Paola in 2008

2008, so far, is 97% worth living.

In 2005, Paola did 12 things, went 8 places, met 0 people, and consumed 71 products.

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

February

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. figure out things and paperwork I need to do before I move
  2. move in with him — Worth doing!
  3. move to France — Worth doing!
  4. live in a foreign country — Worth doing!
  5. survive this consultancy experience with a tad of humanity left — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. declutter and organize
  2. remember my mother
  3. be more frugal
  4. create a portfolio
  5. Learn Dutch

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April

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. reconnect with my body — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Move to NYC
  2. Go Completely Wireless
  3. do ballet again

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. swim with the flow
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. find a house — Worth doing!
  2. explore how 43 Things can promote online learning
  3. Bring my budget under control and save money
  4. root for "Gomorrah": yay Garrone! Win the Cannes Film Festival! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. continue to encourage the separation of church and state
  2. heal my ankle
  3. see Berlusconi out of Italian politics
  4. adopt a child
  5. make things work with myself
  6. hug a baby orangutan
  7. Write a chick-lit bestseller
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Cannes — Worth visiting!
  2. Cannes Film Festival — Worth visiting!
  3. Vieux Nice — Worth visiting!
  4. Saint Tropez — Worth visiting!
  5. Mougins — Worth visiting!
  6. Grasse — Worth visiting!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. move to London

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make life simple
  2. Step out of my comfort zone
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. join the "I'm neither thin not fat, I like my face & body, and fuck Cosmo" club. — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. move to London
  2. revoke baptism
  3. re-learn french
  4. Take pro cooking classes
  5. abolish the barbarian practice of putting commas and fullstops inside quotation marks and parentheses
  6. have a rant from time to time
  7. Pick a new theme song for myself each week or so
  8. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
  9. Add as many interesting/hopefuly-useful information and details about places in Italy to 43places as possible
  10. Buy an iPod.
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Côte d'Azur — Worth visiting!
  2. Villeneuve Loubet — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Night Watch
  2. Mort
  3. The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
  4. David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
  5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  6. The Pillars of the Earth
  7. Jane Eyre (Signet Classics)
  8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
  9. Emma
  10. Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel
  11. Pride and Prejudice (Modern Library Classics)
  12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Novels)
  13. Little Women (Penguin Classics)
  14. A Christmas Carol (Reissue)
  15. Persuasion (Cover to Cover Classics)
Watched:
  1. The Piano — Worth consuming!
  2. Life Is Beautiful — Not worth consuming
  3. All That Jazz — Worth consuming!
  4. La Dolce Vita (2-Disc Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Fahrenheit 9/11 — Worth consuming!
  6. Elephant: A Film By Gus Van Sant — Worth consuming!
  7. Breaking the Waves — Not worth consuming
  8. Solaris - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  9. Apocalypse Now — Worth consuming!
  10. The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  11. Barton Fink — Worth consuming!
  12. sex, lies, and videotape — Worth consuming!
  13. The Leopard - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!
  14. Monty Python's the Meaning of Life — Worth consuming!
  15. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Pancakes — Worth consuming!
  2. Oysters — Worth consuming!
  3. Greek Cuisine — Worth consuming!
  4. Salmon — Worth consuming!
  5. Pizza — Worth consuming!
  6. Chinese food — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. find a job. Or figure out one.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Become fluent in more than one language — Worth doing!

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