I'm doing 37 things
I’ve been spending a lot more time with my friends, and more time writing to the ones who live far away. It is amazing how much a little time spent can do for your friendships! I tell my parents that I love them more, and spend more time with my family too. It’s great, and I feel like I am well on my way to completing this goal!
flyingbassist's Life List
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1. join an orchestra
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2. conquor my fear of the telephone
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3. Learn to speed read
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4. get a cat
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5. organize my paper files
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6. learn to cook. Really cook.
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7. stop clenching my jaw
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8. do more art
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9. learn to belly dance
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10. stretch every day
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11. fly
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12. Get organized
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13. learn sign language
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14. start a fire without matches
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15. make people understand that declawing a cat is a painful unnecessary surgery and there are better ways to deal with cat's scratching
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16. stop interupting people
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17. live passionately
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18. see a rainforest
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19. Visit the Grand Canyon
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20. Let the people I love, including myself, know it.
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21. go camping in the alps
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22. live in antartica for 3-6 months
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23. Learn to speak chinese
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24. help revitalize detroit
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25. write a book about my family history
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26. hike the appalachian trail
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27. learn a third language
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28. turn my balcony into a garden
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29. learn german sign language
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30. get my pants shortened so they fit
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31. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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32. maintain good relationships
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33. Get more sleep
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34. build my own bike
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35. go for more walks
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36. To live instead of exist
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37. Floss Every Day
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I used 2 of the biggest pots I could find, and even then they only fit 2 bagels at a time, each. So I ended up spending somthing like 4 hours making all fo the bagels. But my colleagues loved them! They didn't know what they were, but they loved them anyways. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Well, the 5 years I am counting from the time I turned 18. I went to college and had to take a lot of loans, and also loaned some money from my parents. But after graduating it only took me one year to save the money to pay my parents back, and now I am slowly but surely paying off my student loans. I count this as financially independent becuase I don#t need to borrow anything from anybody, and have the freedom to make my own choices … Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: It's been three years, so I figure I can mark this one as "done". I didn't try to take on too many things, or pretend I knew more than I really do... and that worked fine! Now I am travelling around the world and have a good reputation. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I tried to learn Chinese a few years ago, but only lasted about 3 months (private lessons once a week) before giving up becuase I just wasn’t motivated. For a while I let this goal just sit… but then I met my (now) fiancee, who is Mexican, and so I’ve been learning Spanish for over a year. It is going very well even though we never speak it at home together. I have been taking classes and travelled to Mexico for 2 months last year also, which helped a lot. I plan to pursue this to fluency, and then attack a 4th language!
I use my bike a LOTTTT because walking is so slow!! but I need to take more walks just for the sake of walking. it’s tough though becuase i’m not a very patient person!! just need to take some time for me. that is my goal.
