rwb99

is taking work too seriously.



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rwb99's Life List

  1. 1. re-establish lost friendships
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    108 people
  2. 2. go hiking once a week
    34 entries . 21 cheers
    18 people
  3. 3. Take friends out to lunch, regularly.
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    2 people
  4. 4. eat healthy
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    2,884 people
  5. 5. spoil my wife
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    2 people
  6. 6. finish my model railroad
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    3 people
  7. 7. Read a novel in Spanish.
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    25 people
  8. 8. build a working model steam locomotive
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    2 people
  9. 9. find a nook-ish cafe to sit and write in
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    21 people
  10. 10. visit my parents more
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    15 people
  11. 11. lie in the grass and watch the clouds
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    5 people
  12. 12. learn metalworking.
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    10 people
  13. 13. make love in the rain
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    2,054 people
  14. 14. stop biting my nails
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    6,893 people
  15. 15. take a picture of myself and not hate it
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    1 person
  16. 16. hang out in paris
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    4 people
  17. 17. do yoga regularly
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    432 people
  18. 18. remind others that they can do computer science research
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    1 person
  19. 19. finish reading Don Quixote
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    13 people
  20. 20. sail across the atlantic
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    91 people
  21. 21. Learn to rock climb
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    412 people
  22. 22. start a reading group
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    9 people
  23. 23. See the Ruins of Pompeii
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    33 people
  24. 24. get over my crush on Jennifer Connelly
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    1 person
  25. 25. Visit the Azores
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    18 people
  26. 26. Visit Portugal
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    92 people
  27. 27. show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.
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    511 people
  28. 28. Try a new recipe each week
    9 entries . 3 cheers
    161 people
  29. 29. make a list of 43 things i know very little about, and then learn at least 3 things about each of them
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    45 people
  30. 30. Organize my workshop
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    5 people
  31. 31. visit the Eames huis in Palisades
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    3 people
  32. 32. E-Mail my friends more often
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    7 people
  33. 33. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
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    100 people
  34. 34. teach computer science to high school kids
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    2 people
  35. 35. write more love letters
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    138 people
  36. 36. feel comfortable in my new job
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    3 people
  37. 37. catch up on my reading list.
    1 entry
    34 people
  38. 38. listen to music that makes me happy
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. write an article
    106 people
  40. 40. build a 3D printer
    4 people
  41. 41. Go on an archaeological dig
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    129 people
Recent entries
feel comfortable in my new job (read all 2 entries…)
Oh, I soooo need a weekend 3 weeks ago

Yep, work’s got me stressed. I’m not making progress on what I’d promised to deliver, and I’m still feeling new and clueless. I don’t know if it’s the stress or just that I’m not getting enough sleep with the early rising for the bus, but I know I was just feeling absolutely wiped out by the middle of this week.

There as a part of me thinking, “ok, maybe I’m just getting older and can’t do the hours”, but then I realized that I’d felt great last year between jobs, and I’m not sure I was sleeping any less. If there’s anything going on, it’s job related, and I know I’ve just got to figure out how to deal with it – either decide I have to be less perfect, push myself less hard, or just assume it’ll all work out.



go hiking once a week (read all 34 entries…)
New trails at Almaden Quicksilver Park 3 weeks ago

Still finding it hard to balance work and exercise, but I did manage to drag dear wife out to Almaden Quicksilver Park this afternoon for probably a 5 mile hike. We were following familiar trails, but the dramatically cloudy day added a bit of drama. We also found a new dirt road bulldozed up one hillside. I was hoping they were planning for some new trails and roads around the old mining areas on the top of the hill, but it instead led to some water tanks for the horse troughs at the top of the hill.

Still, it was hiking, and it was exercise. I’ve been really bad about keeping active; I’ve used our exercise bike a couple times, but it doesn’t hold my attention well enough.

Just need to figure out a way to hike regularly…



go hiking once a week (read all 34 entries…)
Weekday hike up the Deep Gulch trail at Almaden Quicksilver 4 weeks ago

Last week was crazy at work, so I took today as a vacation day. Partially, I did it just to get a breather, but I also wanted to attend one of the internet group’s weekday hikes – 4.8 miles, ending right at sunset (and hopefully before the rangers locked the gates.)

The start was the usual punishing climb up the steep and constant Deep Gulch trail, but I made it (with the usual breaks to get breathing and heart rate down a bit.) The rest of the hike was pretty leisurely; as usual, I ended up at the back of the pack picking up the stragglers, and ended up making sure a mom and 8 year old made it home. They knew the trails and seemed to be doing good (except for occasional stops when the kid got tired), but leaving anyone behind always seems just not right.

And even for a beautiful, clear, warm day, the trails were still really empty. Nice!

I haven’t been hiking at all lately thanks to work, so this was a real treat. It was even better because dear wife and I did another 3 miles on a new trail on Saturday.



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