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ChesherCat




I'm doing 36 things
  

ChesherCat's Life List

  2. 1. live in Chicago
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		230 people
  3. 2. have a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel
    7 cheers     		486 people
  4. 3. get a master's degree in library science
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		108 people
  5. 4. run in a marathon
    1 cheer     		254 people
  6. 5. Be debt free
    3 cheers     		2,037 people
  7. 6. have an interesting job
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		16 people
  8. 7. learn how to blow glass
    4 cheers     		471 people
  9. 8. Keep up with my journal
    3 cheers     		69 people
  10. 9. Travel to Prague
    1 cheer     		49 people
  11. 10. get a puppy
    2 cheers     		1,317 people
  12. 11. read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
    		612 people
  13. 12. Learn to let go of the past
    2 cheers     		63 people
  14. 13. Read all of Shakespeare's plays
    1 cheer     		139 people
  15. 14. publish a short story
    		321 people
  16. 15. Go to graduate school
    2 cheers     		1,191 people
  17. 16. develop a daily morning routine
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		124 people
  18. 17. survive AmeriCorps
    5 entries     		6 people
  19. 18. be the voice of a cartoon character
    1 cheer     		156 people
  20. 19. ask why so many people want to 'have', 'get' and 'buy' instead of 'be', 'do', 'learn' and 'know', and perhaps make a few people stop and think about it
    4 cheers     		87 people
  21. 20. stop gossiping
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		481 people
  22. 21. knit more
    1 cheer     		320 people
  23. 22. Participate in Habitat for Humanity
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		61 people
  24. 23. fill my passport
    1 cheer     		218 people
  25. 24. become a hot librarian
    5 cheers     		5 people
  26. 25. exercise four times a week
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		41 people
  27. 26. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
    1 entry     		330 people
  28. 27. go to more concerts
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2,533 people
  29. 28. stop living paycheck to paycheck
    2 cheers     		239 people
  30. 29. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		7,155 people
  31. 30. find a pen pal
    3 entries . 4 cheers     		554 people
  32. 31. Share my favorite recipes with people on 43Things
    2 entries     		3 people
  33. 32. Be granted the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and to have the wisdom to know the difference...
    1 cheer     		476 people
  34. 33. learn gaelic
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		591 people
  35. 34. buy a new box of crayons and find some cool coloring books
    2 cheers     		2 people
  36. 35. Cook from scratch once a week
    1 cheer     		3 people
  37. 36. Move to a city where I don't need a car
    2 cheers     		38 people

How I did it
How to own a used bookstore
It took me
2 years
It made me

How I did it: I got a job at a used bookstore that was a public company. As much as they didn't try to force feed the image of a big box corporation, they were a big box corporation. People tried to sell us books that were obviously moldy or smelled an awful lot like animal piss and tell us that they were perfectly fine.  Also, having worked in a public library for years, I was saddened at peoples' selfishness at times when we didn't hav… Read how I did it…

Sep 06, 08:12AM PDT | 0 comments


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survive AmeriCorps (read all 5 entries…)
I start in two weeks! 3 weeks ago

Oh I am so excited and nervous about this. I have decided to take the plunge and I feel that this program will suit me. I feel old, though. A friend of mine who had done AmeriCorps in Philadelphia said not to worry, that there were people of all ages. Next week I go to Indianopolis to do the PSO. Woo hoo.

Nov 01, 07:37PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


survive AmeriCorps (read all 5 entries…)
Iowa Campus Compact 1 month ago

I am joining as a Vista member for the Des Moines Campus Compact. I hope to finish this and move on to Grad School. I start in November. I feel much better about this then I did 2 years ago. Wish all the luck, please.

Oct 01, 04:39PM PDT | 0 comments


have an interesting job
I was recently fired from my job. 3 months ago

Now I have to find an interesting job. Any suggestions?

Aug 23, 11:51AM PDT | 0 comments


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