I'm doing 43 things
baby steps
3 years ago
set a goal a few months off
research training plans
get help (a club or trainer)
get support (family, friends)
get really good shoes, the best you can afford
get moving!
toastia's Life List
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1. ride a century
110 people -
2. own a solar-electric car
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3. spend six months in Italy
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4. improve my freestyle stroke for racing
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5. swim a mile in open water
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6. bicycle the STP
1 person -
7. parasail
302 people -
8. sail across the Atlantic
97 people -
9. run my house on solar power
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10. yodel in the alps
8 people -
11. leave for a vacation on the spur of the moment, with no baggage
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12. perform radio plays
1 person -
13. kayak the west coast of vancouver island
1 person -
14. go back to aafricah
1 person -
15. visit a different museum every month for a year
1 person -
16. design and build a mini-golf course
6 people -
17. eat chocolate cake at Hotel Sacher
1 cheer1 person -
18. walk across the country
1 cheer24 people -
19. raise sheep in my apple orchard
1 person -
20. sing backup in my daughter's band
1 person -
21. fly in a glider
27 people -
22. see Halley's comet (2062?)
1 person -
23. run a marathon
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24. learn to play piano
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25. live in Barcelona for 3 months+
1 person -
26. speak better Spanish via immersion
1 person -
27. help build a charitywater well
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28. Hike the PCT to Lake Chelan
1 person -
29. learn mountaineering first aid
1 person -
30. learn aikido
359 people -
31. cruise canals in Europe
1 person -
32. learn Latin
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33. hike the John Muir Trail
66 people -
34. get master of arts degree
1 person -
35. knit an afghan
46 people -
36. set up art studio
3 people -
37. tour the southwestern US
1 person -
38. learn to speak hungarian
28 people -
39. get a PhD
2,792 people -
40. Trek in Tibet
2 people -
41. Walk Hadrian's Wall
19 people -
42. knit a sweater
624 people -
43. get bachelor of arts degree
1 person
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: did it several times, sometimes in adverse weather. Learned I far prefer trails to city streets. Learned how much more fun it is with the support of friends, but also how to cultivate my own resources for such things.I never felt I'd trained enough, so I didn't do as well as I'd hoped. Mental training is by far a larger factor than I'd ever imagined. I would do it again any time. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: made a spreadsheetlisted all the common names of plants I knewdescribed the location, pertinent identifiers of eachasked my sister about a lot of emlooked up all the plants I didn't know in Sunset Garden Bookupdated the spreadsheetvoila! Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: baby stepssupport from friendsreading, studyingpracticemore practicedjsteveboy.compodrunner.comcoolrunning.comactive.combrooks.com Read how I did it…
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too much wear and tear
3 years ago
on me, and too many hours onsite. Anyhow, why ruin a hobby?! (laundry, that is)
