Getting things done

Today is my birthday. While I am 43, I plan to do these 43 things:

1. master CSS


2. Be a better blogger


3. Read 30 books in 2005


4. get a job


5. understand RSS


6. publish in a peer-review journal


7. learn about midlife


8. present at a conference


9. Learn about the founders and heroes of library science


10. clean out my closets


11. take a walk everyday


12. finish my masters degree


13. use tagging well


14. go to library conferences and workshops


15. update my website


16. get more people to use news aggregators


17. implement GTD


18. Learn Perl


19. clean out the storage unit


20. get armoire fixed


21. work on my garden


22. go canoeing


23. Switch to reusable shopping bags for groceries


24. have the garage roof fixed


25. catch up reading professional journals and magazines


26. stain or seal the cabin


27. Replace my Front Door


28. attend a Chautauqua


29. organize my finances


30. understand bookmarklets


31. learn about management and leadership


32. watch more movies


33. embroider something


34. put up storm windows


35. use my PDA more


36. learn about wikis


37. construct library-themed crossword puzzles


38. Research my genealogy


39. decorate the loft at the cabin


40. learn three piano pieces


41. go to more museums


42. make collages in Photoshop Elements


43. cycle on the Katy Trail