I'm doing 23 things
Is where I am leaning. Lots of room, a whole lot less people. Cold, but if all goes as I hope, I won’t be doing any commuting and winters can be spent mostly inside with a nice fire roaring away.
jaguthin's Life List
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1. Bike from the top of New Hampshire back home.
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2. Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
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3. Learn to juggle
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4. Post a rules of the house.
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5. Finish building Covered Wagon model
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6. Finish building Hodad model.
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7. Finish building Shrimp Boat model.
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8. Create "Who I am as a possibility" plaque
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9. Visit Prague
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10. Learn to dance
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11. Make homemade soda.
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12. Read every Kurt Vonnegut book there is.
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13. Make a walking stick.
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14. Hike all the Peaks of the White Mountains.
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15. Camp for a week by myself.
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16. Learn to speak and read German.
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17. Get rid of everything in my life that I don't want or need.
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18. Hike the Monadnock Sunappee Greenway trail.
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19. Take guitar lessons.
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20. Buy a piece of land.
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21. Grow bamboo!
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22. Draw!!!
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23. Pay off my mortgage by age 50.
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: So .. I was debt free three years ago.But tragedy happened and I found myself back in debt again. I made it my singular goal and worked my ass off. Paid stuff down as much as I could and now , no more debt! I don't count the mortgage as debt since it's really an investment. But I've paid for the furniture. I've paid off my car. I've paid off my personal loans. I did it! Read how I did it…
It made me
Happy
How I did it: This was a bit of a bitch. After my divorce, I had to claim bankruptcy. I claimed chapter 13 which meant I made payments for three years, effectively postponing the discharge for that long. Then, in order to buy the house, I had to be free of the discharge for two years. I had no money to put down, but am a veteran so I had that. I also wanted to be sure to qualify for the tax credit and wasn't sure if they were going to renew… Read how I did it…
It made me
Happy
How I did it: This was a bit of a bitch. After my divorce, I had to claim bankruptcy. I claimed chapter 13 which meant I made payments for three years, effectively postponing the discharge for that long. Then, in order to buy the house, I had to be free of the discharge for two years. I had no money to put down, but am a veteran so I had that. I also wanted to be sure to qualify for the tax credit and wasn't sure if they were going to renew it. W… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Not much to say, truthfully, it was not as much fun as I thought it would be, becoming rather tedious. I’m thinking the better goal would have been to write down one thing that makes me smile or that makes life worth living each day.
I’m changing it from Net Worth to just assets. I just had new windows installed which will raise the value of my house, but it’s still a liability while I pay it off. So, net worth will wait but assets are building up. 15K so far.
