 I'm doing 20 things |
| 1. |
Pay off my personal loan.
1 entry |
4 people |
| 2. |
Pay my debt down to $17,500 by the end of the year.
2 entries . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 3. |
Get a Bachelor's Degree in English
10 entries . 20 cheers |
8 people |
| 4. |
Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
32 entries . 3 cheers |
160 people |
| 5. |
Read an entire book on DailyLit
5 entries |
1 person |
| 6. |
Read 50 books in 2009.
44 entries . 9 cheers |
247 people |
| 7. |
pay off credit cards
30 entries . 15 cheers |
1,396 people |
| 8. |
Stop getting screwed by credit card (and bank) fees and interest rates
11 entries . 2 cheers |
1 person |
| 9. |
Read 1,000 books
70 entries . 6 cheers |
200 people |
| 10. |
Learn to juggle
2 entries . 5 cheers |
1,170 people |
| 11. |
Read all of Kurt Vonnegut's books
11 entries . 20 cheers |
142 people |
| 12. |
Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
16 entries . 12 cheers |
557 people |
| 13. |
pay off my car
2 entries . 3 cheers |
548 people |
| 14. |
Have 43 goals
1 entry |
67 people |
| 15. |
Pay off my dental bills.
1 entry . 2 cheers |
2 people |
| 16. |
Do NaNoWriMo
4 entries . 1 cheer |
604 people |
| 17. |
stop living paycheck to paycheck
2 cheers |
239 people |
| 18. |
Save and plan our honeymoon
1 entry . 3 cheers |
1 person |
| 19. |
watch every episode of MASH
2 entries |
146 people |
| 20. |
Begin writing daily
1 entry . 1 cheer |
1 person |
How I did it: My wife and I found a book that had a lot of different ideas for projects it in. I chose this one, bought a huge sheet of plywood, a circular saw, etc., and started on it. I hadn't done anything like this before, so I was learning everything as I went. I've learned a lot and could make them a lot better if I had it all to do over again, but I'm quite happy with how they turned out. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Focus. I would have had it done soon anyways, but I took out a personal loan to consolidate many of my credit cards. Now, I'll be focusing on the two credit cards that I have remaining, then on the loan. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I read a book called "Skinny Bastard," and changed many of my eating habits overnight. I quit soda on the spot, and that along with generally avoiding refined sugar and the other dietary changes I've made have resulted in my losing almost 20 pounds in about 3 weeks, and I haven't even started exercising yet! Soda is absolutely horrible for you, yet many people make it a daily habit. There's nothing worthwhile in soda, an… Read how I did it…
With this last payment, it’s now $7223.67. That’s about $650 paid off. I kind of accidentally paid an extra $400 in the last month, so that helps. Since the interest rate is so high (31.99%), I plan to use what I can from the student loans I will be getting to knock this debt out as quickly as possible.
I got the box set of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” for $30 from Borders. One down, twelve to go. I like the writing style in these books.
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fanboy wants to go to church
watch the AFI Top 100 American movies
master linux
stop being jealous
Partake in Oktoberfest in Germany
Play Strippoker
have a picnic on the beach
Fall in love for real
find myself
graduate high school
be a good friend
Play squash
wooleyduck wants to get out of debt
Visit Scotland
Improve my French
Visit the Czech Republic
take better pictures
buy dog
Learn to cook
watch smallville season 6
control my anxiety.
go to the University of Washington
get laser hair removal
