goodbetterbad




I'm doing 19 things
 

goodbetterbad's Life List

  1. 1. exercise 4 times a week
    146 people
  2. 2. clear all flagged emails
    1 person
  3. 3. come up with a system to organize documents and implement it regularly
    1 person
  4. 4. backup my photos
    1 person
  5. 5. backup my data
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  6. 6. prepare my will
    4 people
  7. 7. learn CPR
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  8. 8. scrore a 25 in a 20 over tennisball cricket game
    1 person
  9. 9. read every book I own
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  10. 10. teach
    804 people
  11. 11. be a millionaire before 40
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  12. 12. built a robot
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    3 people
  13. 13. dabble in AI
    1 person
  14. 14. learn spanish
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  15. 15. start or partner in a business
    1 person
  16. 16. learn juggling
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  17. 17. become a good swimmer
    20 people
  18. 18. use my SLR camera regularly
    1 person
  19. 19. read all books by Carl Sagan
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How I did it
How to buy a home
It took me
8 months
It made me


Recent entries
be a millionaire before 40
Millionaire by 40 2 years ago

This is not counting our home, which I should have bought by then, and hopefully paid off the mortgage. I am 33 now, and have saved more than enough for a down payment. I have tended to be financially complacent thanks to getting a bit lucky with stock options in two the jobs I’ve had. Starting a family and trying to buy a house in Silicon Valley is driving reality home.

So, now it’s clear that this goal is not possible if I go with the flow and continue being an engineer employed in a big company.

I don’t have a plan. May be that’s another goal: come up with a plan for the next 5 years.

Anyways, this millionaire thing is a stretch goal, but at least it’s easy to measure progress!




 

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