I'm doing 42 things
David Allen’s book (Getting Things Done) is helpful. His method emphasizes the “next action”.
tangi's Life List
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1. raise my daughter to believe in herself
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2. be a better husband
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3. live with integrity
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4. Step out of my comfort zone
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5. Never stop learning
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6. have more energy
956 people -
7. watch less tv
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8. Sleep more
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9. eat healthier
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10. get in shape
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11. Make time for solitude
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12. put more value on my life and my time
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13. stop procrastinating
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14. set clear goals
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15. Approach my goals step by step
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16. develop a routine
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17. flow
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18. Be granted the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and to have the wisdom to know the difference...
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19. Not `sweat' the `small stuff'
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20. find inner peace
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21. control my life, not let life control me
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22. be more positive
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23. let go
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24. communicate better
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25. Read more books
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26. be a better listener
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27. Get organized
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28. Innovate
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29. Become a blackbelt in aikido
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30. get my driver's license
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31. Make new friends
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32. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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33. identify 100 things that piss me off
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34. Sell something for everything I buy
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35. Do more woodworking
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36. travel the world
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37. learn to sail
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38. have multiple streams of passive income
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39. learn first aid
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40. change the world
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41. learn more about project management
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42. Find a new time saver or eliminate a time robber each day
1 person
How I did it
It made me
Zen 
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Recent entries
I need my salary to pay the rent of my appartment and I sure would make a good use of a year off. This said I’m definitely not interested in becoming financially independent. I somehow associate security to death and chaos to creativity. I like the feeling of being on the edge, not by seeking danger but rather by avoiding excessive stability.
The current trend of seeking security by looking for a civil service job and desesperately getting a thirty years loan to own a house makes me uncomfortable. How would these people adapt to the loss of something they believe indestructible? What unacceptable things may they accept just because they are locked into paying for that loan? Is this security?
I recently quit a comfortable position of director to accept a new 15% less paid job, doing something I had little expertise, just to kick my ass and train my adaptability.
This way I’ve never been afraid of loosing my position and have always been able to say anything to anybody without any serious risk. Behavioral independence has no price.
Putting adaptability before security is something I’ll keep doing.
