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How’ve you spent the past 100 days?

President Obama has spent most of the 100 days since his inauguration trying to save the economy. Kai Ryssdal takes a look back at what some regular folks have achieved in that same period.

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Kai Ryssdal: This final note today. President Obama spent most of the past 100 days trying to save the global economy. You?

FOLKS IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: I quit my job in January. I was an engineer. But I’ve been managing my own tax practice, so it was my first big leap to being an entrepreneur….

I have climbed Yosemite Falls….

I stopped partying a lot….

I bought a bike, and I’ve been riding around….

Nothing spectacular. Nothing worth mentioning. Except, I had a baby. I had a baby!

RYSSDAL: That was D.J. Mendonza, Jennifer Westphal, Sandra Lopez, Jorge Garcia and Mohamad Elaravi here in downtown Los Angeles looking back at their last 100 days.

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