 I'm doing 42 things |
| 1. |
sell a book for a $1,000,000 advance
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1 person |
| 2. |
spend part of the year in Europe
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1 person |
| 3. |
buy a home on the Adriatic Coast
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1 person |
| 4. |
reduce all my clutter
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1 person |
| 5. |
set up a cleaning schedule for my home
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1 person |
| 6. |
read wonderful literature
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1 person |
| 7. |
build a fabulous brick, steel, and glass extension to my home
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1 person |
| 8. |
completely re-design my house
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1 person |
| 9. |
open my own bed-and-breakfast
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 10. |
spend part of the year in Ethiopia
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1 person |
| 11. |
spend part of the year in Asia
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1 person |
| 12. |
buy writer's retreats in 4 stunning parts of the world
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1 person |
| 13. |
donate tonnes of money to charity
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1 person |
| 14. |
create an incredibly creative work environment
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1 person |
| 15. |
make Singapore the center for asian publishing
1 entry |
1 person |
| 16. |
direct my own film
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5 people |
| 17. |
win an Oscar for best original screenplay
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1 person |
| 18. |
create fabulous websites
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1 person |
| 19. |
earn degrees in Oriental languages at Louvain University in Belgium
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1 person |
| 20. |
get a Phd from the Pontifical University in Rome
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1 person |
| 21. |
climb mountains
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66 people |
| 22. |
make gazillions of dollars
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1 person |
| 23. |
improve my Chinese
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157 people |
| 24. |
start a non-profit
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316 people |
| 25. |
become a literary agent
1 cheer |
10 people |
| 26. |
write a screenplay
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2,201 people |
| 27. |
buy Alpana Bawa clothes
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1 person |
| 28. |
get down to my ideal weight of 150 pounds
1 entry |
1 person |
| 29. |
write another book
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71 people |
| 30. |
live on $400 a month
2 entries |
1 person |
| 31. |
improve my French
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1,366 people |
| 32. |
learn Syriac
1 cheer |
5 people |
| 33. |
learn Ge'ez
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4 people |
| 34. |
start a charitable foundation
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26 people |
| 35. |
travel First Class for free
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1 person |
| 36. |
win the Booker Prize
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3 people |
| 37. |
improve my Amharic
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1 person |
| 38. |
learn Old Testament Greek
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1 person |
| 39. |
learn Classical Chinese
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10 people |
| 40. |
learn Classical Arabic
1 cheer |
3 people |
| 41. |
learn Coptic
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6 people |
| 42. |
Get a Phd in Ethiopian Studies
3 entries |
1 person |
still in the pipeline… revising thoughts here. Maybe it’s less a degree and more keeping up with the latest research in the field so that I become an amateur savant? Very possible. Still working on this. It’s still in my universe.
A friend emailed today and said she was planning to do a Phd in Philosophy. Got me feeling all itchy and scratchy. I want to my Phd, too..
And my angel wants to do one, too. So we’ll to it together! What fun!
But I can create a)
Center for Asian Publishing….
resource for publishing in Asian countries, laws, licenses, contacts.
resource for Asian editors, career training
resource for international publishing professionals who want to publish in Asia – printing?
resource to encourage exchange between Asian and international editors…
(What is RSS?)
beccaspecca wants to Get a tattoo
buy a Mac
get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
be a cop
Have Kids
Lose 40 lbs
Get more sleep
Be myself
watch free movies
look prettier
care less about what others think of me
learn to play the violin
birdforbeans wants to find a job i love
declutter my life
find a part time job
Stop wasting money
Fly a plane
design my dream home
Finish what I start
travel all around the world
Open an art gallery
