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Steve S




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Steve S's Life List

  2. 1. make lots and lots of creative friends with diverse knowledge and abilities
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  3. 2. read a small library's worth of books
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  4. 3. become a virtuoso in some physical skill
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  5. 4. compose eclectic music
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  6. 5. start my own software company focused on developing Linux software
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  7. 6. create my own custom Linux distribution
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  8. 7. become fluent in Spanish
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  9. 8. go to graduate school
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  10. 9. implement my ideas for a killer social networking app
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  11. 10. travel around the world, collecting the best things, ideas, and experiences from every place I visit
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  12. 11. learn about the kind of ugly, advanced math that can make computers more intelligent
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  13. 12. write a book that will, in however small a way, add to humanity's collective knowledge and higher purposes
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  14. 13. get software patents thrown out in the US
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  15. 14. learn how to cook well enough to create my own gourmet recipes
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  16. 15. Finish reading Godel, Escher, Bach
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  17. 16. Contribute to an open source software project
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  18. 17. Get more people to read my Blog
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  19. 18. Design and build my own house
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  20. 19. Become Financially Independent
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  21. 20. build a linux-based file storage appliance
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  22. 21. build a linux-based music/multimedia appliance
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  23. 22. Create a software tool to fix politics
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  24. 23. start a shoutcast streaming internet radio station
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  25. 24. take a hot air balloon ride
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  26. 25. meet new people
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  27. 26. Make a cool real life friend via the internet
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  28. 27. try everything in Kama Sutra
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  29. 28. own a house by the ocean
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  30. 29. Try all of the cocktails in the NYC Bartender's Guide
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  31. 30. Take one picture a day as a way to document my life
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  32. 31. see Wimbledon live
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become a virtuoso in some physical skill
Life is a harmony of mind, body, and soul... 3 years ago

...and while I feel strongly grounded in my mind and spirit, I tend to neglect physical perfection. So, I’d like to become a “virtuoso” in something that is physical/of the body – it could be a sport, playing guitar, dancing the tango, the martial arts, DJ-ing, etc. Whatever it is, I want to be damn good at it and inspire myself and others with my achievement.

Mar 27, 2006, 08:59PM PST | 0 comments


put all my finances in Quicken
Untitled 3 years ago

I’m now tracking all of my monthly expenses in a MS Excel spreadsheet. Ok, so it isn’t Quicken, but the real goal was to track my finances and expenses, not to learn or use Quicken, so this goal is complete.

I now have a very accurate picture every month of where my money is going and ideas for saving, as well as reasonable baselines for unavoidable expenses (e.g. energy, groceries, etc.) which is very helpful when making decisions about life changes – for example, now I’m in a much better position to compare cost of living levels if, for example, I took a new job in a different city.

I’ll use this information to help me reach my other goals, like saving to buy/build my own house one day. This was well-worth spending a little time getting organized with my receipts and building a simple Excel spreadsheet to track it all.

Good luck to everyone else who wants to do this!

Mar 23, 2006, 08:40PM PST | 2 cheers | 1 comment


finish one book by Hemingway
Hemingway is ok 4 years ago

I finished “The Sun Also Rises” ... it wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t great. Hemingway has an interesting (in the Chinese sense) writing style. But he did have a hell of an interesting life … or several lives, compared to most people. That alone makes it worth reading at least one of his books.

Feb 10, 2005, 08:07PM PST | 0 comments


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luciferlauren wants to Save money declutter my life Love who i am Lose two pounds this week travel to all 7 continents steal a street sign lose weight and tone my hips, thighs, calves, stomach and bum Volunteer Drive across the USA Start a book of quotes that mean something to me identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) make a music video A Well-Read Dog Head wants to Be a better friend Finish my website Drink eight glasses of water each day Learn Portuguese buy a digital SLR be more independant get a pet tarantula join the air force be more patient live by the ocean trust someone completely BloodRedThorn wants to do 100 things I have never done find my biological parents learn feng shui visit Macchu Pichu go to a Justin Timberlake concert
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