I'm doing 42 things
Howard Dean was in Durham a few months back to give a speech just prior to the State of the Union address. Awesome fun! His speech almost made up for the awful one directly afterwards.
Jason Baker's Life List
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1. Be more efficient when working
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2. get things done
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3. spend more time working towards my goals
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4. get my a+ certification
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5. get a passport
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6. refine my photography skills
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7. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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8. write a book and have it published
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9. make a difference in the world
970 people -
10. travel the world
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11. be happy
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12. Drive across the USA
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13. stop wasting time
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14. grow my own food
552 people -
15. meet new people
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16. Learn to cook
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17. eat more locally grown food
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18. hike the appalachian trail
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19. Design and build my own house
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20. live passionately
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21. ride my bike
295 people -
22. Read more books
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23. become a Wikipedia contributor
207 people -
24. graduate college
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25. stop procrastinating
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26. learn something new everyday
351 people -
27. get rid of my clutter
282 people -
28. simplify my life
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29. Learn more about virtual communities and social software
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30. Become a well known web geek
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31. guitar
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32. write that book
42 people -
33. live debt-free
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34. Take more pictures
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35. pay off my credit card
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36. Finish my website
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37. draw more
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38. master CSS
731 people -
39. Connect my blog more closely to my website
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40. write more letters
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41. backup my data more often
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42. improve my German
1 cheer528 people
Recent entries
I ran for Chapel Hill Town Council last fall. It was likely the most interesting and educational experience of my life, and though I lost, I think I contributed something positive to the political discourse of this town.
I was surprised at how easy and much fun blogging can me. As someone who’s been designing for the web since ‘97 and programming since the year after, I thought blogs would be “way below me” and completely uninteresting – a novice’s approach to web publishing. Turns out they’re pretty cool.
