~ John Lee ~ vero possumus in 2008

2008, so far, is 99% worth living.

In 2005, ~ John Lee ~ vero possumus did 363 things, went 4 places, met 0 people, and consumed 3 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. eliminate the stuff from my life which doesn't fulfill me spiritually, emotionally or creatively — completed 150 days later
  2. Recruit and encourage others to save money from each pay check to provide for recurring expenses such as Christmas, Insurance, Retirement ETC. — completed 172 days later
  3. write a bucket list — completed 146 days later
  4. declare January 7th through 21st "bookshelf" avatar fortnight — completed 142 days later
  5. Celebrate the International Day of Peace
  6. celebrate leap year in 2008 — completed 140 days later
  7. Send to Hauki all the best birthday wishes on February 5, along with the Cheerbomb she deserves!!! — completed 22 days later
  8. REMEMBER MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY — completed 137 days later
  9. Declare the week of Feb. 17 - Feb 23 "Feline Avatar Week" — completed 43 days later
  10. See both coasts of the United States in the same year — completed 55 days later
  11. find out more about LIFE COACHING and see if it is for me
  12. be proactive — completed 129 days later
  13. find out who is subscribing to me
  14. Wear Red on Go Red for Women Day, Feb 1 — completed 129 days later
  15. promote my blog
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. cheer Baldyfella on for his goal of being a succulent wild woman — Worth doing!
  2. become a great speaker — Worth doing!
  3. Finish my website — Worth doing!
  4. Cheer bomb Benji just because she is Benji — Worth doing!
  5. 2006-09-11: join at least 43 other 43Ters in posting reflections on the anniversary this coming Monday — Worth doing!
  6. enjoy this fall by having at least one "fulfilling and new" experience in October, November and December — Worth doing!
  7. find a way to support obama — Worth doing!
  8. Comfort The Afflicted & Afflict The Comfortable — Worth doing!
  9. blog — Worth doing!
  10. eat an apple every day — Worth doing!
  11. attend the New York International Gift Fair Jan 28 - Feb 1 2007 — Worth doing!
  12. enjoy this winter by having at least one "fulfilling and new" experience in January, February and March — Worth doing!
  13. list 43 things i like about NJ so maybe I can stop hating it here — Worth doing!
  14. find my Burts bees lip balm — Worth doing!
  15. Share Your Results On This Personality Test — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. figure out a way to create a 43T virtual flash mob
  2. find out who is subscribing to me

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. celebrate Feb 12, the 43rd day of the year — completed 119 days later
  2. Spring Forward on 9 March 2008 - the new Daylight Savings Time start in the United States — completed 31 days later
  3. use my Barack The Vote image whenever I can and encourage others to do so too — completed 114 days later
  4. read "eat, pray, love" — completed 110 days later
  5. seek out better opportunities and act on them — completed 113 days later
  6. take 43 photos of 43 places within 43 minutes of where I live
  7. Get my new website project up and running
  8. truly celebrate the next special day in 2008: Waterfall Nymph's birthday on February 24! — completed 43 days later
  9. upgrade my flickr account
  10. Declare March 9 - March 15, 2008 Penguin Avatar Week — completed 19 days later
  11. get a nice journal, and write in it — completed 93 days later
  12. Words I love
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Come up with 43 things! — Worth doing!
  2. Chew an entire pack of Trident White at once — Worth doing!
  3. Practice Yoga — Worth doing!
  4. Fall is here! This season I will let something go (let it fall away). I'll surrender a habit, a person, an excuse I keep using. I choose to surrender it and move forward in my life. This will set me free ;) — Worth doing!
  5. never lose my sense of wonder; always appreciate the little things — Worth doing!
  6. Read "The Tao of Pooh" — Worth doing!
  7. Get ready to make 2007 my year of Victory! — Worth doing!
  8. complete my secret project — Not worth doing
  9. write a wish list of books I would like to read in 2007 — Worth doing!
  10. add (at least) one new supplier/client/vendor to my company every month to grow my business — Worth doing!
  11. Participate in 24 hour Flickr event 05-05-2007 — Worth doing!
  12. create a blog for my business — Worth doing!
  13. Wish Barak a Victorious Birthday July 27 — Worth doing!
  14. enjoy Fall 2007 by having one new and fulfilling experience in October, November, and December — Worth doing!
  15. list 43 reasons why we need a 5 cent increase in the Federal gasoline tax in the United States — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. walk a labyrinth
  2. Donate blood more often
  3. restore politeness, refinement, tact and other old-fashioned niceties

