Mindy in 2008

2008, so far, is 100% worth living.

In 2005, Mindy did 121 things, went 0 places, met 0 people, and consumed 0 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make my walls more exciting! — completed 7 months later
  2. list something I learned each day
  3. smile more often — completed 4 months later
  4. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies — completed 4 months later
  5. go to the beach — completed 5 months later
  6. buy new glasses — completed 6 months later
  7. CONQUER THE VICIOUS JUNK DRAWER(S) — completed 3 months later
  8. Convince Mom to buy me a new computer chair... — completed 7 days later
  9. Keep Caiti in your thoughts and prayers — completed 4 days later
  10. Wish the vibrant and beautiful Meliflower a smile filled Birthday February 2nd — completed 2 days later
  11. Tap the Brilliant Mind of HeaveeMetal for Sage Advice on his ??th Birthday February 3rd — completed 4 days later
  12. Wish YRUSH a Happy Birthday (Feb 1) — completed about 17 hours later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. eat healthier — Worth doing!
  2. find people who understand me — Worth doing!
  3. be given a rubber ducky — Worth doing!
  4. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — Worth doing!
  5. Help My 43T Friends acheive their Goals — Worth doing!
  6. Cheerbomb Katie's running as if she has a choice. on January 1st, so she could have a really good start of a really good 2008 — Worth doing!
  7. Wish all of my 43T friends a Happy New Year! — Worth doing!
  8. think over 2007, and then write it out — Worth doing!
  9. Party away at the "Party Amimal" Party with all the other 43things animals at 6 PM CST Januanry 13 — Worth doing!
  10. Come to Incredible Katie's iPod party this weekend (Friday the 4th-Sunday the 6th)!! — Worth doing!
  11. brush my teeth more often
  12. celebrate Sister Golden Hair Surprise's birthday on Jan. 8th and every other day, for that matter — Worth doing!
  13. Wish Alaythia A Happy 43T Anniversary on Jan.8th — Worth doing!
  14. Wish John Lee A Fantastic Birthday On Jan.20th — Worth doing!
  15. Wish Oogyboogawa...God's T-Shirt Man, a T-rific birthday on January 22 — Worth doing!

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish Schweffy a flippin' awesome birthday on March 15 (complete with penguins) — completed 20 days later
  2. figure out how to use my new cell phone... — completed 24 days later
  3. Cheer Niel Malan across the finish line in the Deloitte Pretoria 10K on March 1st! — completed 1 day later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a band t-shirt — Worth doing!
  2. record my dreams — Worth doing!
  3. Post random thoughts, observations, and events of the day... — Worth doing!
  4. own the soundtrack to August Rush — Worth doing!
  5. Convince Mom to buy me a new computer chair... — Worth doing!
  6. Keep Caiti in your thoughts and prayers — Worth doing!
  7. Wish the vibrant and beautiful Meliflower a smile filled Birthday February 2nd — Worth doing!
  8. Tap the Brilliant Mind of HeaveeMetal for Sage Advice on his ??th Birthday February 3rd — Worth doing!
  9. Wish YRUSH a Happy Birthday (Feb 1) — Worth doing!
  10. Wish Gemmword the happiest birthday ever on February 3rd! — Worth doing!
  11. Come to mahajoma's housewarming party, 6pm CST on Sunday 17th February — Worth doing!
  12. Send to Hauki all the best birthday wishes on February 5, along with the Cheerbomb she deserves!!! — Worth doing!
  13. Wish Stu a healthy, peaceful, tasteful (but not too-tasteful) birthday on February 18! (With some crazy fun and a few pygmy goats thrown in...) — Worth doing!
  14. Wish Des a care-free, Disney-like Birthday on February 25th — Worth doing!
  15. get a haircut

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. finish writing the piano to "Hey Aimee" — completed about 1 month later
  2. learn how to roll my Rs
  3. buy a new alarm clock
  4. get straight A's — completed 2 months later
  5. be really nice to my brother, as a Thank You for fixing my computer — completed about 1 month later
  6. Wish ChloeGoldenHeart a Gorgeously Golden birthday on April 1st! — completed 2 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. write and mail katie's letter — Worth doing!
  2. eat less on weekends — Worth doing!
  3. sleep naked — Worth doing!
  4. post randomly — Worth doing!
  5. time my mile — Worth doing!
  6. have an awesome summer — Worth doing!
  7. wear my hair down more often — Worth doing!
  8. play my guitar more — Worth doing!
  9. Wish Schweffy a flippin' awesome birthday on March 15 (complete with penguins) — Worth doing!
  10. figure out how to use my new cell phone... — Worth doing!
  11. Cheer Niel Malan across the finish line in the Deloitte Pretoria 10K on March 1st! — Worth doing!
  12. Cheer Tiger's "100 Days Without a Cigarette" goal so she won't blame Flirt! — Worth doing!
  13. Let Travis read part two of my "If you knew me, you would know..." poem — Worth doing!
  14. Thoroughly listen to Death Cab for Cutie — Worth doing!
  15. learn how to play "Boston," on the piano — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Write a wish... tie to a balloon... let it go

