43 Things are WAY too many

The next test is a wonderful social networking todo list site called 43Things. I went there expecting a typical social networking site and got one. And I'm NOT a social networker. I like to complain and harass the people I know. However, I got quickly hooked. So I wandered around. Read the FAQ. Looked at one of the site owner/authors 43 things and became inspired to read more books. Easy enough. I get stuck in the rut of reading magazines and work stuff only. So, it was easy to add it to my list directly from his. Wow. Nice. At the bottom of the goal page is a place to report similar goals. One of the cool things about 43Things is that you see how many people are working on the same goal, read their blog entries, cheer them on, etc. Then I noticed that one could add a challenge to ones goal. So I did it. Easy enough. I've already finished my January book and I can't say I would have without 43Things.

I added a few more goals (note that they should be showing up in the column to your right) and then decided to look around more. There is a very nice summary page. Recent blog entries, list of things to do, at the bottom a summary of other stuff; 43places.com for places to go, 43people.com for meeting interesting people, allconsuming.net and listsofbests.com for lists of books, music, movies, etc. to complete.

One of my goals (and something I also put on JoesGoals, is to learn French. I added it to 43Things and I was amazed at how quickly I got a reply to my Learn French Fluently init blog post. I actually encouraged me to try another learning source and I am! So the rub is that anything that helps one get the important stuff done is GOOD. So far, all three sites do this and I refuse to make my choices yet.

Next I went to the other sites I mentioned that show up at the bottom of most pages. I added a list of books at listsofbests.com. That'll take forever. Allconsuming.com is NOT as logical as the others. Hard to find what one is looking for so I just left it alone. Enough for one day.

All in all I already can highly recommend this place. Only time will tell if it's one that I keep using.