nerve73




I'm doing 25 things
 

nerve73's Life List

  1. 1. watch less tv
    1,873 people
  2. 2. run a 10K
    963 people
  3. 3. get under 19 minutes for 5000m on the concept 2 rower
    1 person
  4. 4. write a whole song
    13 people
  5. 5. Read 20 books in 2009
    66 people
  6. 6. Learn to play the piano
    7,454 people
  7. 7. write a short story.
    1,013 people
  8. 8. break 95 in golf
    2 people
  9. 9. play a gig in a decent venue in london
    1 person
  10. 10. Run a 10 mile race
    8 people
  11. 11. Learn a martial art
    1,447 people
  12. 12. run a half marathon
    1,915 people
  13. 13. Complete the 3 peaks challenge within 24 hours
    1 person
  14. 14. See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar
    304 people
  15. 15. break 90 in 18 holes of golf
    3 people
  16. 16. run a marathon
    10,467 people
  17. 17. visit new york
    1,371 people
  18. 18. Learn Japanese
    9,741 people
  19. 19. Take a road trip across America
    149 people
  20. 20. learn to surf properly
    11 people
  21. 21. Visit Japan
    5,523 people
  22. 22. get a black belt in a martial art
    28 people
  23. 23. write a novel
    9,672 people
  24. 24. Visit Machu Picchu
    680 people
  25. 25. go heliboarding
    12 people

How I did it
How to read 25 books in 2008
It took me
365 days
It made me


Recent entries
swim 20 lengths front crawl without stopping
20 lengths...DONE! 14 months ago

Managed it last weekend. Next target: 40 lengths!



learn front crawl
Now need to practice! 16 months ago

My breathing is a bit all over the place but I managed 12 lengths without stopping. Just need to keep plugging away…....



read 20 books in 2007
21 books! 19 months ago

1. Stories We Could Tell – Tony Parsons
2. Survivor – Chuck Palahniuk
3. The Dice Man – Luke Rhinehart
4. Factotum – Charles Bukowski
5. Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
6. JPOD – Douglas Coupland
7. The Secret History – Donna Tartt
8. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower – Steven Chboski
9. The Contortionists Handbook – Craig Clevenger
10. Rant – Chuck Palahniuk
11. Naive.Super – Erland Loe
12. Cell – Stephen King
13. Dogrun – Arthur Nersesian
14. Women – Charles Bukowski
15. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
16. Shampoo Planet – Douglas Coupland
17. The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
18. Into The Wild – John Krakauer
19. The Losers Club – Richard Perez
20. The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides
21. Wait Until Spring, Bandini – John Fante



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