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Calissa

wonders why she's so tired lately.



I'm doing 25 things
  

Calissa's Life List

  2. 1. Revise my goals and make them: specific, measurable,realistic and time bound.
    47 cheers     		22 people
  3. 2. get my work out there
    13 entries . 67 cheers     		3 people
  4. 3. write daily
    3 team members . 47 entries . 41 cheers     		235 people
  5. 4. Write 75 000 words in 2009
    45 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. Sort through all my stories and assess what further action needs to be taken with each one
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Reduce the teetering heights of Mt TBR
    22 entries . 10 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. write a review on every book I read
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		3 people
  9. 8. respect my body
    31 entries . 94 cheers     		21 people
  10. 9. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
    201 team members . 20 entries . 10 cheers     		163 people
  11. 10. walk to Rivendell
    5 team members . 33 entries . 19 cheers     		14 people
  12. 11. Make the 14th of every month the day I backup my computer
    15 entries . 22 cheers     		3 people
  13. 12. Live in gratitude & be happy even if the rest of the things on this list never happen
    2 team members . 369 entries . 49 cheers     		70 people
  14. 13. Honour my inner Goddess
    3 team members . 13 entries . 72 cheers     		12 people
  15. 14. Celebrate
    32 entries . 25 cheers     		13 people
  16. 15. Spend more time looking at the sky
    16 entries . 70 cheers     		2 people
  17. 16. Finish the cross-stitch I'm making as a wedding gift
    6 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. slow down
    9 entries . 41 cheers     		257 people
  19. 18. Eat slower, breathe more, chew more, taste & enjoy my food
    6 entries . 60 cheers     		38 people
  20. 19. change the world, twenty minutes at a time
    8 team members . 22 entries . 33 cheers     		15 people
  21. 20. write thank you cards
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		38 people
  22. 21. write more handwritten, no-reason notes
    3 entries . 31 cheers     		4 people
  23. 22. move out
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		3,052 people
  24. 23. Reinstate the Artist Date
    5 entries . 14 cheers     		3 people
  25. 24. Create a personal recipe book
    1 cheer     		636 people
  26. 25. Drink 43 different kinds of tea and infusions.
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to ...But do it anyway
It took me
2 years
It made me
fulfilled

How I did it: This goal has been all about writing for me. It has not been about always making sure I sit down and write every day--although that has been part of it, there are other goals for that. This has been more about what I write.I went to a talk given by author Garth Nix a while back. He discussed how he often gets asked what writers should write and how to predict the market. His response was that a writer should write what they love and not w… Read how I did it…

Feb 24, 02:24AM PST | 0 comments | 9 cheers


How to keep a word count
It took me
3 years
It made me
accomplished

How I did it: Before beginning a session of writing on computer (or transcribing a session of writing I did by hand) I took note of the word count of the document. I then subtracted that number from the total I ended up with at the end of the session. I used graphs to chart my progress by week, month and year. This allowed me to see the trends that formed across time and helped me to set realistic goals for my writing. Read how I did it…

Dec 27, 2008, 03:25PM PST | 0 comments | 3 cheers


Recent entries
Celebrate (read all 32 entries…)
Driving license. 3 days ago

I passed my driving test yesterday. This is huge for me. I have put off getting my license for so long, partly out of anxiety and partly out of apathy. This is definitely something that needs to be celebrated.

The only trouble is that I’m not quite sure how. So I’m putting the question out there—how would you celebrate?

Nov 17, 07:52PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Write 75 000 words in 2009 (read all 45 entries…)
Week 46, 2009 4 days ago

Weekly total: 639
Yearly total: 62 968

You win some, you lose some. I had some terrible trouble with my back last week which stopped me from writing as much as I would have liked. I’m aware that I’m quite a bit behind my target for the year, but am feeling more sanguine about it than I usually do. After all, the aim of this goal was to get me writing more and it has certainly done that.

We’ll see what the coming week brings.

Nov 16, 05:02PM PST | 0 comments


write daily (read all 47 entries…)
One 4 days ago

Only one day last week. I’m quite unhappy with that, but I realise that I should be more forgiving of myself about it, since I was dealing with some nasty back pain. I shall simply have to start over.

Nov 16, 04:59PM PST | 0 comments


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smile more lose 80 pounds taking on TO wants to stop worrying and stop stressing. move out of this house create a list of 100 must-read books and read them. learn Spring framework along with Hibernate and Struts get more tattoos get a masters degree buy a home take my job seriously start using the library become wealthy thegobetween wants to learn arabic read the Bible daily Laugh. A lot. Genuinely. Get more exercise learn how to dance reggaeton Make a movie never get married become a better partner manage pcos work because I like to, not because I have to have clear skin speak fluent french find the love of my life get more friends go on a mission
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