I'm doing 36 things
I thought I was a day late
2 days ago
with my birthday wish for you, but I just checked my calendar and discovered that I am actually 364 days early. Whew!
Happy Dreamerday!!!
TajLV's Life List
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1. go to bed earlier
1 entry . 48 cheers1,616 people -
2. Lose 30 pounds
7 team members . 29 entries . 42 cheers5,163 people -
3. Get an appointment for car maintenance
3 entries . 16 cheers1 person -
4. be a better Buddhist
8 entries . 93 cheers99 people -
5. write another novel
11 entries . 65 cheers34 people -
6. go green
3 entries . 35 cheers307 people -
7. start using positive affirmations daily
2 entries . 56 cheers59 people -
8. practice tai chi
2 entries . 51 cheers118 people -
9. Be careful what I wish for
14 cheers5 people -
10. start an internet company
2 entries . 23 cheers167 people -
11. participate in Sierra club activities
3 entries . 14 cheers2 people -
12. Publish a collection of short stories
5 entries . 30 cheers18 people -
13. End the war in Iraq
4 entries . 37 cheers19 people -
14. exercise more
8 entries . 30 cheers5,134 people -
15. spend more time outdoors
22 entries . 59 cheers939 people -
16. be a good father
5 entries . 83 cheers588 people -
17. Rewrite my will & write a living will
2 entries . 35 cheers2 people -
18. tour the blogs/websites of the people I subscribe to
5 entries . 25 cheers1 person -
19. philosophize
6 entries . 17 cheers21 people -
20. learn Tantra
1 entry . 21 cheers121 people -
21. find inner peace
2 entries . 35 cheers739 people -
22. save for retirement
3 entries . 25 cheers238 people -
23. go on a cruise
1 entry . 23 cheers4,114 people -
24. Cross the equator
2 entries . 35 cheers21 people -
25. own a jacuzzi
1 entry . 13 cheers13 people -
26. take advantage of being a senior citizen
7 entries . 24 cheers1 person -
27. read Ulysses
4 entries . 28 cheers300 people -
28. write my memoirs
1 entry . 33 cheers130 people -
29. endow a scholarship
1 entry . 38 cheers10 people -
30. build a house
1 entry . 20 cheers1,230 people -
31. learn some Spanish
1 entry . 22 cheers26 people -
32. Skydive
1 entry . 26 cheers10,191 people -
33. Introduce people who want to "find $100 in change" to those who want to "drop 43 pennies in random places."
41 cheers1 person -
34. keep my new years resolutions
10 entries . 20 cheers23 people -
35. address the 800 lb gorilla
12 cheers1 person -
36. scan all my old photographs
17 cheers257 people
How I did it
It made me
reconnected 
How I did it: Started getting back in touch with former classmates about a year before the reunion. Used my saved up frequent flyer miles to fly to Indianapolis, then rented a car and drove to South Bend, Indiana.A slide show of a few pix I took is HERE ON FLICKR. Read how I did it…
It made me
made in the shade 
How I did it: There were 16 separate steps from clearing the ground to excavation, erecting the canopy, weedproofing, laying the pavers and finishing.I needed to adjust the original design slightly to make use of some recycled materials.You can see exactly how I did it, step by step, in my Flickr Slide Show. Read 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…
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Recent entries
Pardon the pun
3 weeks ago
The math symbol sorta looks like a stylized T, an unfinished A, and a dyslexic J crammed together. Couldn’t resist. It really sums up my mood this week.
