Chad Fowler in 2005
2005 was 90% worth living.
In 2005, Chad Fowler
did 33 things,
went 21 places,
met 35 people, and
consumed 0 products.
February
Added to 43 Things:
- Tell my wife I love her everyday — completed 6 months later
- speak at RubyConf — completed 8 months later
- practice compassion — completed over 2 years later
- learn to speak Tibetan
- get in shape
- write a book — completed over 3 years later
- Appear in a hindi movie
- Live in a foreign country again
Completed on 43 Things:
- learn hindi — Worth doing!
- Visit India — Worth doing!
- Learn Ruby — Worth doing!
- Read "The Pragmatic Programmer" — Worth doing!
- get married — Worth doing!
- visit the Taj Mahal — Worth doing!
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March
Completed on 43 Things:
- Go to a Seattle.rb meeting — Worth doing!
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April
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- learn python — Not worth doing
- Learn to play a musical instrument — Worth doing!
- See my name on the cover of a book — Worth doing!
- start a business — Not worth doing
- Shake a President's hand — Worth doing!
- get an apple powerbook — Worth doing!
- Start using SVN. — Worth doing!
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May
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Learn to play the guitar — Worth doing!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
- write an article for a travel magazine
- make a living writing open-source software — completed over 2 years later
- learn to draw
Completed on 43 Things:
- visit Seattle — Worth doing!
- Read "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell — Worth doing!
- learn prolog — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Amsterdam — Worth visiting!
- Seattle — Worth visiting!
- India — Worth visiting!
- Germany — Worth visiting!
- England — Worth visiting!
- Belgium — Not worth visiting
- Finland — Worth visiting!
- Sweden — Worth visiting!
- Poland — Worth visiting!
- Hungary — Worth visiting!
- Spain — Worth visiting!
- Austria — Worth visiting!
- New Zealand — Worth visiting!
- Petit Jean State Park — Worth visiting!
- Mexico — Worth visiting!
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July
Added to 43 Things:
- Get a job where I can code in Ruby all day — completed 19 days later
- master Smalltalk
- travel around the world
- play the saxophone more
- learn yoga
- visit all seven continents
- get invited to Foo Camp — completed over 2 years later
- Bike to work — completed over 2 years later
- read a novel in Hindi
- See They Might Be Giants perform live
- Keep in closer contact with friends (regularly)
Completed on 43 Things:
- write an application on Rails — Worth doing!
- learn to program Rails — Worth doing!
- eat grits — Worth doing!
- get a job — Not worth doing
- play the saxophone — Worth doing!
- hear Tibetan monks chanting, in person. — Worth doing!
- start a punk band — Worth doing!
- learn to use chopsticks — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Louisville — Worth visiting!
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August
Completed on 43 Things:
- Get a job where I can code in Ruby all day — Worth doing!
- Tell my wife I love her everyday — Worth doing!
- meet a monk — Worth doing!
- try tibetan food — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- Colorado — visited 3 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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September
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Nathaniel Talbott — met 3 months later
- Jamis Buck — met 3 months later
- Marcel Molina Jr. — met about 1 month later
- hal9000 — met 3 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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October
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- speak at RubyConf — Worth doing!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Adam Keys — met 2 months later
- htonl — met 2 months later
- Bil Kleb — met 2 months later
- Austin Ziegler — met 2 months later
- Ben Bleything
- Sam Stephenson — met 2 months later
- Deirdre Saoirse Moen — met 2 months later
- Jim Weirich — met 2 months later
- Jacob Harris — met about 1 year later
- Matt Pelletier — met 2 months later
- Mike Moore — met 2 months later
- Geoffrey Grosenbach — met 2 months later
- Jerrett Taylor — met 2 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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November
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Be on the radio — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Louisville — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- Michael Koziarski — met about 1 month later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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December
Added to 43 Things:
- finish writing my book — completed 5 months later
- learn arabic
Completed on 43 Things:
- gain weight — Not worth doing
Visited on 43 Places:
- Colorado — Worth visiting!
- Sherpa's Adventurers Restaurant — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
