I'm doing 43 things
I weighed in this morning at 239.0—down 11 pounds. More than half way there. I’ve been pretty much stuck at 240-241 the past week so this is a welcome move.
Mike's Life List
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1. Get organized
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2. plan better
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3. Create weekly plans
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4. manage my time better
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5. Make all my goals S.M.A.R.T.
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6. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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7. clean for 30 minutes for 30 days
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8. start a blog
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9. Lose 30 pounds
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10. master Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
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11. fill all the frames I have with pictures
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12. read a book a week
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13. keep up with the news
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14. Make the most of my subscriptions
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15. keep a side list of future goals
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16. Keep a journal about achieving goals
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17. stop procrastinating
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18. pay off my debt
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19. take a vacation
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20. Lose 40 pounds
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21. Run
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22. Lose 50 pounds
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23. lose 60 pounds
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24. pay off my student loan
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25. ask someone out
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26. Be a better friend
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27. Make new friends
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28. run the St. George Marathon
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29. learn origami
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30. be more confident
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31. To live instead of exist
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32. work because I like to, not because I have to
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33. Learn to play the guitar
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34. live debt free
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35. become a better conversationalist
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36. Take better notes
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37. Fall in love
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38. be happy
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39. Finish what I start
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40. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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41. make more eye contact
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42. Visit Japan
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43. See the Southern Lights
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How I did it
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Happy and relieved! 
How I did it: As the contracting job I had was winding down, I got contacted by a friend who was working for a company that I had interviewed at before. I actually had a job with them-- but chose to take the contracting job I was working on instead. Luckily for me, they were still looking for someone, so after a few talks with the hiring manager I got offered a job! Read how I did it…
It made me
Relieved
How I did it: The important thing to remember is to be organized. Build a list of what you think people will pay for on eBay. Then you need to come up with descriptions for each, and take pictures. LOTS of pictures. After that, List a few at a time, so you don't get inundated with requests for information, and have plenty of time to get everything packaged and shipped.Doing this really helped quite a bit with my pack rat tendencies... I usu… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Currently I don't have dental insurance. That's turned out to be a bit of a problem, since my dentist found that one of my teeth had cracked, and I needed a crown! Since I'm unable to pay for it at the moment, I'm holding off on getting the work done until I can pay for it. Things had been going OK with my typical flossing schedule (which means pretty much never) until about a month or so before my last dentist visit-- I… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Every day—An hour or two of programming in the evening. Clean 30 minutes @ lunch (on weekdays, any time on weekends). Read 65 pages. Lumosity.
I didn’t do Lumosity last week, because somehow daily email reminders got turned off in my account! No idea how that happened… Also, I haven’t read 65 pages since I returned from Lincoln, almost two weeks ago. Not sure why it’s so difficult for me.
Monday—- (already passed this one… getting off to a late start this week).
- Clean desk and home office area, whatever I can finish in 1/2 an hour.
- Get in a second workout. I hike in the mornings, and it’d be great if I could do something to burn an extra 600 calories on T/Th.
- Plant two small Pothos.
- Clean living “room”. vacuum couches, dust bookshelves. Hopefully find permanent homes for all the stuff piled on top of the couches.
- Afternoon workout.
- Clean dining.
- Mount shelf. I need new supports—I think the ones I bought are too small.
- plant new BIG cane plant. Hopefully it won’t die on me.
- Second workout in afternoon.
- Clean floors. Should be finished with whirlwind cleaning of apartment by then.
- Afternoon workout.
- Local long hike. Maybe Taliesin Overlook again?
- First cleaning after getting the baseline done. Should be interesting to see how long it takes.
- Get stuff ready to sell on ebay. Been waiting too long to start this.
I’m going on a hike in Sedona this morning, and wanted to take my camera with me. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge a battery. :( I guess phone camera pics will have to do.
