I'm doing 40 things
I embrace you all and the 43 Things we do…together.
thank you all for being here, with me, and moving our worlds, separately and yet together.
I embrace you this year.
Beginnings Here's Life List
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1. Write or speak with gratitude each day. express it in writing to one person every day for 2012.
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2. tell my daughter - everyday - how much she means to me
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3. Become meaningful into the lives of others
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4. Celebrate my successes in positive ways
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5. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best
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6. Live The Secret
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7. buy a building which houses my work and life by 2012
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8. make a home
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9. Invest the time to develop new relationships that support me now
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10. Be at peace with myself
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11. open both eyes - see and acknowledge the dark and light
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12. eat nutritiously, deliciously, move pleasurely, joyfully, and weigh accordingly
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13. obtain & maintain a Body Mass Index (BMI) within the range of 20-25, which experts generally consider to be healthy.
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14. Decide carefully who to work with in the future- who supports you?
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15. don't be afraid of the greatest work challenge of your life - embrace the opportunity!
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16. Open the door to finishing my education
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17. Go to college, finish my studies for my retirement job
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18. Ask: are there any narcisists I am enabling?
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19. Make 2012 the finest year of my life.
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20. Rabbit trail a morning with movement and maintaining house and health
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21. Rabbit trail an afterwork ritual of health, hearth and home
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22. Take those cooking classes with my daughter!
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23. Make my voice heard by speaking my truth clearly and articulately
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24. Greet people with a smile and with warmth - and say goodbye the same way. Bring the room to you!!
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25. stand up for myself
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26. Attend lectures and readings occasionally
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28. In the depths of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer
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29. Sing
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30. have a 6 month emergency fund
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31. Get my credit score to 800 by next June
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32. Convert the backyard into a greenhouse for veggies and fruits
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33. go on a silent retreat
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34. Help my mother in ways I have never imagined I could. Find a way!
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35. Make the list of adult functions for my daughter to understand what is coming and to prepare by taking on several things each year to prepare for adulthood
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36. follow the 13 key questions to ask before i design, specify, or buy anything
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37. run or walk a 5k
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38. live life with the man of your dreams
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39. Take a trip this winter - even if a long weekend - to somewhere warm and wonderful. Travel alone for introspection.
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40. February Bootcamp 2012: Play and Productivity!
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How I did it
It made me
not as happy 
How I did it: well...still trying to do it.i didn't live up to the advice i had been given by my mentor. so i never saw her again. not sure that was my goal. she doesn't seem interested in really helping. again, i think i picked someone who thinks she couldn't really help me. maybe a reset on the goal. as to the friend. it worked, except last quarter of the year. Read how I did it…
It made me
a better person 
How I did it: well...i first got better with myself. that was really a good first step. i think the problem i run into with others is that the things i think i am caretaking about - for them - are not the same considerations they think are important.my context is very different than others.many times it is bad. wrong. my life taught me to care about things that others think isn't important. I think it is a mom thing. … Read how I did it…
It made me
unbelievably happy
How I did it: I was certain this would be hard to accomplish - given the challenges I was facing coming into this year. My mom's cancer diagnosis, my dog's death, and my daughter's leaving for college. It just goes to show you that out of loss comes gain - and if you find the gains in the loss, life does get better. Growth. Feeling. Experiences. So many bucket list items were fulfilled. Unimaginable.I was very … Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I had finally gotten used to her not being here, and had fallen into a pattern of life without her here.
Then, she came home and the two of us were so happy together again, and yet, trying, both of us, to figure out what from the old habits stayed in place and what new stuff needed to be created and embedded in what we are now. It wasn’t too tough, but it wasn’t as easy as I thought either.
These are not unusual and I was ready for this, but living it was a blessing and a curse….ha ha.
I think when she is home for the summer, i need to be more proactive on expectations about us together, apart and time spent in family vs free time, etc… We need to consciously figure that out.
I love that kid.
