I'm doing 34 things
Done.
4 years ago
It didn’t cost that much, wasn’t that painful, and I don’t need a root canal. A weight has been lifted.
telling's Life List
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1. stay in love
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2. make art
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3. Create a budget, and stick with it
2 team members . 1 cheer398 people -
4. Get lean, strong and healthy
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5. Save money
1 entry . 1 cheer14,687 people -
6. defeat the republicans
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7. Floss every day
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8. Say I love you to my family members
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9. Save money for a down payment on a house
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10. Spend a day in bed with a good book
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11. plant a garden
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12. Propose 43 social change actions to do through 43 Things
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13. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
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14. Explore Brooklyn Chinatown
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15. Bring my lunch to work
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16. write a book
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17. Read 50 books in 2005
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18. exercise regularly
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19. Keep track of my finances in Quicken monthly
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20. Work on Eliot Spitzer's campaign for NY Governor
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21. Go to bed by 11pm on weeknights
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22. keep in better touch with friends & family
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23. make a digital image file of art I like
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24. keep all my important data backed up
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25. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
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26. make my own clothes
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27. Practice Yoga
2 entries . 2 cheers4,097 people -
28. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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29. write/call my friends weekly
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30. pay bills twice a month
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31. make gnocchi
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32. Set more attainable goals on 43 things
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33. declutter my house
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34. Start my own business
1 cheer8,575 people
Recent entries
It's a start
4 years ago
I went for a brief run yesterday, just a little over a mile. Somehow, since my regular run used to be 3 1/2 miles, or at one point 4 1/2, the brief tour felt vaguely like cheating. But with my strained hamstring, I know I need to be gentle. So I tried to make it feel easy so it would feel more fun to do again.
Now this morning I am sore from such a small effort. Humbling, but a good step.
Valparaiso
4 years ago
Ooh, I’m getting so far behind on this goal. So, as I’m working my way through a dense but wonderful book about Edward Muybridge (River of Shadows by Rebecca Solnit), I thought I’d take some detours into quicker reads.
This play by Don DeLillo is still pretty dense, though, but I really loved parts of it. It’s nominally about a man who sets out on a business trip to Valparaiso, Indiana and ends up in Valparaiso, Chile. But it’s mostly about place and placelessness, the disconnectedness and obsessiveness of contemporary media, and a host of other things.
The ending I found unsatisfying, but endings are hard, and there’s lots of good, rich, weird stuff before you get there. Best phrase: “eggwhitely nuance.”
