511Amber




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  1. 1. Visit New Zealand
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    1,412 people
  2. 2. live an extraordinary life
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    74 people
  3. 3. take a copy editing class
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    1 person
  4. 4. Keep in touch with old friends
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    1,582 people
  5. 5. Become a Big Sister/Mentor
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    16 people
  6. 6. Write more thank you notes
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    456 people
  7. 7. Give blood
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    2,953 people
  8. 8. start sailing
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    6 people
  9. 9. practice spanish more often
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    5 people
  10. 10. keep bees
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    110 people
  11. 11. Go to graduate school
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    1,191 people
  12. 12. see the grand canyon
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    876 people
  13. 13. Ride a Camel
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    417 people
  14. 14. hike the appalachian trail
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    1,651 people
  15. 15. Get a Great Dane
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    58 people
  16. 16. participate in the Tomato Fight in Bunol, Spain
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    91 people
  17. 17. run more
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    432 people
  18. 18. Learn to play the piano
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    7,465 people
  19. 19. Visit England again
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    23 people
  20. 20. try geocaching
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    195 people
  21. 21. Attend icewine festival in Niagara, ON
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    2 people
  22. 22. speak french in Montreal
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    1 person
  23. 23. meet Dave Brubeck
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    1 person
  24. 24. Swim in a bioluminescent bay
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    278 people
  25. 25. run with the bulls in Pamplona
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    292 people
  26. 26. stay at the ice hotel
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    55 people
  27. 27. learn to make stained glass
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    141 people
  28. 28. go to the top of the eiffel tower
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    163 people
  29. 29. Get a fireproof box for my important documents
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    31 people
  30. 30. create more artwork
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    7 people
  31. 31. give 600 cheers
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    8 people
  32. 32. couch surf
    2 entries
    53 people
  33. 33. become a great public speaker
    11 people
Recent entries
reconnect with my inner compass
Following your gut is scary 18 months ago

But “fate loves the fearless,” right?

I had to believe that leaving a relationship of nearly six years that wasn’t going anywhere, leaving the house that made me wheezy and sick and leaving the job that made me miserable all needed to happen.

So i jumped ship on all of it, all the miserable stuff that wasn’t working. I wasn’t sure if I landed on my ass or my feet, but it felt good to do things my way. Was good to listen to where my compass told me to go.

I cannot recommend anything more than following what your gut tells you to do. I’m delighted with the road I’m on now—new great place downtown with fabulous neighbors, new guy I’m seeing, great new job with more challenge and more money… I’m so glad I was brave. (And terrified for months till it all worked out!)

Your internal compass knows exactly where you need to go to be happy—the trick is learning how to read it.



join yoga class (read all 3 entries…)
excellent 18 months ago

I finally started yoga when I really needed it:
All at once at the end of last year, I broke up with my bf of 5 years, moved out on my own and left a crappy job.

It was an expensive, challenging time with a lot of change and stress, made worse by being single and ‘broke’ over the holidays.

There were days when I was doing vinyasa yoga twice a day every day, to help chill out, focus, clear my mind and work off all the nervous energy I had built up. It was great to see new muscle definition in my legs, have better balance and core strength, and to have moments where all my nervous internal dialog would be silenced.

It was a rough patch and yoga kept me focused and sane.

I now live in a great condo downtown, have a job that pays better (and works me harder) than any job I’ve had yet and have met a new guy.

I’m still doing yoga 3x week or more to keep me level!



visit New Zealand (read all 3 entries…)
Untitled 23 months ago

In 2008, work got in the way, but I’ve got a lot of time in the new year, so maybe for just a few months… :D



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