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo! — completed 3 months later
  2. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month. — completed about 1 month later
  3. Talk slower, walk slower, just slow down...
  4. not be intimidated and just hammer out the songs I want to play, because I CAN play them!
  5. learn to drive
  6. stay away from the habits I've already overcome
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. eat a cookies & cream poptart — Worth doing!
  2. survive freshman year — Worth doing!
  3. Improve my running so that I can beat Travis this summer! — Worth doing!
  4. break this habit. — Worth doing!
  5. Post my favorite PostSecret Sunday Secrets here — Worth doing!
  6. Send a postcard to Postsecret — Worth doing!
  7. enjoy the first quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in January, February, and March — Worth doing!
  8. CONQUER THE VICIOUS JUNK DRAWER(S) — Worth doing!
  9. finish writing the piano to "Hey Aimee" — Worth doing!
  10. Wish ChloeGoldenHeart a Gorgeously Golden birthday on April 1st! — Worth doing!
  11. wish Ru a wonderfully special birthday which will envelope all her senses with magic (on April 8th) — Worth doing!
  12. wish Alaythia an unbelievable, inconceivable, rhyming-for-no-reason birthday on April 17th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a new alarm clock

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Keep Chloe Goldenheart and Kody The Cat in my thoughts and prayers — completed about 1 month later
  2. use some clever way to gain temporary possession of his shirt ;) — completed about 1 month later
  3. stay active during the Summer
  4. work, and THEN play!
  5. read the Chronicles of Narnia
  6. Give Gemmword lots of love and hugs — completed 24 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be able to do 40 consecutive push ups — Worth doing!
  2. DAILY: Tell everyone how my day was... — Worth doing!
  3. smile more often — Worth doing!
  4. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies — Worth doing!
  5. get straight A's — Worth doing!
  6. be really nice to my brother, as a Thank You for fixing my computer — Worth doing!
  7. cheerbomb Elusive Sleuth and wish her a very merry super mega happy birthday, on May 3th — Worth doing!
  8. Throw WyvernDust a birthday party, because she's turning 39 on May ???! — Worth doing!
  9. Encourage people to cheer this post because we miss Chloe and we love Gemm — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. successfully insert a tampon

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Recover some of the pictures I lost when my computer crashed — completed about 1 month later
  2. CHEERBOMB intothebreach on july 5, 2008 and send him our best birthday wishes ! — completed about 1 month later
  3. let the robots know I didn't fail just because time ran out — completed 17 days later
  4. share in an 43 thing "dinner club" and spend crazy days and zany nights taking turn making dinner and sharing recipe
  5. Get rid of clothes I don't wear — completed 6 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. take my medicine everyday — Worth doing!
  2. Sing — Worth doing!
  3. heal my strained shoulder — Worth doing!
  4. tell him how I feel — Worth doing!
  5. Daily: Reflect on 5 accomplishments. — Worth doing!
  6. be "bejeweled" by dearest gemmword! — Worth doing!
  7. do everything I can to support Gemmword and her family — Worth doing!
  8. Celebrate 43Things I Love About Katie:) — Worth doing!
  9. Be Nice To The Robots — Worth doing!
  10. convince 43Thingers to show me pictures of the snow they receive this winter, in hopes that I won’t feel so left out — Worth doing!
  11. go to the beach — Worth doing!
  12. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month. — Worth doing!
  13. Keep Chloe Goldenheart and Kody The Cat in my thoughts and prayers — Worth doing!
  14. use some clever way to gain temporary possession of his shirt ;) — Worth doing!
  15. Give Gemmword lots of love and hugs — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn how to roll my Rs

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a list of ALL of my favorite lyrics
  2. have $500 in my savings account
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. write haiku on fridays — Worth doing!
  2. find new music — Worth doing!
  3. go skinny dipping — Worth doing!
  4. Learn to play Konstantine on the piano. — Worth doing!
  5. improve my writing skills — Worth doing!
  6. compose odd poetry while in the shower and remember it and post it here — Worth doing!
  7. List Impossible Goals I've Spotted on 43 Things — Worth doing!
  8. enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo! — Worth doing!
  9. Recover some of the pictures I lost when my computer crashed — Worth doing!
  10. CHEERBOMB intothebreach on july 5, 2008 and send him our best birthday wishes ! — Worth doing!
  11. let the robots know I didn't fail just because time ran out — Worth doing!
  12. Get rid of clothes I don't wear — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. lucid dream

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. eat more carrots
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. feel comfortable with myself — Worth doing!
  2. Pick a song that represents how I feel at this moment — Worth doing!
  3. make my walls more exciting! — Worth doing!
  4. buy new glasses — Worth doing!

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