I just finished making a 5-minute documentary about people that give 10% or more of their pre-tax income to the most effective charities working on eliminating poverty in the world.

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I welcome comments

Every year for the past 3 years I've been doing a "Birthday for Charity" where I ask everyone who wants to give me a present to donate money to my favorite charity instead. This is because (1) I don't need things and (2) even if I did, there are people who need things far more than I do.

Please consider having your own Birthday for Charity - and or pitch in for mine: [link]

This year I'm raising $1000 for Deworm the World, an organization that provides a remedy for a problem that causes severe illness in over 300 million people world wide and kills about 150,000 annually. It costs about $3.50 per person treated (for life!) and turns out to increase school attendance better than any other intervention. Deworm the World ([link] is probably the most effective charity in the world.

New Year's Resolutions for 2011

I will attempt an experiment this year: I will blog about my specific goals and progress on a weekly basis in a public blog. My intentions are to keep myself honest and accountable. I will be forced to be specific in my goals so I could quantify my success and failures. Having your (at least potential) eyes on me, I think I will be more motivated. Throughout the year, feel free to glance at the blog and ask me how I am doing with it all. I appreciate your time.

Please visit: [link]
I already have 16 specific goals set for the Spring semester: [link]

Best,

Boris

Started a Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology, moved out of parents' house, committed to donating 10% of my pre-tax income to the most effective poverty-ending charity - 2010 was a good year.

Recommendations to all:

Worth reading: [link]
Worth joining: [link]
Worth learning: [link]

I still love life. I also feel like I've gotten a much better direction too

I've been living the best life ever, almost. No matter if it's not 'the best' it's amazing enough. I love it.

I've used up 2007-2008 academic year by sitting in on about 12 classes (30+ credits) each semester, mainly philosophy. It was amazing. I recommend everyone do something similar sometime.

I've spent my summer relaxing, enjoying life, and mainly reading books.

I've spent this semester reading, and writing my writing-sample for graduate schools in philosophy. If I get in, I'll have another 5 amazing years ahead of me. If I don't get in, I'll still have many amazing years immediately ahead of me.

Either way - I love life. Being an optimist rocks.

I graduated from Rutgers with a Bachelor's in Mathematics in 2006 and with Master's in Education in 2007. This summer has been the best ever ... EVER. Broke my arm though - did no art. Oh well - whole life ahead of me - what FUN!

Love life

wow I haven't been here in ages! well I bought a Wacom tablet almost exactly a year ago, played with it for a total of maybe 10 hours and haven't used it since! why? I've been ridiculously unbelivably remarkably busy. After being in Japan almost all summer, I went back to college, took the hardest math course of my entire life (total of 20 credits that semester) and winter break relaxed a bit. Important to note that my parents (and of course I) moved to a new appartment - but this one we own, not rent. Spring semester was the hardest (busiest) ever - 21 credits (7 courses) - but was fun. So now I have finished 3rd year of Rutgers University of New Jersey. Just one more year and I'll have a Bachelor's in Mathematics. After that a year of Graduate School in Rutgers (got accepted) and I finish with a Master's Degree in Education. w00t. I'll start off working in a high school teaching math - with an instant raise
so this summer? I've been very busy - learning C++, learning the violin (all for fun) and NO time for art!!! wtf ... I gotta start ... I guess once real work starts (I have 3 jobs) I'll have more time. I'm not kidding - the more busy I am, the more I can accomplish and seems like I can find more time to do things! I LOVE LIFE

3rd year of Rutgers is almost over. I bought a new computer Athlon 64 3200. Still haven't played with my Wacom 2 tablet - so I will over the winter break. Math classes are pretty difficult, math major isn't fun. Oh well - just 3 more semesters

4th semester of college started (almost 2 years in college now) ... going to be a junior in the fall ... should be great

My computer has been broken for perhaps 1/2 a year now ... maybe it's time to fix it. Without it I can not do art ... but I'm buisy with college.

It's so great how you improve yourself every year and say "wow I sucked before" ... every year

Past 2 years of my life, as I finished High School and went to college, my life has been the most amazing thing ... I screamed at the top of my lungs "I LOVE LIFE" ... and I meant it ... I still mean it .. but somehow I have cooled off, and it's a good thing - it doesn't scare off people. Although I have realized some things that I'm quite unhappy about in my life ... and this summer I'll see how that goes. My opinion and suggestion to all: be an optimist, it pays off