Paola in 2005
2005 was 94% worth living.
In 2005, Paola
did 19 things,
went 18 places,
met 7 people, and
consumed 0 products.
February
Added to 43 Things:
- make things work between me and Steven — completed 5 months later
- Quit Smoking — completed 8 months later
- Make Craigslist grow in Italy — completed 8 months later
- Get a digital SLR camera
- Learn Aikido
- start saving money
- Graduate
- Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
- write a screenplay
- be more frugal
- Move to NYC
- see Berlusconi out of Italian politics
- make things work with myself
- Write a chick-lit bestseller
- re-learn french
Completed on 43 Things:
- leave Milan — Worth doing!
- Get through this bloody university bureaucracy! — Worth doing!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
- explore how 43 Things can promote online learning — completed over 2 years later
- Become fluent in more than one language — completed over 3 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
- pay off my credit card — Worth doing!
- meet Laurie Anderson — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- New York City — visited 13 days later
- Pantelleria — visited 18 days later
- Brooklyn — visited 7 months later
- Roma — visited 9 months later
- France — visited about 1 year later
- Barrytown
- Algeria
- Sarawak
- Austral Islands
- Namibia
- München — visited about 1 year later
- Yemen
- Gobi Desert
- San Francisco
- French Polynesia
Visited on 43 Places:
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July
Added to 43 Things:
- react, even nastily when necessary — completed 3 months later
- be impeccable
- Having my "frittata di zucchine" reach its formal perfection — completed 7 months later
- workout every morning — completed 10 months later
- get things done
- enjoy the lazy beauty of having straight hair every other month
- fix my scooter — completed about 1 year later
- master english perfectly
- breathe deeply
- find the perfect pair of jeans
- abolish the barbarian practice of putting commas and fullstops inside quotation marks and parentheses
- learn iaido
Completed on 43 Things:
- take the DELF (and pass) — Worth doing!
- read all the books I have before buying even one more — Not worth doing
- make things work between me and Steven — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Positano — Worth visiting!
- New York City — Worth visiting!
- Sicilia — Worth visiting!
- Pantelleria — Worth visiting!
- Rhône-Alpes — Worth visiting!
- Milano — Worth visiting!
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August
Added to 43 Things:
- Make new mistakes — completed about 1 year later
- Go Completely Wireless
- hug a baby orangutan
Completed on 43 Things:
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
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September
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- buy a notebook — Worth doing!
- stretch enough to touch my toes — Worth doing!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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October
Added to 43 Things:
- take a private pilates lesson — completed 3 months later
- pay a tribute to the memory of Pier Paolo Pasolini — completed 4 months later
- decide if I really want the seemingly fantastic job I have just been proposed — completed about 1 year later
- join the "I'm neither thin not fat, I like my face & body, and fuck Cosmo" club. — completed over 2 years later
Completed on 43 Things:
- walk across the brooklyn bridge — Worth doing!
- learn Latin — Worth doing!
- learn ancient greek — Worth doing!
- Quit Smoking — Worth doing!
- Make Craigslist grow in Italy — Not worth doing
- react, even nastily when necessary — Worth doing!
- go to a movie by myself and not feel embarrassed or silly — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
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November
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- be a rock journalist — Worth doing!
- locate the holy grail and hold it for ransom from the Catholic Church — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
- Barnes & Noble - Union Square — visited 6 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
- Knitting Factory — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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December
Added to 43 Things:
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
