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rubyyot




I'm doing 31 things
  

rubyyot's Life List

  2. 1. spend more quality time with my wife
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		6 people
  3. 2. learn erlang in 2009
    		1 person
  4. 3. get out of debt
    3 cheers     		11,042 people
  5. 4. Tame my consumerist, money wasting impulses and learn to be happy with what I have.
    1 entry . 31 cheers     		4 people
  6. 5. Be more supportive of my wife and kids
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Get a job where I can code in Ruby all day
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		51 people
  8. 7. implement GTD
    1 entry     		462 people
  9. 8. finish my NANO novel
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		28 people
  10. 9. self-publish on lulu.com
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		33 people
  11. 10. Use Sharpies and index cards to create a series of cards that will help me to learn Hiragana & Katakana
    20 entries . 16 cheers     		2 people
  12. 11. Spend at least 30 minutes with my kids a day
    1 entry . 26 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. Make art each day for 43 days.
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. Master sourdough baking.
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		3 people
  15. 14. master Ruby
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		179 people
  16. 15. master linux
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		78 people
  17. 16. learn to raise just one eyebrow
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		232 people
  18. 17. Memorize 50 kanji
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		5 people
  19. 18. sell my art
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		565 people
  20. 19. Learn: Farsi
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		315 people
  21. 20. live below my means
    1 entry . 31 cheers     		94 people
  22. 21. Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
    8 entries . 9 cheers     		128 people
  23. 22. Learn to throw knives
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		88 people
  24. 23. Get everyone I know to watch Kyashaan (Casshern)
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. Find things that I can do that I enjoy doing and have the added benefit of relieving stress
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  26. 25. Learn Japanese
    6 entries . 7 cheers     		9,753 people
  27. 26. roast my own coffee
    4 cheers     		50 people
  28. 27. Learn 100 sentences in farsi
    2 entries     		248 people
  29. 28. learn Chinese calligraphy
    1 cheer     		32 people
  30. 29. save more money,a min of $50 a month, a REAl savings account for EMERGENCIES!!
    3 cheers     		14 people
  31. 30. Learn to love my race (½Persian/½American)
    6 cheers     		2 people
  32. 31. Index blog every day for a month
    1 cheer     		1 person

How I did it
How to identify 1 thing that would make me happy (including money)
It took me
1 day
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…

Oct 15, 2008, 10:22PM PDT | 0 comments


How to finish my website
It took me
10 days
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…

Oct 09, 2008, 04:21PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
implement GTD
I'm working on this 13 months ago

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.

Oct 18, 2008, 03:01PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


identify 1 thing that would make me happy (including money)
1) Money 13 months ago

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.

Oct 15, 2008, 10:15PM PDT | 0 comments


Master ASP.NET
I've written a number of ASP.NET apps now 13 months ago

Each time I tried to tackle a new and more complex issue. Now I’m giving Monorail a try.

Oct 09, 2008, 04:52PM PDT | 0 comments


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Create my Dream Team get on birth control kochhas wants to Read one book per month decorate my apartment Get out more study at MIT Learn Ruby Swim in a bioluminescent bay start a non-profit read the Bible daily go on a mission Spring Clean and get rid of the stuff I don't need get a four pack learn to screenprint learn french Own a nightclub meet hilary duff in person and hang out, because i know i am her biggest fan no matter what anybody else says Live a more Healthy Life Greg wants to save $500 patent an invention upload a song buy a camera get a husky meet Jack Sparrow meet Hugh Laurie learn piano make friends all over the world
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