I'm doing 26 things
What I've read so far
20 months ago
Anna Karenina
War and Peace
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Cossacks
Happy Ever After (Family Happiness)
The Three Hermits
AnyaLee's Life List
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1. live simply
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2. create the soundtrack to my life
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3. Learn to play the piano
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4. donate my hair
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5. Read the entire Bible
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6. learn Russian
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7. find my path
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8. Write more
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9. Read more
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10. Read 100 books in 2008
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11. keep a writing journal
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12. read all of Emily Dickinson's poems
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13. write 100 poems in 100 days
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14. Save money
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15. read all of dostoevsky's work
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16. write a love letter to my future husband
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17. be more feminine
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18. beat Super Mario Bros. 3
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19. Put together a collection of my writings
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20. Read the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
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21. learn to sew
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22. photograph the sunrise
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23. Write a note to my younger self about something I know now that I didn't know then
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24. write a letter to my future self
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25. have a complete tea set
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26. read all of tolstoy's works
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Recent entries
Hope and giving
20 months ago
This past week I donated more books to the hospital. I think they let the patients take the books home with them. It’s a wonderful feeling that the books I don’t need can go to a good cause!
Instead of buying a cedar chest as my hope chest, I’m using a plastic storage container and I don’t plan on replacing it. It serves its purpose for holding all my hopes for the future and that’s all I need.
My hope chest
20 months ago
After doing some organizing today, I now have a storage container for my hope chest and I couldn’t be happier. Some people say a wooden chest makes it more special, but the importance of a hope chest is what’s inisde – what treasures you save for your future. I thought of replacing it someday, but I’m trying so hard to save as much money as I can for the years to come.
There’s barely anything in my hope chest now. Just some books. I’ll work on filling it in any spare time I might have. This goal has been so important to me and the great thing about it is even though it’s off my list, I can keep working on it for as long as I need to.
