, England
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12. visit Australia
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13. plan and create my coffee table photobook
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14. go to Europe
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15. go back to vegetarianism
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16. make another record
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17. roast my own coffee
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18. buy land in South Dakota
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19. be hit on by a complete stranger
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20. become fluent in spanish
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21. own a jukebox
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22. fall in love in NYC
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23. take Greyhound somewhere
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24. regularly donate blood
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25. eat less sugar
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26. Record an audiobook for the blind
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27. Go to Easter Island
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28. go to a Beatles convention
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29. live like a pauper
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30. not overdraw my checking account
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31. buy house plants
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32. decorate my home with bakelite
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33. buy a drum set and play drums again!
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34. visit Nova Scotia
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35. convert all my cd's to .mp3's
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36. walk 10,000 steps daily
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37. make my own salsa
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38. buy a house
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How I did it
It made me
Ecstatic! 
How I did it: I set mini-goals. One semester at a time, one course at a time, one assignment at a time, one week at a time. Interestingly enough, as I got closer to finishing, my GPA became less important to me. That didn't make the work any easier but I did relax more in doing it. Still, it IS a lot of work. The most important thing that you can do is to be organized and pay attention to when your work is due. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I’ve decided that I have to move this to the “I’ve done it” category since my new apartment building has a laundry, but it’s in an icky basement.
I had my first session of rental drumming today. I played a 4-piece kit with hi-hats and Paiste 302 20” ride. I just beat out the basic 4/4 beats. My foot on the kick drum was a little lethargic. At one point I slipped on headphones and fired up my mp3 player to try and play along with a few songs. I did have trouble keeping up so I didn’t do that much. The coordination is there but the muscles needs to be re-trained.
Still, my hands and feet were happy to be making rhythms again!
I remember the first time I ever played drums back at my mom’s house. I was probably in 9th grade. I had borrowed a drumset from a kid who’s friend had left it at his house (basically, I borrowed a drumset from someone I didn’t know, who didn’t know that I borrowed it! The guy who owned the drums later was the keyboard player in my band – I was playing bass by then.) After dinner the night I brought the drums home, I announced that I was going downstairs to practice the drums. I put on The Beatles’ “White Album” and tried to play along with “Birthday”. After a while, I’m not sure how long, my younger brother came down and said, “All you’re doing is making a lot of noise.”
While I was playing today, I kept waiting for someone to poke their head in the door and ask me to keep it down. I would look over every once in a while to see if anyone was peeking in – but no one did and the band played on :-)
