How I did it: I've come to the conclusion that I do not need a book to tell me to be a good person. I learned to be a good person from my family. Atheism seems to be a taboo word sometimes, but it isn't. Atheism isn't a religion, or a cult. It represents the lack of a religious affiliation. So what do I think happens after I die?When I get there, I'll let you know. Just kidding. Our bodies cease to function, our consciousness ends. Is that sc… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I'm the kind of person who associates items with memories and thoughts. For the longest time I hauled around a lot of my childhood things that I, quite honestly, never looked at, cared about and were just taking up space. I felt obliged to hang onto it. A stack of musty magazines I'd already read and wanted to hold on to to read later. A pile of high school dresses that don't fit. Old birthday presents I felt guilty just getting rid … Read how I did it…
How I did it: It took a lot of research, thinking and soul-searching. Sometimes it's difficult for me to share my opinions at times because I don't like getting into heated discussions. But I'd be in classes where I'd actually have to voice an opinion and I'd be really nervous because I wouldn't know anything about the topic. For me, having knowledge on something and knowing how it affects people and things is vital to my opinion and thoughts on it. An… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I had a bunch of Pokemon games, a couple gameboy colors and a link cable and extra time on my hands. Between trading my own files, I traded with my boyfriend's files to mix records to get all of the Pokemans!My Pokedex is complete on Pokemon Crystal, and almost complete on Pokemon Blue. So actually I had 249 pokemon!My tribute: http://youtu.be/U8VMPZNDVUY Read how I did it…
How I did it: I can't say that I'm a completely recovered procrastinator. But I'm taking the right steps to take back my time and energy and put it into the direction I want, and need, it to go. Putting off things feels good now, but at the cost of guilt and fear. You feel guilty for not doing this, not doing that. You fear what may happen if you don't get it done. Before long, you've wasted your time doing who-knows-what (not what you're supposed to h… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I got a sewing machine, and found my directions for it online. I spent a few hours tinkering around, and now I can sew things with it! I'm still learning how to choose fabrics and thread and all of that, but things are looking up from here! I can't wait to make bags and clothes and just about anything else I want! Read how I did it…
How I did it: It was okay. It took me waaaay too long, though. I would have to say, I did it out of boredom. That, and I read the other ones so I couldn't just not read all of them. But... I didn't really gain anything out of reading it, really. But it did pass the time somewhat. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was supposed to see a therapist about 6+ months ago, but I put it off (the curse of the Procrastinator). And I put it off. And I suffered. And I put it off some more. But I hit the wall and one day I couldn't put up with the suffering anymore. To find a therapist, I had to work with my health insurance as well as do my own research online on psychological counseling. It wasn't particularly fun trying to find information on someone who y… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Well, I'm marking this as "done" because I technically have started an address book already and I'm adding addresses to it often. I got a notebook and started adding names/addresses/numbers of friends, family and other important people I need to know where they work/live. Initially I started this so I could send letters, but in the end I did it so I could get an idea of where everyone in my life lived. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I really started making use of public transportation when I started college, and now I feel it's time to tick this off my list because I finally have a good knowledge of the local bus routes and how to get where I need to go. As to how I did it, I took the bus places. Never too far, but just to random places, took different stops, and different scheduled busses to see which ones were less crowded and on time due to rush hour. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I opened a Livejournal account, and after about a year of having it decided to blog on it once a week. Blogging for me meaning just simply updating it once a week. It was a little difficult at first to remember and I slipped up on a few occasions, but like anything you try it takes time to get the hang of remembering and doing. I didn't have a topic for about 95% of the time, so it's just like babble on random topics, but nonetheless I ba… Read how I did it…
How I did it: The first couple I used a shoebox top and a flowerpot. Then I followed the directions I found on a website I'll post down below and made one I really like. Read how I did it…
How I did it: As a read-then-shred magazine reader, I didn't have difficulty putting together a collage of pictures that represent me and my goals in life. I had all of the resources- I just needed the direction. So the past week or so, I pulled apart 2-3 magazines- a Cosmopolitan, a Ladies Home Journal, and a Game Informer.. and I found that I had a lot of new pictures at my disposal! So I sifted through them tonight and arranged them into my vis… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I sort of did this; I deconstructed the bras and used them for other things, though. For the two bra purse prototypes I made, I ended up using them for storing my nylons. The two full bras glued together, I fashioned into a closet security device. You can't tell where I hid it! Muahahaha! Read how I did it…
How I did it: Well I had a good amount of notebooks of varying sizes. I needed to organize them so I could fit them in my crate better. I sorted them by when I wrote them:Gradeschool and early adolescence2005-2006, 20072008200920102011Wasn't too difficult. I found that, since 2009, I average about 6-8 notebooks a year. As of this year, I'm on about book 5. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Oh my God. Uh, so I finally finished the 5000 question survey. I found it on LiveJournal (I'll put a link to it below) and I copy + pasted it to my journal and did each section at a time. There's 51 parts. Roughly 100 questions a week if you were to do it for a year. It took me almost 2 years! I couldn't finish it in a day. I think that would be impossible to do unless you answer it with IDK's the whole way through. I gave each question s… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Growing up I'd go to the state fair and see all of the cows and animals up for show and realize that they'd get sold for beef. Then my family would go and eat burgers. I could never eat meat right after looking at the animals- it was just too contradictory for me. So after a few years of being uncomfortable with eating beef and pork and other meats, I decided to try out not eating meat. I went roughly 6 months without eating beef, 1 month… Read how I did it…
How I did it: When they say it takes the little goals to get to your bigger goals, they aren't kidding. I'd like to say that my 60 goals are all big, sweeping accomplishments that have drastically changed my life, but not all of them are. A lot of them were about little, nagging things in my life that I wanted gone, needed to do, wanted to change, or needed to change. Everyone uses 43 Things differently. I use it to track things I'm doing in my life, t… Read how I did it…
How I did it: It seems like everyone my age is getting a tattoo. Someone gets ahold of a chunk of cash and they go in and mark up their skin. It just seems like an expensive, painful and unnecessary body modification for me at the moment. I'm just too indecisive to have the ability to think of ONE thing that I can confidently say "YES. I want that on my _body part_". Nope. If I ever got a tat, it would be something in Latin or a barcode. And I wou… Read how I did it…
How I did it: It was New Years' Eve 2010 when I decided, you know, I don't need soda. You get to a point in your Soda Drinking career when it just doesn't do anything for you. I imagine that's what it's like for vampires who drink True Blood or something, it just loses its pizazz. Lots of empty calories, acid-washed teeth, and sugar pounds were prevented over the past year. I can't say I've been truly abstinent from soda. At first it was a last-ditch s… Read how I did it…
