I'm doing 40 things
I can't believe it...
8 months ago
I cannot believe I am going to fulfill this goal when I see him live on May 9th!
kilbey1's Life List
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1. pay off my debt
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2. Make my Own Reed Diffusers
1 person -
3. Learn to make soap
40 people -
4. pay off all my bills
1 cheer127 people -
5. Write a science fiction or fantasy novel
2 cheers39 people -
6. Lose 20 pounds
1 entry . 1 cheer6,653 people -
7. Take GMAT
2 entries . 1 cheer85 people -
8. see the grand canyon
876 people -
9. meet terry pratchett
14 people -
10. Read The Lord of The Rings
1 cheer153 people -
11. learn reiki
1 cheer166 people -
12. learn top to bottom about automated test tool "qtp"
2 people -
13. cbap certification
3 people -
14. Meet Neil Gaiman
54 people -
15. have confidence in my own intelligence
2 people -
16. build an iPhone app
113 people -
17. Learn Objective-C
113 people -
18. go to graduate school
1 entry . 1 cheer1,191 people -
19. travel to Ireland
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20. See all of the films listed on the American Film Institute's Top 100 American Films of the 20th Century
164 people -
21. PMP
47 people -
22. Visit Maine
75 people -
23. pay off my student loans
1 cheer2,845 people -
24. get corrective eye surgery or lasik
1,156 people -
25. learn to play the harp
250 people -
26. learn to be patient
101 people -
27. re-design my website
540 people -
28. have an art show
139 people -
29. Learn Flash
997 people -
30. master SQL
14 people -
31. Master PHP
316 people -
32. learn ASP.NET
242 people -
33. learn ajax
1 entry355 people -
34. visit all 50 states
1 cheer7,156 people -
35. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon...anywhere
1 cheer33 people -
36. master CSS
1 entry770 people -
37. learn to cook Thai food
1 cheer85 people -
38. learn gaelic
1 cheer593 people -
39. never stop loving and discovering music
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40. learn flex
20 people
How I did it
It made me
Happy 
How I did it: I didn't initially save, and instead paid down some oustanding debt. Once completed, as I watched my return on my 401(k) get a negative, I opted to cut back 1/2 my 10% input to 5%, and then did an approximate calculation for that remaining 5%. I then set up an automatic transfer to move that 5% automatically into an interest bearing savings account each paycheck -- small interest, but interest-bearing in this economy, nonet… Read how I did it…
It made me
Hey, ok, I'm done! 
How I did it: Between reading a dummies book, researching online on the BOB forums, and my company paying for a reporting class, I know a chunk of what is a massive application. Alot of what I'm learning is by trial and error. I would like to take more advanced classes from Business Objects. Read how I did it…
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Me too
17 months ago
I actually want to learn this as well. Good into I figure into the world of Business Intelligence. My work has me going to a BO reporting course in August, so I guess that’s a start.
Also picked up BO XI Release 2 for Dummies.
Jenny Craig
17 months ago
I’ve been on Jenny Craig for 2 weeks now. I started at 221, and am now 212. Still going…
