I'm doing 31 things
I set myself up with website in the past couple weeks, based on my understanding of GTD at Rubyyot.com. So far it’s been working out, though my discipline hasn’t been as good as could be. Still being able to free my mind of all the stuff in there has been a great relief. It’s eye opening and daunting to see all of the things that I am doing / want to do spread out in front of me.
rubyyot's Life List
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1. spend more quality time with my wife
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2. learn erlang in 2009
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3. get out of debt
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4. Tame my consumerist, money wasting impulses and learn to be happy with what I have.
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5. Be more supportive of my wife and kids
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6. Get a job where I can code in Ruby all day
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7. implement GTD
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8. finish my NANO novel
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9. self-publish on lulu.com
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10. Use Sharpies and index cards to create a series of cards that will help me to learn Hiragana & Katakana
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11. Spend at least 30 minutes with my kids a day
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12. Make art each day for 43 days.
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13. Master sourdough baking.
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14. master Ruby
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15. master linux
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16. learn to raise just one eyebrow
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17. Memorize 50 kanji
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18. sell my art
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19. Learn: Farsi
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20. live below my means
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21. Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
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22. Learn to throw knives
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23. Get everyone I know to watch Kyashaan (Casshern)
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24. Find things that I can do that I enjoy doing and have the added benefit of relieving stress
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25. Learn Japanese
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26. roast my own coffee
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27. Learn 100 sentences in farsi
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28. learn Chinese calligraphy
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29. save more money,a min of $50 a month, a REAl savings account for EMERGENCIES!!
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30. Learn to love my race (½Persian/½American)
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31. Index blog every day for a month
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How I did it
It made me
introspective 
How I did it: Not much to it really. Just sat down and did it. No frills, no nothing. What would make your life easier? Well, there you go. Read how I did it…
It made me
Proud 
How I did it: I have been interested in Ruby on Rails for years and dabbled in it a few times. However I always seemed ot get to a point where my design hit a wall, I'd get frustrated and quit working on it. Recently I picked it back up again (this time using Net Beans IDE). I found that I was once again trying to over design the site from the start. So, I forced myself to slow down and take the implementation in small steps, and writ… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Sweet! This was the easiest goal ever. No sitting around trying to think of things to add to the list. In fact I already had something in mind when I made the goal.
