bookish in 2005
2005 was 100% worth living.
In 2005, bookish
did 3 things,
went 20 places,
met 0 people, and
consumed 0 products.
November
Added to 43 Things:
- Learn Spanish
- stop procrastinating
- go to the gym regularly
- Travel to Italy
- stop asking for other people's approval
- Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool — completed 2 months later
- Henna my feet — completed 2 months later
- read the Chronicles of Narnia — completed 2 months later
- Take the GRE — completed 2 months later
- read an entire novel in one sitting — completed 2 months later
- see the green flash — completed 2 months later
- be less stubborn in certain situations — completed 2 months later
- stretch daily
- help my parents and not get discouraged by their actions
- Practice random acts of kindness
Completed on 43 Things:
- Visit Chicago — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- Ohio — visited 2 months later
- Thailand — visited 2 months later
- Lake Tahoe — visited 5 months later
- Switzerland — visited 8 months later
- 826 Valencia — visited about 1 year later
- United Kingdom — visited about 1 year later
- Middle-earth
- Australia
- Argentina
- Portugal
- Budapest
- Prince Edward Island
- Mexico
- Brazil
- South Africa
Visited on 43 Places:
- India — Worth visiting!
- Hampi — Worth visiting!
- Hawai'i — Worth visiting!
- Morocco — Worth visiting!
- Athens — Worth visiting!
- Portland — Worth visiting!
- Trader Joe's — Worth visiting!
- Seattle — Worth visiting!
- California — Worth visiting!
- Rajasthan — Worth visiting!
- Germany — Worth visiting!
- Arizona — Worth visiting!
- Alaska — Worth visiting!
- Indonesia — Worth visiting!
- France — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Librarian
- Chitra
- MissOtter is Rampantly Running on Rainbows
- Po Bronson
- Barbara Kingsolver — met 5 months later
- anita desai — met about 1 year later
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December
Added to 43 Things:
- live in a world without the ubiquitous 'lol'
- get organised
- Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
- reduce the amount of sugar i consume — completed 16 days later
- wish everyone peace, happiness and lots of love-making this new year! — completed 8 days later
- use the hold button (aka "give up") to hunker down with a pragmatic GSD(copyright rob 2005) list at least for the next couple weeks break — completed 13 days later
- share interesting websites — completed 14 days later
- Watch something or hear something or read something hilarious everyday, because there's no better way to wake up — completed about 1 month later
- Offer my condolences to Tabatha and her family — completed about 1 month later
- pierce my nose — completed about 1 month later
- get people to check out http://www.traveling-soldier.org/ — completed about 1 month later
- find all the desis on this site, just for fun!
- Find more people who enjoy the inane and celebrate the nonsensical — completed about 1 year later
- Coin new words — completed about 1 year later
- teach myself html, dreamweaver, and other useful programs
Completed on 43 Things:
- drink more water — Worth doing!
- tell folks about fallingawake's website — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
- London — visited about 1 month later
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Anais Grin — met about 1 year later
- cathibeth
- Mrs. Bryce
- Trauma_Junkie
