I'm doing 42 things
This is the easiest and most challenging thing on my list. It’s easiest because being with my kid and giving him my attention is so instantly rewarding. It’s the most challenging because I have to get over myself. I can’t let anything else matter when I’m with him, and yet the world tries to pull me away…
thor's Life List
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1. Go on a safari
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2. Make a movie
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3. Visit the Galapagos Islands
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4. Record an album
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5. run with the bulls in Pamplona
345 people -
6. boat up the Amazon River
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7. invent a world
2 people -
8. sail odysseus' route through the greek islands
2 people -
9. read the classics
726 people -
10. Research my genealogy
224 people -
11. Attend Carnival in Brazil
54 people -
12. go hot air ballooning
130 people -
13. Travel on th orient express
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14. Visit India
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15. Volunteer
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16. be a teacher
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17. see all Shakespeare's plays performed
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18. Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
34 people -
19. cruise Alaska
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20. Raft down the Grand Canyon
6 people -
21. climb a mountain
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22. learn to SCUBA dive
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23. Try a new recipe each week
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24. drink more water
20,327 people -
25. get an ipod
1,172 people -
26. get corrective eye surgery or lasik
1,102 people -
27. Be a great dad to my kids
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28. live outside the united states
195 people -
29. cook more
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30. See all the films that have won the Best Picture Oscar
321 people -
31. Build a Personal Video Recorder
36 people -
32. Stay in Tuscany for several months
4 people -
33. visit antarctica
502 people -
34. garden
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35. one week spiritual retreat a year
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36. do more charity work
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37. build my dream house
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38. write a novel
11,083 people -
39. visit all 50 states
8,528 people -
40. live in New York City
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41. learn a language
768 people -
42. exercise 3X a week
613 people
Recent entries
Is it possible to make a plan to be spontaneous?
I’ve never had a problem being spontaneous before but the more I enmesh myself in a project (or projects) the less I find I do the unexpected things. Usually the “something new” is an unplanned activity, some whim that turns into an adventure. So that’s the paradox—all these “to do” items make it potentially less likely I’ll fit the spontaneous “something new” in.
Unless I work it into my plan. Hmmm.
