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Joe Goldberg

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Joe Goldberg's Life List

  2. 1. Reward my children's positive behavior
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. learn hebrew
    3 entries . 10 cheers     		974 people
  4. 3. Get a Worm Composting System up and running
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Get a speed bump installed on my street
    4 entries . 8 cheers     		2 people
  6. 5. Learn Torah Everyday
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		3 people
  7. 6. bring my lunch to work.
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		148 people
  8. 7. Finish the secret toothpaste tube project
    2 team members . 2 entries . 8 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. write down as many of my earliest memories from childhood as I can remember
    21 entries . 17 cheers     		35 people
  10. 9. do my morning pages every morning
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		67 people
  11. 10. Ride on the "Wheels of Love" ride
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Race in three winter biathlons
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  13. 12. Work in super-focused 30 minute blocks, separated by breaks
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		2 people
  14. 13. Write a graphic novel in November for NanoGraphicMo
    17 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. clean up my life list every week
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		3 people
  16. 15. Make 43 Things Faster
    3 team members . 7 cheers     		4 people
  17. 16. make 43 things better
    6 entries . 8 cheers     		7 people
  18. 17. watch the watchmen
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  19. 18. Live the Hero's Journey
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Oil the bed frame
    2 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Donate the old hard drive and mobile phone
    1 cheer     		1 person
  22. 21. Take shorter showers
    1 cheer     		44 people
  23. 22. Find and raise my lactate threshold
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. Sell my record collection
    		1 person

How I did it
How to make a plan for financial independence
It took me
1 year
It made me
Relieved

How I did it: You should read the book "Your Money Or Your Life".  It totally changed the way I think about money, and helped me realize that I'll only need paid employment for a finite period of time.  After that I can "work" on whatever I want.The main points of the plan are based on the abbreviation "FI":Financial Intelligence: Figure out my real hourly wage, after taking into account every work related expense (in either time or money) s… Read how I did it…

Apr 20, 2011, 07:51PM PDT | 2 comments | 11 cheers


How to memorize the ten commandments
It took me
10 years
It made me
a holy roller

How I did it: First of all, this is the Jewish 10 Commandments.  I think they differ slightly from religion to religion.  Here's how to remember them in order.The first five can be remembered with ABCDEI Am the Lord you God...You shall have no other Gods B-fore meYou shall not Carry (i.e. take) the Lord's name in vain (This one's a stretch) Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holyHonor your mothEr and fathEr (Also a stretch)The las… Read how I did it…

Sep 07, 2010, 05:16PM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


How to go to the winter olympics
It took me
2 years
It made me
Amazed

How I did it: I started planing over a year in advance.  Things like accommodations and transportation allow you to book one year in advance, so I knew where and when I wanted to be at the Games by then.These are the things you need to book in advance: Lodging Transportation to the Lodging Tickets to events  Transportation to the events   Read how I did it…

Feb 19, 2010, 04:29PM PST | 2 comments | 6 cheers


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Recent entries
Track my finances for a year
Mint

I used mint.com, both the website and the mobile app (for cash expenses). Once a week I went to the website and categorized all my expenses. Most of them were auto-categorized, I just had to clean up the errors. It learns from your choices too, so as the weeks went on, it got quicker.

I use the debit/credit cards for almost everything, but for the rare cash expense, I input it using mint’s mobile app. Sort of a pain, but I only had to do that once every couple weeks

Jan 03, 2012, 10:29AM PST | 2 cheers | 2 comments


Write a graphic novel in November for NanoGraphicMo (read all 17 entries…)
Almost done

I’m still working on this even though it’s not NanoGraphicMo any longer.

I’ve been posting completed pages here:

http://trowelhousebook.wordpress.com/

Dec 29, 2011, 01:04PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Write a graphic novel in November for NanoGraphicMo (read all 17 entries…)
NanoGraphicMo 2011

Decided that instead of trying again, I’d just pick up where I left off at the end of last November. It was easier than I thought it would be to get back into the story, though drawing the characters is hard. I guess when you don’t draw for a year you go back to square 1.

I think I’m up to 22 pages. I’m determined to finish it this year because I don’t want to wait until November 2012 :)

Nov 03, 2011, 01:44PM PDT | 5 cheers | 4 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

have groupies find my biological grandfather learn yoga Be the best Mum I can be Care less about what people think of me be polyamorous Sing in front of a crowd tamaribu wants to practice discardia lose weight and keep it off dream lucidly Learn to say no get my ged online for free watch Grey's Anatomy forgive learn python eat mexican food be a beautition go to chile figure out if i'm pregnant...? save more money shapeshifter wants to do first things first Learn Ruby Get out more design my own tattoo Find someone who loves me for me Find out what the little pockets on cats' ears are for Finish my website
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