I'm doing 38 things
Untitled
2 years ago
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. buy a house in Italy
14 people -
2. rebuild my motorcycle
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3. Visit Japan
5,370 people -
4. get my MFA
70 people -
5. improve my Italian
148 people -
6. learn constellations
10 people -
7. sleep more
1,602 people -
8. host an intimate dinner party
1 person -
9. get another tattoo
3,367 people -
10. write a screenplay
2,133 people -
11. host a show on NPR
2 people -
12. be neat
1 cheer12 people -
13. make my own clothes
2,154 people -
14. learn how to SCUBA dive
133 people -
15. sit at Wrigley Field during a rain delay
1 person -
16. Teach a college course
87 people -
17. be a Jeopardy contestant
11 people -
18. stop thinking rude thoughts about blond babes talking on their cell phones while driving their stupid SUVs
2 people -
19. see the olympics
26 people -
20. learn to fence
513 people -
21. finish Ulysses
1 cheer21 people -
22. sing in public
2 cheers488 people -
23. start a magazine
1 cheer313 people -
24. be a better swimmer
1 cheer69 people -
25. make more art
1 cheer472 people -
26. whale watch
1 cheer31 people -
27. grow my own vegetables
1 cheer1,270 people -
28. learn to make sushi
1 cheer716 people -
29. Work at BBC London
1 cheer10 people -
30. pay off my debt
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31. play the cello better
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32. dispel only child myths and promote one-child families
2 team members . 2 cheers2 people -
33. read all the books i own and haven't read
298 people -
34. learn Nahuatl
2 cheers21 people -
35. kiss David Sedaris
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36. be poetry editor at The New Yorker
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37. live at Twin Oaks for a month
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38. visit Africa
697 people
Recent entries
Untitled
2 years ago
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.
One step closer
2 years ago
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.