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Cheerbomb Aaron J when he FINALLY gets a car!
  2. Read "A New Earth"
  3. enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo! — completed 120 days later
  4. agir aujourd'hui pour mieux vivre demain (act today to live better tomorrow)
  5. use an UglyDoll like Jeero as my avatar on April 1 2008 — completed 28 days later
  6. haiku/keep a haiku journal
  7. convince Benji that Crema in the Millenium Centre really is a front for Torchwood
  8. buy clothes from a charity shop
  9. chuck norris avatar week april 6, 2008 - april 12, 2008. b/c chuck norris is the bomb diggity ! — completed 19 days later
  10. give 19,000 cheers!!! — completed 47 days later
  11. shamelessly promote my eBay store on 43T
  12. turn off the lights for 1 hour at 8pm on March 29 for Earth Hour! — completed 7 days later
  13. Send hand-written notes — completed 38 days later
  14. wish Kasey. a marvellous birthday filled with lots of awesome-ness and what not on 10 april(: — completed 11 days later
  15. support GoodnightGrace in her fund-raising efforts for the MS Society.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Build a snowman — Worth doing!
  2. Write more thank you notes — Worth doing!
  3. find a new job — Worth doing!
  4. tell others about 43things.com — Worth doing!
  5. give 800 cheers and lots of :) — Worth doing!
  6. Finish a tube of chapstick before losing it — Worth doing!
  7. speak British English fluently — Worth doing!
  8. improve my handwriting — Worth doing!
  9. read Lou Dobb's "War On The Middle Class" — Worth doing!
  10. cheerbomb JenniferParis because the new avatar photo is awesome — Worth doing!
  11. create the soundtrack of my life - it's gonna be a boxed set — Worth doing!
  12. Give the needy food they would actually like. — Worth doing!
  13. Declare April 1-7 Robert Downey Jr.The Talented but Tortured Soul We Can't Help Adore Avatar Week — Worth doing!
  14. enjoy this Summer by having one New & Fulfilling experience in July, August, and September — Worth doing!
  15. get a Slurpee at 7-11 on 7-11 (July 11, 2007) — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Write a letter to 10 famous people who I admire in 2007
  2. find out more about LIFE COACHING and see if it is for me
  3. convince Benji that Crema in the Millenium Centre really is a front for Torchwood

