I'm doing 39 things
I’m interested in these but never got around to watching one before. Now I’ve just started:
#1 Joel Runyon – How Cold Shower Therapy Can Change Your Life http://impossiblehq.com/tedxluc-cold-shower-therapy
#2 Elizabeth Gilbert – Your Elusive Creative Genius http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
#3 Frank Warren – Half a Million Secrets http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets.html
pancreas24601's Life List
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1. Buy a House
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2. Read The 10 Aussie Books to Read Before You Die
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3. Make a good chicken Kiev
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4. Create a list of the 101 things to do in Melbourne
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5. Watch Melrose Place
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6. Watch an entire sunrise
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7. make ice cream from scratch
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8. ride in a hot air balloon
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9. do a massage course
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10. Ride a segway
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11. Clear my skin
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12. Dye my hair blue
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13. Complete Project 365
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14. put a message in a bottle
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15. Visit all six states and both territories
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16. Get on a bike again and successfully ride it
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17. Find a film critic I can trust
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18. Play chess on the Swanston Street pavement chessboard
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19. Get a bowling score of over 130
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20. Learn how to plait my own hair
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21. Swim with dolphins
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22. Sell something on ebay
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23. Go vegetarian for a month
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24. Go ice skating
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25. Take a first aid course
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26. Complete the Day Zero Project
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27. Start blogging
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28. Get hypnotised
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29. Learn to sleep peacefully
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30. sleep on a waterbed
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31. scuba dive
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32. See the Southern Lights
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33. Study literature again
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34. Confess(ion)
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35. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
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36. Go skinny-dipping
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37. Skydive
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38. Read more non-fiction books
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39. Watch 43 TED/TEDx Talks
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How I did it
It made me
accomplished/hungry 
How I did it: I've discussed the leadup here:"http://www.43things.com/entries/view/5923021". The donation itself went fine. It did hurt a little when the needle went in, but really no big deal. It took longer than expected due to perhaps not having as much water as I should have (I drank heaps all day but kind of tapered off in the last couple of hours). So I was asked to squeeze my hand and wiggle my toes a lot, and got small heatpacks for my arm and … Read how I did it…
It made me
lost, found 
How I did it: I went to the Enchanted Maze Garden in Arthur's Seat an hour out of Melbourne. The main attraction was a hedge maze, and I made my way through it. There were some wrong turns, but eventually I found everything I was supposed to - five buddhas, a small topiary garden and a Japanese garden at the centre. Read how I did it…
It made me
cathartic
How I did it: With the PostSecret event coming up, I wanted to make my secret in advance. Eventually I thought of something - a photo I had which didn't show what I looked like but was related to a secret. I added text to the photograph with Photoshop, and took it to a printing centre where I got it printed onto card paper and guillotined to the right size. Then I wrote the PostSecret address on the back and stamped it. After the PostSecret event, I pu… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I suggested a number of things on my list as potential classes for the informal learning academy where I took the cryptic crossword and braiding courses, and they’ve created a Film Criticism class. Not sure if this will really help me find that one critic upon whose review I can base my decisions, but it might.
