Thus far...
9 months ago
1. The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
2. Analects (Confucius)
3. The Life of the Mind Pt. 1 (Hannah Arendt)
4. Letters to a Young Doctor (Richard Selzer)
5. Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
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make a substantial influence on someone's life
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1 person |
| 2. |
master the violin
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57 people |
| 3. |
Practice yoga regularly
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698 people |
| 4. |
be more spiritual
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958 people |
| 5. |
save $500
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90 people |
| 6. |
stop saying "like"
3 cheers |
264 people |
| 7. |
be quiet
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30 people |
| 8. |
know myself
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503 people |
| 9. |
be more private
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10 people |
| 10. |
Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
1 entry . 1 cheer |
561 people |
| 11. |
Learn to play the piano
1 cheer |
7,454 people |
| 12. |
exit the United States
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 13. |
practice tai chi
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118 people |
| 14. |
get a film camera and learn to use it
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 15. |
visit a Daoist temple
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1 person |
| 16. |
read 30 books in 2009
1 entry |
24 people |
| 17. |
be published on themorningnews.org
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1 person |
| 18. |
get an A this semester
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3 people |
| 19. |
have better posture
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7,719 people |
| 20. |
finish all of the tasks from learningtoloveyoumore.com
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6 people |
| 21. |
become less enraged at instances of stupidity
1 cheer |
512 people |
| 22. |
remember compliments and forget insults
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20 people |
| 23. |
get rid of anxiety
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36 people |
| 24. |
Visit Machu Picchu
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680 people |
| 25. |
write more letters
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1,525 people |
| 26. |
see the northern lights
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16,919 people |
| 27. |
learn Icelandic
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307 people |
| 28. |
study buddhism
2 cheers |
281 people |
| 29. |
write a play
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598 people |
| 30. |
start running regularly
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22 people |
| 31. |
get fit
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2,781 people |
| 32. |
plant a garden
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1,844 people |
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accept my flaws
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81 people |
| 34. |
work for a humanitarian relief organization
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12 people |
| 35. |
be a genius
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60 people |
| 36. |
be someone's muse
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215 people |
| 37. |
Find my written voice
1 cheer |
44 people |
| 38. |
Never stop learning
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3,969 people |
| 39. |
live in at least 3 different countries
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9 people |
| 40. |
stop bragging.
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6 people |
| 41. |
Write some short stories
2 cheers |
5 people |
| 42. |
buy a record player
2 cheers |
93 people |
| 43. |
write a novel
2 cheers |
9,672 people |
1. The Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
2. Analects (Confucius)
3. The Life of the Mind Pt. 1 (Hannah Arendt)
4. Letters to a Young Doctor (Richard Selzer)
5. Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu)
8. The Great Gatsby
9. The Metamorphosis
10. Gilgamesh
11. Some Bible
12. The Odyssey
13. The Oresteia
14. History of the Peloponnesian War
15. Plato’s Republic
16. No One Belongs Here More Than You
17. Anthem
18. This Side of Paradise
19. Ishmael
1. Brave New World
2. Catch-22
3. The Grapes of Wrath
4. Slaugherhouse-Five
Hm.