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. turn off the lights for one hour at 8pm on 28 March 2009 for Earth Hour !
  2. grow a native garden that supports birds and bugs — completed 85 days later
  3. explain Pound Cake and post recipes with Imperial and Metric Measurements
  4. Go Orange all day on April/10/2009 for ASPCA DAY!
  5. really learn the lessons from the things I have written
  6. tell others about the power of 43things
  7. C a l i f o r n i c a t e
  8. renew my Toastmaster's membership — completed 26 days later
  9. Sell stuff on Amazon.com
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Start my own business — Worth doing!
  2. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America! — Worth doing!
  3. watch Wallace and Gromit and the Curse WereRabbit — Worth doing!
  4. compile a 100-things-about-me list — Worth doing!
  5. adopt a dog from a shelter. — Worth doing!
  6. give special cheers to special people — Worth doing!
  7. get 72 cheers on this goal — Worth doing!
  8. Faithfully observe the 2007 season of Lent — Worth doing!
  9. enjoy this Spring by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June — Worth doing!
  10. List 100 things that make Living in America Great. — Worth doing!
  11. encourage the separation of church and state — Worth doing!
  12. get people to understand that Nude, Naked, and Nekkid are completely different things — Worth doing!
  13. be able to sit in full lotus — Worth doing!
  14. Blog for at least 6 months — Worth doing!
  15. Read Daily — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. figure out what is in Her Majesty Elizabeth II's purse
  2. learn how to make paper airplanes
  3. volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
  4. Cheerbomb Aaron J when he FINALLY gets a car!
  5. Go Orange all day on April/10/2009 for ASPCA DAY!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. United States — Worth visiting!
  2. Cardiff — Worth visiting!
  3. Cotswolds — Worth visiting!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Return all my overdue library books!
  2. Encourage people to get out and move more (walk,run,jog,whatever) — completed 50 days later
  3. Support Revenge of Nude Freedom's Memory Walk For Alzheimer's
  4. Identify the reasons to Elect a Conservative REPUBLICAN President, House and Senate in 2008 — completed 43 days later
  5. start a Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign
  6. make a travel CD mix — completed 14 days later
  7. put $20 of every paycheck in a savings account — completed 39 days later
  8. become an internet celebrity
  9. make a great poem out of Magnetic Poetry
  10. celebrate superfoods and let them make my ordinary meals extraordinary
  11. get a Bush's Third Term - McCain bumper sticker — completed 4 days later
  12. give 20,000 cheers while continuing to deny that I am addicted to 43Things.com — completed 20 days later
  13. remember to take my canvas bags when I go shopping — completed 26 days later
  14. Throw WyvernDust a birthday party, because she's turning 39 on May ???! — completed 2 days later
  15. Encourage people to cheer this post because we miss Chloe and we love Gemm — completed 1 day later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Give the needy food and other items they would actually like. — Worth doing!
  2. find out who's subscribing to me :) — Worth doing!
  3. Start An Entrepeneur's Journal — Worth doing!
  4. list words that should be in the dictionary — Worth doing!
  5. subscribe to " Good " magazine — Worth doing!
  6. make a difference — Worth doing!
  7. Practice yoga 30 times in 30 days — Worth doing!
  8. write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find — Worth doing!
  9. Go a whole month only buying food and other necessities — Worth doing!
  10. Write haiku on Sundays — Worth doing!
  11. master the law of attraction — Worth doing!
  12. find my 43T friends on myspace, facebook, and flickr — Worth doing!
  13. Submit some of my favorite quotes to Matt Maldre to put in the newspaper — Worth doing!
  14. list 43 things that made 2007 a good year — Worth doing!
  15. attend the national stationary show May 18-21,2008 in NYC — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best
  2. Sell stuff on Amazon.com
  3. Return all my overdue library books!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Sorrento Hills — Worth visiting!
Consumed:
  1. Almonds — Worth consuming!
  2. Stilton — Worth consuming!
  3. Ginger Beer — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. enjoy the third quarter of 2008 by having one NEW and FULFILLING experience in July, August, and September
  2. Elect Barack Obama president
  3. CHEERBOMB intothebreach on july 5, 2008 and send him our best birthday wishes !
  4. Play Bananagrams!
  5. let the robots know I didn't fail just because time ran out
  6. always assume abundance, not scarcity
  7. Do a holiday card exchange in 2008 among my 43things friends
  8. generate passive income
  9. watch season 2 of Mad Men starting 27 July 2008 on AMC
  10. Learn to cook 5 sauces/toppings for grilled fish
  11. Start my EBAY Blog
  12. know everything about something obscure
  13. go to an Obama rally
  14. convince Matt Maldre to repost the cheer post-its
  15. Become proficient at AP style
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. join Toastmasters — Worth doing!
  2. live in san diego — Worth doing!
  3. Have an awesomely different life by this time next year — Worth doing!
  4. Stick with and achieve my WEEKLY fitness goals, which I KNOW make me happier and healthier — Worth doing!
  5. make a snow angel — Worth doing!
  6. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting — Worth doing!
  7. grow spiritually — Worth doing!
  8. Reconnect with God — Worth doing!
  9. get ready to make 2008 even better than 2007 (if that's even possible) — Worth doing!
  10. share some recipes — Worth doing!
  11. blog more — Worth doing!
  12. Never stop learning — Worth doing!
  13. Share in the 2007 43Things holiday card exchange — Worth doing!
  14. declare 23 December 2007 - 6 January 2008 HOODIE AVATAR FORTNIGHT — Worth doing!
  15. As a team put our heads together and come up with a viable use for Bottle caps for The TerraCycle Bottle Cap Contest — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go to the Olympics in London in 2012
  2. get abs
  3. learn the constellations
  4. Become a Knight in Shining 'Whatever'
  5. Enjoy the Storm...
  6. re-establish myself as the neo-flower-child, semi-preppy, capitalist-tree-hugging, do-gooding, soulful, tuxedo-wearing, mensch that I originally set out to be
  7. become a storyteller
  8. Become a better public speaker
  9. learn how to shuffle cards
  10. create a vision board
  11. drop ANOTHER 43 pennies in random places so that people find them and feel lucky!
  12. bootstrap my business
  13. Take more pictures
  14. leave notes in library books
  15. Make all my goals S.M.A.R.T.

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish RuthG an Inspirational Birthday July 4th
  2. Wish HippieChick1955 a No Regrets Birthday July 5th
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. make a smaller ecological footprint — Worth doing!
  2. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. — Worth doing!
  3. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — Worth doing!
  4. introduce International Shipping so I can take advantage of the weak dollar by selling overseas — Worth doing!
  5. Give ToddieM a Fantastic Welcome Back to 43T on July 2nd — Worth doing!
  6. Change my profile name on various on-line places to "Hussein" to demonstrate that normal (well sort of normal) Americans have Hussein as their middle name — Worth doing!
  7. show Angniks lots of LOL for her birthday on Thursday, July 3rd! — Worth doing!
  8. start a blog — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Get revenge by living well.

→ See more from July


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