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1. get out of debt
1 entry 11,100 people
2. start working out again
1 entry 80 people
3. speak mandarin fluently
1 entry . 1 cheer 48 people
4. write code daily
1 entry . 1 cheer 1 person
5. start playing the guitar regularly again
1 entry 3 people
6. Improve at the piano
1 cheer 44 people
7. be successful on eBay
12 people
8. Get a decent 4/4 size violin
1 person
9. compose a musical
7 people
10. Get better at chess
196 people
11. learn how to read and write enough Chinese to understand a Chinese newspaper
53 people
12. write a novel
9,715 people
13. Start a band with my sister and daughter
1 person
14. patent an invention
134 people
15. Play Paganini on my violin
7 people

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start playing the guitar regularly again

Yet Another "Hours in the Day" issue 3 years ago

Finding time to play is the issue, as with others on this list. I was pretty fluent on the guitar in the early nineties, and can still play pretty well after warming up and recalling things. It’s still my best instrument.

May 03, 2006, 03:01PM PDT | 0 comments

write code daily

Untitled 3 years ago

I had been out of the coding scene for a while when our company grew to the point where I was strictly managing and not coding. Now, our company is small enough again where I need to make coding a daily habit, as it was many years ago.

May 03, 2006, 02:56PM PDT | 0 comments

speak mandarin fluently

Difficult - requires patience 3 years ago

I’m using CDs in my car to accomplish this. I probably practice about 1 hour each day. I run my diction past Chinese friends to make sure I’m getting the tones and pronunciation right. I think this will take a long time before I am “fluent”.

May 03, 2006, 11:59AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment

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