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Richard's Life List

  2. 1. Early to bed, Early to rise
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		110 people
  3. 2. be fluent in german
    3 cheers     		224 people
  4. 3. read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		612 people
  5. 4. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
    1 cheer     		5,502 people
  6. 5. keep going
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		10 people
  7. 6. learn sign language
    1 cheer     		7,690 people
  8. 7. grow my hair long
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		3,514 people
  9. 8. busk
    1 cheer     		69 people
  10. 9. learn photography
    1 cheer     		2,643 people
  11. 10. spend more time writing about the things I think about
    4 cheers     		86 people
  12. 11. play guitar more often
    1 entry     		93 people
  13. 12. Get up when my alarm goes off
    1 cheer     		413 people
  14. 13. learn to play chess
    1 entry     		243 people
  15. 14. Learn to play the piano
    1 cheer     		7,450 people
  16. 15. run a half marathon
    1 cheer     		1,915 people
  17. 16. see the northern lights
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		16,908 people
  18. 17. bungee jump
    1 cheer     		3,435 people
  19. 18. wear more hats
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		44 people
  20. 19. write down or record the things I play on guitar
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		4 people
  21. 20. start a Free Hugs campaign
    2 cheers     		34 people
  22. 21. re-learn french
    		429 people
  23. 22. Learn to knit
    1 entry     		3,510 people
  24. 23. learn to play the harmonica
    1 cheer     		810 people
  25. 24. learn how to juggle
    		129 people
  26. 25. Worry less.
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		4,557 people
  27. 26. learn at least one complete piece by Einaudi
    1 cheer     		3 people
  28. 27. do 100 pushups
    		449 people
  29. 28. write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find
    1 cheer     		866 people
  30. 29. learn poi
    		177 people
  31. 30. learn to make interesting origami
    		1 person
  32. 31. get my driver's license
    2 entries     		5,030 people
  33. 32. fly in a hot air baloon
    		609 people
  34. 33. visit the Elliott Smith memorial on Sunset Boulevard
    1 cheer     		137 people
  35. 34. Take pictures of examples of spelling and punctuation so horrible that they make me feel a bit sick, and post them on here for other language geeks to gawp at.
    2 cheers     		12 people
  36. 35. identify 100 words that make me happy
    		26 people
  37. 36. visit guatemala
    		17 people
  38. 37. receive 43 postcards from 43 different 43Thingers
    		33 people
  39. 38. get rid of unnecessary possessions
    		807 people
  40. 39. visit every country in Europe
    1 entry     		124 people
  41. 40. learn to cook. Really cook.
    		1,734 people
  42. 41. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    		744 people

How I did it
How to list 43 songs that never fail to brighten my day
It made me

How I did it: Made a playlist on iTunes, when I remembered about the goal I simply added songs to it! Particularly, of course, ones that lifted me out of a bad mood and brought a smile to my face. Read how I did it…

Dec 26, 2008, 06:53PM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
learn to play chess
Beginnings (or openings) 10 months ago

My friend Nicolas began to teach me the other week. I know what all the pieces do, it’s just a case of tactics, thinking in advance and seeing things going on on the board now! I’d also recommended Babas Chess which is a free program that allows you to play chess with other people online :) Nicolas is back in Madrid now but this allows us to play online. It’s pretty cool, I’m obviously getting destroyed at the minute, most of the people on there seem to know what they’re doing! But if you’d like a game with another newbie you can find me on there as ‘ricardigan’. Just gotta keep practising now, I guess. I also picked up an old book about chess from a book-giveaway-fair thing about a year ago, may have to find that again.

Jan 11, 2009, 01:48PM PST | 0 comments


visit every country in Europe
11 down: 10 months ago

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

38 to go:

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City.

Now that I’ve found a list of all the countries this goal is looking considerably difficult. Perhaps some more interrailing is required :)

Jan 07, 2009, 04:38PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment


read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
Doing fairly well with this one. 10 months ago

I even went up into the loft just to see if there were any extra books I own that had inadvertently emigrated up there unread…

I’ve got a lot of free time at the minute and am consequently turning into quite a voracious devourer of books, but my main problem is trying to read too many at once! I think at one point I had about eight on the go simultaneously when I realised something was afoot… Despite this, I don’t really own all that many books; there aren’t any shelves or bookcases in my house in which to store them as such, I mostly use some drawers and boxes in my room. I’d say I’ve got about twenty to thirty personally-owned books that I’m still yet to read. I’d be getting through them faster but I keep borrowing other books from friends and family and using the library. Must possess more “Ooh, that looks interesting!” restraint…

Jan 03, 2009, 02:04PM PST | 0 comments


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ghost_spine wants to get my teeth fixed Manage my money better buy a cool pair of designer jeans watch buffy episodes Visit Uzbekistan Stop caring what other people think of me backpack through Europe Become a vegetarian read every book I own love someone unconditionally get another tattoo misswithers wants to Be nicer to people. Buy a House finish school with good grades make more friends write a letter to the president zen Get my bellybutton peirced update my resume walk more, drive less get in shape, and stay there get enough sleep keep my blog updated Finish my website Fat5k wants to Run dress up for Halloween join Toastmasters watch the breakfast club
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