Ken Chen in 2008

2008, so far, is 98% worth living.

In 2005, Ken Chen did 95 things, went 0 places, met 0 people, and consumed 0 products.

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a list of 100 things that make me happy. — completed about 1 month later
  2. disclose 43 random THINGS about myself — completed 3 months later
  3. train my dog
  4. Make a Point to keep in touch with people I've met on my travels — completed about 1 month later
  5. Make 2008 my best year yet
  6. Ask a complete stranger if they'd like a chat over coffee? — completed 3 months later
  7. Commit 4 hours a week to volunteer work — completed 4 months later
  8. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best — completed about 1 month later
  9. Give out love and let it come into my life. — completed about 1 month later
  10. Live with a compassionate heart — completed 4 months later
  11. Develop a Facebook Application for each one of my favourite sites
  12. Have a daily date with my partner — completed about 1 month later
  13. make a list of 43 special memories from my childhood. — completed about 1 month later
  14. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — completed 16 days later
  15. make a pop-up book
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Finish my website — Worth doing!
  2. reconnect with old friends — Worth doing!
  3. paint a mural — Worth doing!
  4. try everything in Kama Sutra — Worth doing!
  5. Do the cover artwork for my novels — Worth doing!
  6. write novels — Worth doing!
  7. run away for a few days without telling anybody — Worth doing!
  8. Create a personal recipe book — Worth doing!
  9. Write an article on my GTD implementation — Worth doing!
  10. design something amazing — Worth doing!
  11. build a flash game — Worth doing!
  12. Answer this 7 questions every saturday for a month. — Worth doing!
  13. create a vision board — Worth doing!
  14. Create a List of 365 Life-Inspiring Quotes — Worth doing!
  15. create my marketing materials — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. run a 10 mile week
  2. get a six pack
  3. do 100 crunches a day for 100 days
  4. photograph 43 birds and identify them
  5. design and build my own home
  6. get my life back into balance

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make more money
  2. drink 2 litres of water a day — completed 2 months later
  3. pursue knowledge as aggressively as possible — completed 3 months later
  4. document a day in photographs
  5. get a masters degree
  6. Get a PhD
  7. become a researcher
  8. Perform 21 strict Pull Ups — completed 3 months later
  9. squat more than 100lbs — completed 3 months later
  10. Bench press my own weight — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get involved in local politics — Worth doing!
  2. Make a Pledge to plant a tree for the UN's Billion Tree Campaign — Worth doing!
  3. Do something art-related every day — Worth doing!
  4. make a list of 100 things that make me happy. — Worth doing!
  5. Make a Point to keep in touch with people I've met on my travels — Worth doing!
  6. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best — Worth doing!
  7. Give out love and let it come into my life. — Worth doing!
  8. Have a daily date with my partner — Worth doing!
  9. make a list of 43 special memories from my childhood. — Worth doing!
  10. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
  11. see a lunar eclipse — Worth doing!
  12. get a corgi — Worth doing!
  13. do 30 chin-ups — Worth doing!
  14. HAVE A FREEDOM ACCOUNT — Worth doing!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Avoid loud and aggresive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. — completed 4 months later
  2. work like I don't need the money, love like i have never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. — completed 2 months later
  3. Do Yoga twice a week. — completed 2 months later
  4. Make new friends — completed 2 months later
  5. declutter my life
  6. Go for nature walks at weekends — completed 2 months later
  7. be a better partner — completed 2 months later
  8. organize my photographs — completed 2 months later
  9. obtain & maintain a Body Mass Index (BMI) within the range of 20-25, which experts generally consider to be healthy.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Live Life the best I can — Worth doing!
  2. finish my thesis — Worth doing!
  3. live passionately every single day — Worth doing!
  4. change someone's life — Worth doing!
  5. list three things every day that made me happy — Worth doing!
  6. feel the fear and do it anyway — Worth doing!
  7. not own a car — Not worth doing
  8. avoid retreating so far into my thoughts that I am no longer responding to my partner — Worth doing!
  9. save a life — Worth doing!
  10. meet someone famous — Worth doing!
  11. be happy with myself — Worth doing!
  12. put change into someone else's parking meter — Worth doing!
  13. move out of my mom's house — Worth doing!
  14. cook more often and eat out less
  15. get over my snake phobia — Worth doing!

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April

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. share my awe and wonder at being alive at all — Worth doing!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Read 10 different books each in a different foreign language
  2. Complete "The Artist's Way"
  3. reduce my impact on the environment and practice sustainable living — completed 28 days later
  4. draw 43 things
  5. play the violin
  6. Be on time — completed 14 days later
  7. list 43 artworks I love
  8. Fold 1 000 origami cranes
  9. Read Rilke in German
  10. Get 5 people to sign my pledge and volunteer 1 hour at Nabuur or the UNV programme...
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. pay off credit cards — Worth doing!
  2. Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) — Worth doing!
  3. disclose 43 random THINGS about myself — Worth doing!
  4. Ask a complete stranger if they'd like a chat over coffee? — Worth doing!
  5. drink 2 litres of water a day — Worth doing!
  6. Go for nature walks at weekends — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. play the violin
  2. Read Rilke in German

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. put aside at least $25 out of each check from now until the end of the year.
  2. Do 1,000 crunches per week (until you can bounce pesos off my abs!)
  3. Make a stranger smile
  4. practice tai chi daily
  5. learn krav maga
  6. pay bills on time for one year
  7. Practice Guerrilla Gardening
  8. Practice the Code Kata guidelines
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. volunteer more — Worth doing!
  2. Have a totally different life by this time next year — Worth doing!
  3. write an article for Wikipedia — Worth doing!
  4. give my parents as much as they have given me — Worth doing!
  5. Commit 4 hours a week to volunteer work — Worth doing!
  6. Live with a compassionate heart — Worth doing!
  7. pursue knowledge as aggressively as possible — Worth doing!
  8. Perform 21 strict Pull Ups — Worth doing!
  9. squat more than 100lbs — Worth doing!
  10. Bench press my own weight — Worth doing!
  11. work like I don't need the money, love like i have never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. — Worth doing!
  12. Do Yoga twice a week. — Worth doing!
  13. Make new friends — Worth doing!
  14. be a better partner — Worth doing!
  15. organize my photographs — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. run 5 times a week
  2. hAVE tHE bODY oF a gREEK gOD
  3. Work on an archeological dig
  4. Finish what I start
  5. train my dog
  6. get a masters degree
  7. Get a PhD
  8. become a researcher
  9. Read 10 different books each in a different foreign language
  10. Get 5 people to sign my pledge and volunteer 1 hour at Nabuur or the UNV programme...

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
  2. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Create a Family Crest or Coat of Arms — Worth doing!
  2. Avoid loud and aggresive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. — Worth doing!
  3. Meet the love of my life — Worth doing!
  4. ride a horse bareback — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. be better at identifying birds and bird calls

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a daily "to do" list that i actually follow
  2. speak British English fluently
  3. Take more pictures
  4. become a millionaire
  5. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
  6. do something outside everyday
  7. buy new clothes
  8. Celebrate a Quarter-Century of Agpious August 24th
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Read "Invisible cities" by Italo Calvino — Worth doing!
  2. read 50 books in 2008 — Worth doing!
  3. do 50 consecutive push-ups — Worth doing!

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