I'm doing 40 things
For me and a buddy...
1 week ago
... I designed a conditioning workout for capoeira. It’s crude, but it’s my first time really putting together a workout. Hopefully one of many.
handoftheemu's Life List
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1. have better posture
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2. wonder at something
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3. Be good friends with a girl without feeling the need to date her
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4. get over my panic and anxiety disorders
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5. Move out of my parents' house
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6. Find out a girl I want is taken without being angry about it
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7. get out of debt
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8. Go skydiving
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9. contend in an mma fight
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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.
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11. prevent violence against people who don't want it
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12. Keep a job I like okay
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13. learn to write with my left hand
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14. Get something set up on the car so it makes a noise when you get out with the lights on
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15. Make real friends who don't smoke
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16. Leave the country *for real*
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17. get on a regular sleep schedule
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18. cook 100 german pancakes
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19. Learn how to do that thing where you run up a wall and backflip off of it
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20. get a job
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21. make something of my life
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22. Stop being so upset about aging
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23. open my email without being afraid
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24. Make love to a beautiful foreign woman
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25. Get kisses
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26. live within my means
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27. 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
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28. Open and read 100 scary emails. Yikes!
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29. Learn to pick locks, pick pockets, read lips and hotwire a car
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30. 100x rpp
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31. become a personal trainer.
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32. Take up street running
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33. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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34. lose 5 pounds
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35. Learn to harness that "I'm taken and therefore more attractive" quality.
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36. Move to sweden
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37. improve my dental hygiene
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38. Do the splits
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39. Spread the truth about getting a college degree
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40. long term goals
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How I did it
It made me
more goal-ed 
How I did it: The author couldn't seem to decide whether he wanted you to do everything at once, or break it up into parts. He went on about getting enough sleep, and how you have to be self-motivated and have self-confidence, and went off about positive self-talk, at which point he lost me. Read how I did it…
It made me
feel cute 
How I did it: I was just at a little snack shop, and this girl commented on my t-shirt ("Don't mess with Texas.") I sat down at a table, and when she was nearby I struck up a conversation. I showed interest, cracked jokes, and just generally acted as charming as I knew how. I doubt it was that impressive, but it felt great. Read how I did it…
It made me
cleaner
How I did it: Well... I got a new toothbrush... bought toothpaste... used 150 characters.... set my goal, etc... then used more characters because 43things is kinda weird like that.... Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Diet-wise, I've started...
2 weeks ago
.... finding cheap things that still allow me to eat a variety of foods, with good nutritional value. I’ve got eggs, those are easy. Peanut butter and jam sandwiches aren’t too obscenely expensive. Tuna may have mercury in it (supposedly), but it works fine with mayo on whole wheat bread. I’m cooking myself spinach on a semi-regular basis, though I read it’s more nutritious raw.
I’m setting up a (monetarily) sustainable diet. Yay me.
Trying to keep up...
2 weeks ago
... studying for all this, but there’s just so much to learn. I read a book about nutrition, and I’m reading another, denser one, and I’m reading articles on bodyrecomposition.com, but I hardly even understand what they’re talking about half the time.
I’m learning from my internship, and the free classes, and my other workouts, but there are so, so many factors and variations to everything.
I keep at it, but that doesn’t make it any less overwhelming in scope.
