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Saafir

is getting his shit together (AND chasing his dreams)



I'm doing 43 things
  

Saafir's Life List

  1. 1. get my shit together
    1 entry     		72 people
  2. 2. CREATE BEAUTY. Become a steward of music, art, literature, and architecture. Create a life that is a net gain for beauty in the world.
    1 entry . 44 cheers     		4 people
  3. 3. become a musician
    10 cheers     		123 people
  4. 4. practice like Coltrane
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  5. 5. practice my music two hours a day, three days a week, during the month of August
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		1 person
  6. 6. learn to play the guitar
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		10,904 people
  7. 7. build my repertoire to twenty songs
    7 cheers     		1 person
  8. 8. learn three of Ray Charles' songs
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  9. 9. finish the "Set Your Voice Free" voice training program
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  10. 10. learn to easily distinguish jazz drummers; start with Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins, Tony Williams, Paul Motian, Art Blakey, Max Roach, and Roy Haynes
    4 entries . 20 cheers     		2 people
  11. 11. train 75 minutes a day, five days per week, for two months
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  12. 12. make beautiful martial art
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  13. 13. Earn a black belt in Tae Kwon Do
    4 cheers     		13 people
  14. 14. learn the first five forms in Tae-kwon-do (Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, Do-San, Wan-Yo, and Yul-Guk)
    4 cheers     		8 people
  15. 15. learn to do a handstand
    4 cheers     		141 people
  16. 16. Meditate daily
    28 team members . 11 entries . 16 cheers     		3,491 people
  17. 17. work out a personal philosophy for my martial arts practice
    4 cheers     		1 person
  18. 18. USE MY GIFTS of intelligence and curiosity to serve others
    1 entry . 42 cheers     		2 people
  19. 19. become a great teacher
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		26 people
  20. 20. finish college
    1 entry . 33 cheers     		2,656 people
  21. 21. become a polymath
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		19 people
  22. 22. learn six topics well enough that I can teach them at the college level: philosophy, evolutionary biology, the martial arts, making art with computers, music theory, and the history of jazz
    3 entries . 26 cheers     		1 person
  23. 23. learn one topic well enough that I can teach it at the graduate level: get a Ph.D in psychology
    2 cheers     		1 person
  24. 24. Visit one-hundred museums
    1 entry . 39 cheers     		10 people
  25. 25. buy and read every title in "The New Lifetime Reading Plan" -- Read dozens of major works of literature, poetry, and philosophy over the next forty years.
    7 entries . 15 cheers     		13 people
  26. 26. understand Wittgenstein
    2 cheers     		3 people
  27. 27. Read the entire Bible
    3 team members . 20 entries . 8 cheers     		2,187 people
  28. 28. read more novels
    3 cheers     		75 people
  29. 29. WEAVE A TAPESTRY of COMPASSION. Make my life a place of warmth and joy for the people who pass through it.
    1 entry . 54 cheers     		2 people
  30. 30. learn how to give a woman orgasms
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		2 people
  31. 31. scan all of my family photos and post them on flickr
    6 cheers     		1 person
  32. 32. be someone's best friend
    17 cheers     		28 people
  33. 33. talk to my friends every day
    2 cheers     		1 person
  34. 34. create a beautiful home with my family and fill it with art, music, pets, and plants
    30 cheers     		1 person
  35. 35. contribute to moral progress
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  36. 36. dress better than Miles Davis, James Bond, Jimi Hendrix, and the Sartorialist
    4 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  37. 37. experience awe
    11 cheers     		1 person
  38. 38. DO GOOD WORK: Use my best talents to serve the world through my profession. Perform work of the highest ethical and technical caliber
    3 entries . 17 cheers     		3 people
  39. 39. Live in gratitude & be happy even if the rest of the things on this list never happen
    2 team members . 86 entries . 16 cheers     		60 people
  40. 40. Keep a journal
    26 entries . 9 cheers     		2,323 people
  41. 41. schedule daily goals I can accomplish
    8 entries . 2 cheers     		24 people
  42. 42. build a stunning website
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2 people
  43. 43. make a funkier, sweeter batch of Funk Muffins
    2 entries     		1 person
Recent entries
get my shit together
The plans 2 weeks ago

1. Get a full-time job

I got a job at Apple retail as a concierge. I’m shaping the role to play to my strengths. Having health insurance is a huge relief: I can afford to buy the drugs I need to live a normal life.

2. Fix my car

a. Finish paying off the loan ($1,500.00)

  1. Find out from dad the exact amount I owe
  2. Calculate a reasonable time to finish paying it off

b. Buy and install a new engine ($2,000.00)

  1. Call and get quotes on the parts
  2. Call and get quotes on the labor
  3. Write down a timeline
  4. Find out whether or not I’m nuts to consider doing it myself

c. Fix the dents and get a paint job ($400.00)

  1. Call and get a few quotes
  2. Set a date to do it

3. Get my finances in order

a. Pay Chase the $400.00 I owe them

b. Fix my Sprint account

  1. Catch up on my bill ($200.00)
  2. Find out when my contract ends
  3. Put Apple’s discount on my bill
  4. Get Mom to put me on her plan when my contract ends

c. Defer my school loans again

d. Fix my ADS account

e. Get another job

4. Restore my integrity

a. Keep my promises

  1. Help Dad with his event
  2. Follow my plans (especially the ones I announce)
  3. Buy Kim’s supplement that I ruined
  4. Pay Kim her $14.99
  5. Volunteer three times at the homeless shelter
  6. Send Flash a batch of Funk Muffins

b. Don’t steal

  1. Never eat Dad’s food
  2. Back up the hard drive and return it to the museum

c. Build back bridges

  1. Apologize to S.
  2. Apologize to T.
  3. Send an e-mail to L.

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schedule daily goals I can accomplish (read all 8 entries…)
Friday, July 25, 2008 4 weeks ago
1. CREATE BEAUTY. Become a steward of music, art, literature, and architecture. Create a life that is a net gain for beauty in the world.

Become a musician
  • Do thirty minutes of singing exercises
  • Practice the chromatic scale on the guitar for twenty minutes
  • Practice “I Got A Woman” on the guitar for twenty minutes
  • Practice “Angel Eyes” and “All of You” for thirty minutes
  • Read a few chapters from my music theory book
Make beautiful martial art
  • Workout for an hour and fifteen minutes
    • Do strength training for a half hour
    • Practice handstands for twenty minutes
    • Do forms for thirty minutes

2. WEAVE A TAPESTRY of COMPASSION. Make my life a place of warmth and joy for the people who pass through it.

  • Take care of Kim while she recovers from her wisdom-teeth pulling
  • Call Hanan
  • Call Munir
  • Scan in a few dozen of Mom’s photos
3. GET MY shit together
  • Buy my meds
  • Cash my check, deposit money, and pay ADS

2 cheers | 1 comment

practice my music two hours a day, three days a week, during the month of August
I obviously didn't make this goal... 1 month ago

in June, but I gave myself until the end of July as a challenge. If I practice three days a week for the next three weeks, I’ll mark it “done.” I just have to

a) take my meds earlier so that I can,
b) wake up earlier on days that I work, because I’ll be,
c) following a schedule that I will
d) write in my little red notebook.

If none of this works, I’ll just try it again in August.

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