tebirkes




I'm doing 38 things
 

tebirkes's Life List

  1. 1. write a short story.
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    947 people
  2. 2. write a book
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    24,938 people
  3. 3. become a psychoanalyst
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    8 people
  4. 4. Be more efficient when working
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    600 people
  5. 5. Start working out again. And keep working out.
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    158 people
  6. 6. Sell, donate, throw away my huge surplus of possessions
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    4 people
  7. 7. declutter
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    725 people
  8. 8. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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    476 people
  9. 9. Spend more time with my daughter
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    84 people
  10. 10. conduct Beethoven's 7th Symphony
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    3 people
  11. 11. live somewhere warm
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    48 people
  12. 12. see the northern lights
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    16,372 people
  13. 13. learn to use spices deliciously
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    13 people
  14. 14. list 43 things that i like about myself
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    129 people
  15. 15. Become a good photographer
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    142 people
  16. 16. Publish my first book
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    39 people
  17. 17. learn origami
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    344 people
  18. 18. Pick a new theme song for myself each week or so
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    3 people
  19. 19. lower my blood pressure
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    128 people
  20. 20. discover old / invent new collective nouns
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    1 person
  21. 21. Lose control
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    24 people
  22. 22. discover more oxymorons
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    1 person
  23. 23. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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    6,868 people
  24. 24. Find a muse
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    47 people
  25. 25. windsurf
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    95 people
  26. 26. live without a television for a year
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    142 people
  27. 27. Learn to whistle with my fingers
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    1,103 people
  28. 28. Have people around the world posting about their countries or cities
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    4 people
  29. 29. live by the sea
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    511 people
  30. 30. see a lunar eclipse
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    44 people
  31. 31. have a daily routine of meditation, sports, music and writing
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    4 people
  32. 32. improve my memory and attention span
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    37 people
  33. 33. learn clever magic tricks
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    143 people
  34. 34. discover the western world's most popular fictional character
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    1 person
  35. 35. Digitalize all old, inherited family photos
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    44 people
  36. 36. see thousands and thousands of stars when I lie back in my garden, instead of the mere five or six that peak through the 'light noise' of the street lamps
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    1 person
  37. 37. Build a greenhouse
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    101 people
  38. 38. do one thing every day to improve my body
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    16 people
Recent entries
get an Austin Healey Sprite (Frogeye, or Bugeye to Yanks) (read all 2 entries…)
Bought one 19 months ago

It’s British Racing Green (Don’t you know) and exceedingly small. The first thing I did after it arrived on the back a huge auto-transporter was to adjust the rear-view mirror, which came off in my hand. Sigh So I turned around to see while reversing and found I could damn near reach out and touch the road behind the car.

But it is wonderful. See?



discover the western world's most popular fictional character (read all 2 entries…)
What does it say about our psyche ... 2 years ago

... that our most popular fictional character in western civilization is an evil, shape-shifting creature of the night? That he can be elegant, persuasive, sophisticated, eloquent, cultured, charming, and yet regards us mortals with utter contempt? That he must feast upon our blood and discard our useless carcasses when they are exhausted? That he basically scares the shit out of us?

Kinda makes you wonder what the birds are twittering about and what the dogs are barking about and what the apes are grunting about, doesn’t it. When they sleep, that is.



lower my blood pressure
A "challenge goal" that I didnt' quite meet 2 years ago

Pity. My blood pressure IS a bit lower – 10 points or so – but not nearly low enough – 40 points – to forgo the stupid little pills. This amount of blood pressure reduction probably involves something tantamount to a Zen coma. Sigh

Or just exercise, ‘sensible eating’, and learning to say “No” to countless demands both politely and without guilt. A Zen coma is probably easier to arrange. That or a personalityectomy.



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