handoftheemu

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I'm doing 40 things
 

handoftheemu's Life List

  1. 1. have better posture
    12 entries . 20 cheers
    7,730 people
  2. 2. wonder at something
    2 entries . 24 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. get over my panic and anxiety disorders
    32 entries . 48 cheers
    39 people
  4. 4. Be good friends with a girl without feeling the need to date her
    8 entries . 58 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. Find out a girl I want is taken without being angry about it
    4 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. Move out of my parents' house
    3 entries . 21 cheers
    1,366 people
  7. 7. get out of debt
    8 entries . 35 cheers
    11,041 people
  8. 8. Go skydiving
    26 cheers
    6,594 people
  9. 9. contend in an mma fight
    4 entries . 7 cheers
    14 people
  10. 10. Get involved with a girl who's awesome, has red hair, nice boobs, a tattoo and a nose stud.... glasses would be nice, too.
    2 entries . 10 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. Keep a job I like okay
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. prevent violence against people who don't want it
    15 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. Get something set up on the car so it makes a noise when you get out with the lights on
    6 cheers
    1 person
  14. 14. Make real friends who don't smoke
    4 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. learn to write with my left hand
    4 entries . 13 cheers
    640 people
  16. 16. Leave the country *for real*
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    1 person
  17. 17. get on a regular sleep schedule
    16 entries . 11 cheers
    24 people
  18. 18. Learn how to do that thing where you run up a wall and backflip off of it
    1 entry . 16 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. cook 100 german pancakes
    28 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. get a job
    17 entries . 10 cheers
    10,530 people
  21. 21. make something of my life
    3 entries . 9 cheers
    39 people
  22. 22. Stop being so upset about aging
    5 entries . 10 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. open my email without being afraid
    10 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. Make love to a beautiful foreign woman
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. Get kisses
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. live within my means
    5 entries . 11 cheers
    167 people
  27. 27. Open and read 100 scary emails. Yikes!
    15 entries . 1 cheer
    2 people
  28. 28. Think of all the things I would do if I won the lottery, and then look for ways to work towards them now, even without a multimillion dollar bank account
    6 entries . 21 cheers
    5 people
  29. 29. become a personal trainer.
    21 entries . 8 cheers
    187 people
  30. 30. Learn to pick locks, pick pockets, read lips and hotwire a car
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. 100x rpp
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  32. 32. Take up street running
    4 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  33. 33. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    9 entries . 11 cheers
    7,170 people
  34. 34. Learn to harness that "I'm taken and therefore more attractive" quality.
    4 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. lose 5 pounds
    14 entries . 2 cheers
    1,155 people
  36. 36. improve my dental hygiene
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    5 people
  37. 37. Move to sweden
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    77 people
  38. 38. Do the splits
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    2,018 people
  39. 39. Spread the truth about getting a college degree
    2 entries
    1 person
  40. 40. long term goals
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    3 people

How I did it
How to eat That Frog!
It took me
12 days
It made me
more goal-ed


How to hit on a cute girl just for the hell of it
It took me
13 months
It made me
feel cute


How to brush my teeth every day (before midnight) for a solid week
It took me
13 months
It made me
cleaner


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Recent entries
lose 5 pounds (read all 14 entries…)
Okay, this is just weird. 3 days ago

My recent schedule has looked something like this: work out six days a week, including semi-regular stretching; eat mostly good foods, but also tons of unhealthy stuff; sleep fine. I’ve dropped a pants size and seen a little bit more muscle definition, but haven’t so much as lost a single pound.

I tested my body fat % with one of those handheld bioelectrical-impedence things, and the numbers were the same as before I started working out so much. (Yes, I’m aware of the high error margins)

I’m not expecting to lose weight on my current eating schedule (it’s something I have to work on), and I understand that working out a lot and eating a lot of calories is a common way for guys to gain muscle mass, but how did I drop a pants size?

I guess I should be glad, but I’m still a little mystified.



Open and read 100 scary emails. Yikes! (read all 15 entries…)
Quince 4 days ago

Neutral email from a girl, but it still took me a couple of days to get up the nerve. I did it, though. :-)



become a personal trainer. (read all 21 entries…)
For dummies, we have... 1 week ago

... a book on weight training. I figure, at the minimum I’d better know more than this book does, so I’ll make sure to read it up front.



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