I'm doing 36 things
I’ve just come back onto the site after around two years away, and looking through the lists of what people are doing has reminded me of how finding this site four years ago (or is it five?!) helped me feel better about myself and my goals. It even helped me set some goals for myself, and made me feel they were worthwhile. Browsing this evening has given me a spark of that feeling of “belonging” again, and I’m reminded of how grateful I was for it back then – and still am!
Chatelaine's Life List
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1. get out of debt
3 cheers12,094 people -
2. Read more
2 cheers8,783 people -
3. lose 56lbs - exactly!
5 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
4. Improve my French
1 entry . 4 cheers1,467 people -
5. Write more
2 cheers3,769 people -
6. find inner peace
5 cheers805 people -
7. stop procrastinating
30,012 people -
8. Travel to Italy
1 entry . 2 cheers1,092 people -
9. get published
2,190 people -
10. learn more
364 people -
11. take up the guitar again
1 entry . 3 cheers6 people -
12. Beat my depression
1 cheer1,945 people -
13. Write something. Anything. Sentence. Paragraph. Short Story. Novel. Epic. Anything.
264 people -
14. find out what the heck Ruby is!
2 cheers1 person -
15. have a star named after me
184 people -
16. re-learn how to dance to Northern Soul
2 cheers44 people -
17. NEVER have children
89 people -
18. get a new job
1 entry1,983 people -
19. make myself some 17thC women's kit
1 entry1 person -
20. get another tattoo
2 entries3,487 people -
21. Become more outgoing
403 people -
22. not forget how 43things helped me feel part of a community when I was lonely :-)
1 entry1 person -
23. think better of myself
1 entry . 3 cheers14 people -
24. not let certain people push my "depression" button
2 entries . 1 cheer1 person -
25. Never stop learning
1 cheer4,106 people -
26. dance more
4 cheers1,131 people -
27. be tidy and enjoy it
2 entries1 person -
28. visit the Rijksmuseum
1 cheer2 people -
29. age with grace and dignity
3 cheers7 people -
30. make the whole world a library via bookcrossing.com
2 cheers11 people -
31. win an argument
1 entry15 people -
32. be better at thinking on my feet
1 entry2 people -
33. not worry about what others think of me
792 people -
34. Make new friends
5 cheers13,819 people -
35. be more social
1 entry . 1 cheer5,417 people -
36. open a secondhand bookshop
1 person
Recent entries
Well, after going on a date with the guy I met online. . . it’s seven months later we’re together, in love, and very happy! It has made such a difference to my life to have someone who cares about me and wants to be with me! I’ve revised my previous opinion: falling in love is so worth it!
I joined the staff choir at work last year, and I love it. We’ve sung at various events in Cork and beyond, and I’m making some good friends through it, so it was definitely worth stepping outside my comfort zone to do it!
