post an entry about how 43Things has changed my life and helped me to evolve into a better person

Anne found this

Hundreds of Photos on One entry Anne found on July 11, 2009

Most of all, it’s helped me from having things to live for, to live up to and to reach out to. Whenever I’m bored I check my list to see if there’s anything I want to work on.
It’s helped me to get organized a little and seeing all those different goals helps me figure out myself; what I want to do, who I am etc.
All the help, support and tips from other people is great too.
Seeing new goals, things you never would’ve thought of yourself, is great too. I learned a lot here. :)

I have seen how almost anything is ‘normal’ to at least someone… and that has been SO helpful to me!

And the support and encouragement is just incredible.

I am not really one for online social networking… Facebook and Myspace are just not for me. But the flexibiliy 43things allows is just perfect!

In so many ways it is hard to try and sit down now and list them all. On Jan 1st of this year, I found this website for the first time. I remember it quite well. I was searching for several things on google and this site kept popping up randomly in the top listings. I don’t know if I believe in fate per se, but I am grateful that the listing kept reappearing and wouldn’t be ignored.

As I began taking a look at the website I found several entries on things the I’ve always said I wanted to do. After reading through some posts, It finally dawned on me that I was the only thing keeping me from accomplishing my goals: My lack of focus, my procrastination, and more. So on the first day of what would be my 30th year, I felt it was time to make a decision to make positive changes in my life. Since joining this website I’ve:

seen my friends more and made time out to foster my great relationships.

explored my city like a tourist.

donated time and blood to good causes.

but most of all felt as though I’m working toward something. In the cliched rat race of life I was finally able to identify things in my life that enriched my experience here, rather then held me back. And for this and so many other reason I am so grateful for 43things.

It feels good to get back on 43things…this site has become such a huge part of me that I feel just a little happier getting a chance to get back on. I’m still waaaay behind on cheers, comments, and reading people’s entries, but I’m working on catching up. Just being on this site, though, reading some of the entries and comments, and laying eyes on my “things” feels great!! Looove this site and the people on it!

A break for which I was unprepared really made me apreciate this site and view how it really has changed my life for the better. Just because I couldn’t log my process on my “things” or receive encouragement from anybody doesn’t mean that I stopped doing them. I was leaving pennies, working at soccer, reading books on my “must read” list, and trying to be the happiest person that I knew every day.

This site has made me a better person; I really believe that. It has taught me to prioritize what I want to do, encourage people, do things that I never thought possible, learn who I really am underneath it all, smile unconditionally, and I have met some of the most incredible people.

I look forward to years more of blogging on this site, adding to my list, and encouraging/chatting with people whom I have learned to love.

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The list goes on.

I am glad that I have a very organized journal like this. I can really track my goals, my accomplishments and perhaps my ideal life.

So far I have done 146 things, given 788 cheers, received 422 cheers, given up on 25 things, got 4 wonderful subscribers (although I don’t really know who they are) and lost 27 pounds.
Important goals that I have achieved thank to 43Things (chronologically):
1. I started reading books. I don’t know if I read 50 books this year but I read like crazy every minute of my free time. I try.
2. I went to my first rock concert. It was quite a great experience but everybody smoked so much that I almost suffocated. Nevertheless, the aesthetical aspect beat it all.
3. I’ve read books by: Sartre, Sade, Nietzsche. I became more interested in philosophy. I’ve bought another book by Nietzsche and Pascal.
4. I put my foot down and went to the high school I wanted, not the one my parents wanted me to. So far I’m really happy I am here. I showed that my own choices are good.
5. I stopped drinking soda.
6. I passed the CAE exam. I would have done it anyway, but I felt that I had to do this to write an entry that I did. I couldn’t let myself down. I couldn’t click “I give up”. I don’t do that. So often.
7. I tried to write a novel. It turned out terrible but now I know that if I want, I can make myself do something for a longer time. So what that I didn’t finish. Maybe I’ll start over another time.
8. I passed Physics although I’m a total noob about it. I mean, I can’t concentrate at the subject. It’s worse than history…
9. I went to Kraków (the town I always wanted to visit) and Radom (my home town).
10. I’ve lost 27 lbs and I’m still losing. If there was no 43T, I don’t know if I would decide to change my life so diametrically. Now I can track every single change in my weight. And be happy with it.
11. I came back home from school about 10 kilometers on foot. I don’t think I would do this if I didn’t sent myself a deadline on this. I did that and now I know I can walk long distances.

This is the shortest summary of my goals. But on my list there still are goals that I added on the first day of my visit here and I still haven’t achieved them. What is it?
1. Read the Bible. – I started but haven’t finished. I have an old Bible, which has small letters and thin pages. I need to buy a new one, easier to read and then proceed.
2. Read the Kalevala – I don’t really know where to find it.
3. Read Mein Kampf – I ain’t willing. But maybe someday. It’s good to know why it all happened.
4. Study computer science AND Set up my own business – Well, I’m in high school now.
5. take a photo of myself laying on a desk standing under the photo of Marcin Świetlicki at my school – I don’t know actually why I haven’t done it yet. I forget all the time to bring a camera with me to school. I’ll do it in September.

The only thing that lets me down is that I didn’t sustain the pressure and gave up on “find love”. But maybe, one day, I will try again…

I’ve accomplished some things, such as learning how to crack an egg with one hand. but for me, the goals that I keep on my list act as reminders. I will always want to express myself, draw more, and paint. I’ve been finding my own way to do them somehow. some other goals are long term. I won’t be getting married any time soon, or owning my own gallery. But it’s interesting to see and recognize the little steps I’m taking toward fulfilling them.

43things est depuis longtemps pour moi, une sorte de carnet secret. J’y raconte ma vie, surtout ma vie sentimentale. Quand je vais bien, quand je vais moins bien. j’écris tout, je sais que des gens vont regarder mes petits mots.

messages à la mer, déclarations d’amour, tout, tout, j’ai vraiment tout écris depuis 2 ans.

Aujourd’hui, c’est une phase bien noir de ma vie qui recommence. Comme quand on se fait plaquer. Impossible de réagir, sortir la tête de l’eau, c’est ce qu’il faut faire, dès maintenant. Enfin, j’aimerai bien. Une machine à remonter le temps, ou à l’avancer je ne sais pas ce qu’il me faut.
RECULER dans le temps, pour prouver l’amour que je lui porte et lui faire comprendre qu’elle est importante pour moi.
AVANCER dans le temps, pour que ma peine disparaisse.

arggggg, je ne sais pas quoi faire. elle me manque tant.