I started with a student credit card, and used it once or twice a month, and paid it off in full. Then I got a United MileagePlus card and I’ve been using it as my primary spending mechanism ever since, also paid off in full each month. I recently looked at my credit score when I bought my new car, and bam, things looked very good. So I think I am nearing completion of “building my credit”. I guess the responsibility over time pays off!
Tristan's Life List
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1. blog more often
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2. witness the end of IE
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3. Get more people to read my Blog
723 people -
4. Write more
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5. stop procrastinating
26,251 people -
6. visit my relatives more.
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7. spend more time in the mountains
8 people -
8. go on more camping trips
79 people -
9. Climb Mt. Whitney
89 people -
10. Learn how to remember peoples' names
1,636 people -
11. have normal sleep hours
718 people -
12. implement GTD
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13. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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14. Read all Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
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15. write a book
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16. see the northern lights
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17. live passionately
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18. take better pictures
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19. get in shape
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20. learn how to waltz
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21. Learn another language
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22. use linux more often than windows
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23. be more confident
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24. Love without fear
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25. play my clarinet more
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26. play more music
75 people -
27. Get a MacBook Pro
200 people -
28. learn to play guitar
4,096 people -
29. Learn to play the piano
7,143 people -
30. learn portuguese
1,026 people -
31. stop being lazy
1,478 people -
32. Get more sleep
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33. Never stop learning
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34. discover more good music
1 cheer126 people
Recent entries
trisweb
13 months ago
trisweb
13 months ago
Woohoo! I did it! I taught myself (with my mom’s help) how to drive my dad’s Audi A4 (manual of course) when I was at home for a few weeks and he was off on a business trip. Sshh, don’t tell. Fun car too :) I took it to the golf course (ooh la la) and drove it around some windy roads, lots of fun.
I stalled it a few times, but I had read so much about how the clutch works that once I felt it I picked it up pretty quickly. It’s so much more tactile and fun to drive than an automatic, but I’m still glad my car’s auto so I don’t have to think about it so much.
trisweb
13 months ago
I’ve written quite a few in the last month or so, and it’s helping me understand myself better :) Success!
