I put my garage sale items into a consignment shop, making it much easier to deal with. I live in a cabin in an out of the way place so I realized it was going to be too much to deal with, finding a suitable place to set up a garage sale. So far so good. I average forty dollars a month (I had a LOT of stuff to sell), and I don’t even have to be there! Definitely the way to go for me!
Claire Culver's Life List
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1. Attend dharma talks once a week for a month without fail
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2. meditate daily
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3. Practice Tonglen (meditation of compassion) for those who despise me, and to stop taking things so personally.
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4. Quit sugar
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5. Learn Tibetan
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6. Lose 20 lbs
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7. learn origami
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8. write a letter to a friend once a week
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9. start yoga or pilates
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10. learn to cook at least 3 vegetarian high protein meals
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11. follow a budget
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12. stop cursing
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13. Read all of Mark Twain's works
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14. Find 43 things I even want to try!
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15. have a garage sale
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16. Attend a Buddhist retreat
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17. see the aurora borealis
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18. see an active volcano
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How I did it
How I did it: Like I said in the summary, I took small changes. I started by snacking on nuts and fruits instead of things like a piece of toast or a bagel. I skipped most of the ridiculous gluten free breads, because they are expensive and disgusting. I started making breads myself and adding things to make it more moist (walnuts, fruit, banana). I have not mastered sandwich type breads, but I'm working on that next. I do allow myself some products th… Read how I did it…
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Have finished memorizing the alphabet, and am now working into complex letters. Holy CRAP is this hard. The teleconferencing lectures help a lot as well. Highly recommend a structured course to help you even know where to begin.
