I'm doing 38 things
I finally got one done. I don’t regret it, but the growing out and waiting stage is annoying.
Alex's Life List
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1. sing in public
2 cheers525 people -
2. host an intimate dinner party
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3. get another tattoo
3,487 people -
4. write a screenplay
2,313 people -
5. Work at BBC London
1 cheer10 people -
6. host a show on NPR
2 people -
7. make my own clothes
2,338 people -
8. learn how to SCUBA dive
152 people -
9. sit at Wrigley Field during a rain delay
1 person -
10. start a magazine
1 cheer332 people -
11. Teach a college course
92 people -
12. be poetry editor at The New Yorker
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13. be a Jeopardy contestant
10 people -
14. stop thinking rude thoughts about blond babes talking on their cell phones while driving their stupid SUVs
2 people -
15. see the olympics
38 people -
16. learn to fence
519 people -
17. read all the books i own and haven't read
317 people -
18. live at Twin Oaks for a month
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19. be a better swimmer
1 cheer76 people -
20. sleep more
1,741 people -
21. visit Africa
802 people -
22. be neat
1 cheer20 people -
23. kiss David Sedaris
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24. buy a house in Italy
16 people -
25. learn Nahuatl
2 cheers24 people -
26. rebuild my motorcycle
1 person -
27. Visit Japan
5,981 people -
28. get my MFA
76 people -
29. make more art
1 cheer506 people -
30. pay off my debt
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31. grow my own vegetables
1 cheer1,514 people -
32. finish Ulysses
1 cheer20 people -
33. play the cello better
1 entry23 people -
34. improve my Italian
173 people -
35. learn to make sushi
1 cheer753 people -
36. whale watch
1 cheer42 people -
37. learn constellations
17 people -
38. dispel only child myths and promote one-child families
2 team members . 2 cheers2 people
Recent entries
I found a place here in Chicago that gives free music lessons in exchange for two hours of community service a month. I think I’m going to sign up for cello.
As soon as all the paper work goes through, I’ll pay off my car, student loans and miscellaneous credit cards. My main goal is to only have my mortgage and son’s tuition to focus on.
