I'm doing 16 things
In the absence of an actual upright, I’m working on some walking bass books, starting from scratch to make sure I learn everything properly. It’s already raising issues with my walking playing (mostly to do with getting lost while reading) and I’ve not got more than 2 lessons in yet, still on the really simple stuff. It’s also been good discipline to try to play something in particular rather than whatever I can get away with at the time – I have to actually know what I’m doing next. It will take some time – but that way I hope that when I get a double bass I will be able to translate that easier rather than having to learn both at the same time…
lefrinj's Life List
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1. Learn to play the double bass
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2. go to bed earlier
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3. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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4. eat breakfast
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5. be less cynical
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6. manage my time better
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7. stop playing computer games so much
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8. Improve my sense of direction
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9. speak louder
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10. drink more water
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11. Take a flying lesson
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12. Have a baby
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13. grow beans
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14. get rid of stuff i don't need
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15. Give compliments and positive feedback where it is deserved
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16. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
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Recent entries
Aargh they're taking over my life!
2 months ago
OK, relatively speaking they’re not – but I find that I can’t just play for a short while, I end up playing all evening, or any free time I have. I burned dinner last week because of a combination of accidentally leaving the heat too high and forgetting to check because I was playing on a game.
I’ve been semi-addicted to computer games since I was a kid, and my parents would only let me play for defined times, but since I’ve been grown up, I sometimes end up playing for such a long time that I just have the game going on in my head, can’t sleep (or dream about the game…) and then keep thinking about what I’m going to do the next time I play it.
I’ve set myself limits that I don’t keep to, and I’ve even bought a little program that stops you playing when you’ve been playing for too long, but that stopped working and since then I’ve jut played as often as I can get away with.
There are plenty of other things that I enjoy doing, and would quite like to do them more often, so I’d like to kick this and keep it managed.
Worth doing - but past deadline now
2 months ago
I just made it… very satisfying though. Now to go for Windows Server 2008 certification…
