Tue 7 Jun 2011
101 things to do while lying in bed undergoing chemotherapy (CONTINUED III)
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Some people are getting sick of this never-ending cancer list, but that’s an irony I’m not prepared to consider. Here are more awesome things to occupy your hospital time:
- Malcolm Gladwell said (in his book Outliers) the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a 10,000 hours. So, start today to become an expert.
- Play “Words with Friends” (a scrabble-knockoff) with random people. It’s an iPhone app.
- Read every Pulitzer Prize Fiction winner.
- Watch the American Film Institute’s 100 funniest movies.
- Watch every Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or winner.
- Create some original artwork and sell it.
- Blog.
- Do something nice for someone you don’t know.
- Grow a beard.
- Write hand-written letters to people. Use cursive.
Chemotherapy treatment can take a long time– weeks or months. You’ll be in the hospital for that time. Boring!










Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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