I'm doing 37 things
I didn’t complete the goal as in ‘I know what I want to do with my life’, but in a different way. I was reading through my goals, which I do every now and then, and I read ‘learn to live in the present’ right before I read ‘figure out what I want to do with my life’. Most people ask you about your long-term goals. I learned that I was so busy trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life that I forgot I’m living Now, in the present. I want to be happy. I want to be happy in the future, but all we have is Now. And thus I’ve decided I want to let go of what I want to do with my life, since I started to pressure myself about ‘making up my mind’ about it, because some people in my surroundings were pressuring me because ‘everybody knows what they want to be/do with their lives’. I decided I don’t need to know what I’ll do in 5 or 10 years. I decided that I want to be happy. Right now. :)
Anoya's Life List
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1. Pay off all of my debt
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2. find myself
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3. travel the world
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4. Learn to play the guitar
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5. Fall in love
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6. stop buying stuff until i use what i already have.
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7. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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8. fall asleep outside watching the stars with someone i care about
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9. create my own tattoo
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10. learn to live in the present
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11. see the northern lights
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12. Read a book every month
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13. learn how to accept compliments
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14. grow my hair long
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15. own a beach house
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16. own a tree house
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17. smile more
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18. Improve my skills and range of mediums as an artist
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19. take less for granted
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20. go to Finland
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21. Open My Irish Pub
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22. get my TMJ fixed
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23. Get my Motor Cycle License
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24. To live instead of exist
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25. allow myself to dream
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26. Study Photography
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27. Learn Croatian
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28. Overcome food issues
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29. create a beautiful home
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30. Become a professional photographer
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31. Go to a Grand Prix
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32. Overcome my OCD and Agoraphobia
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33. be happy
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34. Enjoy Nature
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35. Watch the Moon and Stars more often
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36. visit a new country every year
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37. be more confident
3 cheers11,570 people
How I did it: Ever since I've been feeling better about myself, I try to make other people feel better about themselves as well by giving them compliments. Seems to work both ways! :)I've never learned how to give compliments, really. It was something that was never really done when I was younger. You always had to do something better, different.. it was never 'good enough'. I'm sure a lot of you could relate to that.Giving a compliment shouldn't be su… Read how I did it…
How I did it: The issue here isn't about not knowing how to say no, the issue (with me) is that I feel (or felt) too much responsible for things that I'm not even the slightest responsible for. Read how I did it…
How I did it: This was more about emotional scars than the scars on my body. The ones on my body can’t be fixed, so I’ve accepted they’re here to stay. I don’t think they’re pretty, but they do tell a story. Just like I love hearing stories from other people about their scars, I started to like (love is too much) mine. They tell people something, and they remind me of something. Not always fun, but it’s good to not always forget everything.… Read how I did it…
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I haven’t really stopped buying stuff, but I tend to only buy stuff which I’m really going to use.
Also, I started to sell the things I don’t use on a website, kind of like the Dutch eBay. Feels kind of good and I can definitely use the money instead of having things in my house that I don’t use in the first place :)
I think I’m already enjoying the little things in life. I realized this after some questions I received on my photography. I’m a macro photographer. How can a macro photographer not enjoy the little things in life? That’d mean I wouldn’t enjoy being a macro photographer, right?
I also realized I’m already doing this because I just saved a snails life. Sounds so silly when I read it now, haha. I wrote an entry about it a few minutes ago when I checked off ‘make a difference’, and meanwhile I came to the realization that I’m already appreciating the little things in life. I enjoy seeing my cat sleep on the couch in the sun, not a care in the world. I enjoy watching a little girl across the street imitating her father who’s doing his warming up before his morning run. I enjoy watching little ducklings stumbling over their own floppy feet. Those to me are the little things that are actually the big things, and I’m trying to enjoy them to the fullest.
I’ll continue doing this, but I completed my goal for now :)
