Stuart Gilbert

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I'm doing 36 things
 

Stuart Gilbert's Life List

  1. 1. Clear out the clutter in my spare room
    3 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. pay off my credit card
    2 entries
    1,509 people
  3. 3. be able to do all 75 of Esquire's "Things Men Should Be Able to Do" list
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK.
    6 entries . 11 cheers
    8 people
  5. 5. learn to walk on my hands
    2 entries . 14 cheers
    58 people
  6. 6. Eat everything on BBC's '50 things to eat before you die' list
    18 entries . 22 cheers
    48 people
  7. 7. watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
    43 entries . 13 cheers
    414 people
  8. 8. Watch Film 4's 50 films to see before you die
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    11 people
  9. 9. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
    21 entries . 14 cheers
    449 people
  10. 10. listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums
    60 entries . 12 cheers
    9 people
  11. 11. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    4 entries . 16 cheers
    557 people
  12. 12. Write a movie script
    2 entries . 16 cheers
    378 people
  13. 13. send a message in a bottle and get a reply
    2 entries . 32 cheers
    31 people
  14. 14. find a message in a bottle
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    247 people
  15. 15. sleep with japanese twins
    2 entries . 20 cheers
    27 people
  16. 16. save someone's life
    2 entries . 12 cheers
    987 people
  17. 17. join the Mile High Club
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    902 people
  18. 18. see the aurora borealis
    18 cheers
    1,753 people
  19. 19. shoot a gun
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    350 people
  20. 20. learn how to shuffle cards
    1 entry . 13 cheers
    51 people
  21. 21. bungee jump
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    3,419 people
  22. 22. learn to snowboard
    10 cheers
    2,441 people
  23. 23. get rid of all my clutter
    4 entries . 14 cheers
    1,141 people
  24. 24. light a fire using only sticks
    2 entries . 12 cheers
    20 people
  25. 25. find a midnight train to Georgia and leave on it
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    4 people
  26. 26. save some throw-away money to play the stock market with
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    2 people
  27. 27. learn to read music
    6 cheers
    676 people
  28. 28. learn how to crack a safe
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2 people
  29. 29. learn to spin a pen
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    55 people
  30. 30. break 200 in bowling
    6 entries . 3 cheers
    6 people
  31. 31. generate hydrogen through electrolysis for some purpose or other
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  32. 32. take a vow of silence
    2 cheers
    152 people
  33. 33. make a citizen's arrest!
    6 cheers
    13 people
  34. 34. jet ski
    2 cheers
    70 people
  35. 35. run with the bulls in Pamplona
    292 people
  36. 36. Release 99 red balloons
    1 entry
    13 people

How I did it
How to learn first aid
It took me
1 day
It made me
Happy happy!


How to plant a garden
It took me
2 months
It made me
Super happy


How to build a trebuchet
It took me
3 days
It made me
jump and laugh.


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Recent entries
pay off my credit card (read all 2 entries…)
Bigger problems 2 hours ago

I have paid off the credit card I had when I first set this goal, but since then a new one was opened for purchasing some furniture on.

Since this happened my ex-girlfriend and I split up. So I bought her out of the house. This means that I now have a loan, the credit card, all the bills, and the mortgage to pay each month.

I still plan on getting rid of the credit card, but there’s £650 on it at the moment, and I’ve got solicitor fees to pay to switch the name on the mortgage, etc.

My financial life is complicated at the moment, but I will be trying to do as much as possible to make it easier for myself.

The completion of this goal would be a good start.



Learn to drive a manual car and pass my driving test in the UK. (read all 6 entries…)
Here we go again 4 days ago

I decided to make a move on this again. My theory has expired since I passed it over 2 years ago.

I remember saying that if it took me more than 2 years then I would just give up forever, but that’s ridiculous.

I updated the DVLA to let them know my new address so I can get a new provisional with the paper counterpart. Then I booked myself in for a theory test on December 15th.

I don’t think it should pose too much of a problem since I managed it before with only minimal practice, but I think I’ll put in a bit more effort this time.

I think it’s really time to get this goal off my list once and for all!



listen to all Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums (read all 60 entries…)
103/500 4 days ago

Today was quite a slow day really. I finished listening to Document by R.E.M. from several days ago and then I listened to Heaven Up Here by Echo and the Bunnymen.

Still, any progress is good progress on a huge goal like this.



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