I'm doing 39 things
Redesigned, slightly
23 hours ago
To take advantage of 18 recycled pavers, I changed the original design slightly. Tomorrow I’ll wrap up the remaining detail work and it should be ready to use on July 4th.
TajLV's Life List
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1. write another novel
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2. go to my high school reunion
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3. go to bed earlier
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4. Lose 30 pounds
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5. start using positive affirmations daily
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6. Get an appointment for car maintenance
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7. practice tai chi
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8. be a better Buddhist
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9. start an internet company
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10. go green
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11. Publish a collection of short stories
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12. End the war in Iraq
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13. exercise more
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14. spend more time outdoors
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15. be a good father
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16. Rewrite my will & write a living will
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17. tour the blogs/websites of the people I subscribe to
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18. philosophize
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19. learn Tantra
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20. find inner peace
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21. save for retirement
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22. go on a cruise
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23. Cross the equator
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24. own a jacuzzi
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25. take advantage of being a senior citizen
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26. read Ulysses
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27. write my memoirs
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28. endow a scholarship
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29. build a house
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30. learn some Spanish
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31. Skydive
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32. Introduce people who want to "find $100 in change" to those who want to "drop 43 pennies in random places."
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33. keep my new years resolutions
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34. address the 800 lb gorilla
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35. scan all my old photographs
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36. participate in Sierra club activities
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37. build a patio
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38. Be careful what I wish for
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39. Wish HippieChick a totally pugtastic, baconriffic, domestically organized birthday on July 5th!
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How I did it
It made me
relieved 
How I did it: Wrote poems on and off for 25 years. Threw a lot of them away, reworked many of them. Got a few published separately. Eventually collected them together in one place on the Internet. Listened to comments readers made. Deselected a number of them. Collected the best ones into a formated manuscript ready for publication. Designed a cover. Shipped everything off to the printer. Waited for a brief eternity. Received the finished books from th… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel community 
How I did it: Each day I looked for new members who shared my goals, or commented on the goals of others I subscribed to, or wrote new and interesting goals of their own. Being part of this goal's cheerbombing team made it a lot of fun, too.I'll still be cheering newbies next year, but I'm counting this as completed after locating 43 newbies to cheer in 2008. Read how I did it…
It made me
totally engaged
How I did it: I took a special training in 2003 to learn the basics, then worked on two campaigns as a field coordinator before managing a primary for a city council candidate. That led to my selection to manage a state assembly campaign. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Ran out of sand
5 days ago
Right now the matrix of pavers is 5×5. It will be 9×9 when complete. Unfortunately, I only bought two bags of paver sand, because I miscalculated the amount needed per paver. Looks like this project will require seven bags in all, which will add about $20 more to the cost. Should be finished easily by the end of the week so we can enjoy the new patio on July 4th when we have folks over for a BBQ.
