I'm doing 26 things
my list
2 years ago
Proficient in…
English
Need to work on my…
French
Mandarin
Cantonese
Toisanese
Would like to try…
Japanese
Korean
Italian
German (my Chinese grandparents knew how to speak it)
paperxin's Life List
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1. write a book
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2. learn chinese
1 entry2,371 people -
3. get my driver's license
1 entry5,029 people -
4. have better posture
1 entry7,720 people -
5. read all the books I haven't read that are sitting on my bookshelf
1 entry310 people -
6. perhaps knit more than a scarf...if I ever knit again
1 entry6 people -
7. make my own clothes
2,198 people -
8. become a better artist
315 people -
9. speak better cantonese
7 people -
10. learn Mandarin
1,228 people -
11. fight human trafficking
3 people -
12. become an interior designer
176 people -
13. learn guitar
3,061 people -
14. Go back to Italy
242 people -
15. learn to use chopsticks properly.
1 entry11 people -
16. watch more foreign films
147 people -
17. learn feng shui
94 people -
18. update my website
299 people -
19. Become fluent in more than one language
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20. stop eBaying
1 cheer12 people -
21. work in china
11 people -
22. go banksy hunting
12 people -
23. dress like frida kahlo
5 people -
24. be a nicer person
1 cheer446 people -
25. learn german
4,529 people -
26. Improve my French
1,352 people
How I did it
It made me
shocked! 
How I did it: Read lots of books. Conducted interviews and oral histories. Got involved with the community. Learned the language, culture and history of China and of the Chinese in America. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
so many unread books on my shelves and tables
2 years ago
and still I buy more, with the most sincere intentions of reading them!
unread books i’ve had for years: the Fountainhead, Moby Dick, Snow Falling on the Cedars, Emily Dickinson poems, Emma, the Odyssey, Sushi for Beginners, Fishbowl, an Art History book, the Bible, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, etc.
unread books purchased in past few months: complete collection of Jane Austen novels, Fortress of Solitude, Wild Swans, two Amy Tan books
phases
2 years ago
My knitting skills are very limited. A ribbed scarf is as fancy as it gets.
I go through phases with knitting. I’ll get really into it for a week or two and then drop it for a year. Last month, I bought an interchangeable circular needle kit but grew bored (and frustrated…circular needles are strange!) again within a few days and returned it.
