Zijue in 2008

2008, so far, is 94% worth living.

In 2005, Zijue did 45 things, went 1 place, met 0 people, and consumed 29 products.

Years: 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. complete preparation for my project starting in September 2008 — completed about 1 month later
  2. Read Gandhi's autobiography
  3. write in my diary every day for a month — completed 4 months later
  4. create a list of languages I would like to learn and plan the order in which I want to start learning them — completed 5 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. write to 10 people I used to be in contact with and regret having not contacted in the last 5 years — Worth doing!
  2. get a bike — Worth doing!
  3. observe National Gandhi Remembrance Day on January 30th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. have penfriends all over the world
  2. get a black ankle length leather coat
Read:
  1. Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Personal Spiritual Life — Worth consuming!
  2. Generation X — Worth consuming!
  3. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry into Values — Worth consuming!
  4. Snow Blind — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Spirited Away — Worth consuming!
  2. Swordfish — Worth consuming!
  3. Monty Python's Life of Brian - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  4. Ferris Bueller's Day Off — Worth consuming!
  5. Gandhi — Worth consuming!
  6. Full Metal Jacket — Worth consuming!
  7. Clerks (Collector's Series) — Worth consuming!
  8. Howl's Moving Castle — Worth consuming!
  9. Private Parts — Worth consuming!
  10. Paisa/Paisan — Not worth consuming

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. meet emiliakaarina
  2. adopt a pseudonym — completed 17 days later
  3. complete column 1 of qigong ticksheet — completed 20 days later
  4. Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise my face daily — completed 2 months later
  5. watch season 4 of Lost — completed 3 months later
  6. dye my hair — completed 4 months later
  7. eat 1 fruit daily
  8. find perfect black knee-high boots
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. watch No Country for Old Men — Worth doing!
  2. find a job — Worth doing!
  3. come to terms with my past — Worth doing!
  4. be happy with my partner in not celebrating Valentine's Day — Worth doing!
  5. cycle 16 miles in one day — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go on retreat for a week to a Buddhist monastery
Read:
  1. Girlfriend in a Coma — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. find a career — completed about 1 month later
  2. read a book from my tai chi reading list — completed about 1 month later
  3. practise tai chi for 1 hour weekly for two months — completed 2 months later
  4. Collect quotes
  5. live like I were dying
  6. go for a 30-minute run this month
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. find a local pub I like — Worth doing!
  2. keep within my mobile phone allowance until the end of the year — Worth doing!
  3. read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Worth doing!
  4. adopt a pseudonym — Worth doing!
  5. complete column 1 of qigong ticksheet — Worth doing!
  6. complete preparation for my project starting in September 2008
  7. give 1500 cheers — Worth doing!
  8. lose 2 stone — Worth doing!
  9. create a 5 year plan — Not worth doing
  10. go geocaching — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn chinese
  2. meet emiliakaarina
Read:
  1. Tao Te Ching — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) — Not worth consuming
  2. The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  3. Rio Bravo — Worth consuming!
  4. Ghostbusters (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get the complete series of Angel on DVD — completed 2 months later
  2. find 43 geocaches
  3. go without chocolate for 1 week
  4. sample drum lessons
  5. update my website more often
  6. develop a vocabulary of 100 words in Chinese
  7. complete chapters 1-5 of the Colloquial Chinese course by Kan Qian
  8. get a masters degree
  9. have a tattoo designed for me
  10. own a Japanese kimono
  11. brush my teeth and use mouthwash twice daily for two months
  12. get outdoors more
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go ice skating
  2. watch the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries — Worth doing!
  3. try archery — Worth doing!
  4. Learn a martial art — Worth doing!
  5. read Tao Te Ching — Worth doing!
  6. find a career — Worth doing!
  7. read a book from my tai chi reading list — Worth doing!
  8. have more faith in myself — Worth doing!
  9. Cleanse, Tone and Moisturise my face daily — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. crochet a scarf
  2. watch all Jet Li films
  3. Read Gandhi's autobiography
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Alnwick Castle — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author — Worth consuming!
  2. Grotesque — Worth consuming!
  3. Bushido, the Soul of Japan — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. learn all the lyrics to the Buffy musical: "Once More With Feeling"
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. stop being lazy — Worth doing!
  2. watch Indiana Jones 4 — Worth doing!
  3. complain less — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go to see Patrick Stewart performing in a Shakespeare play
Read:
  1. The Shadow of the Wind — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Fargo (Special Edition) — Not worth consuming

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. read all the books I have from the university library before borrowing any more
  2. learn to swim underwater
  3. Mission Impossible: Save 400 pounds for a holiday with my partner :)
  4. put more photos of friends and family around me
  5. keep in touch with people who are important to me
  6. rate all my songs on iTunes
  7. go swimming before work
  8. keep a reading journal/checklist
  9. decide on a holiday destination with my partner
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. stop being paranoid
  2. watch season 4 of Lost — Worth doing!
  3. practise tai chi for 1 hour weekly for two months — Worth doing!
  4. get a pocket watch
  5. write in my diary every day for a month — Worth doing!
  6. Swim once a week — Worth doing!
  7. make my boyfriend happy — Worth doing!
  8. dye my hair — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to drive

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get a provisional driving licence
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get the complete series of Angel on DVD — Worth doing!
  2. Give 2000 cheers — Worth doing!
  3. explore my meaning of life — Worth doing!
  4. meditate for 30 mins+ at least once a week — Worth doing!
  5. create a list of languages I would like to learn and plan the order in which I want to start learning them — Worth doing!
  6. practise Buddhism — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. read all the books I have from the university library before borrowing any more

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August

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be more positive — Worth doing!

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