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Cora_and_Clarice

is getting her head out of her ass



I'm doing 40 things
  

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  2. 1. develop a mentality of abundance
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. be happy, safe or content every holiday and important milestone of 2012
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  4. 3. prioritise with the Pareto principle
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. eliminate chaos from my life
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  6. 5. leave him
    5 entries . 24 cheers     		19 people
  7. 6. proactively stave off depression
    7 entries . 23 cheers     		4 people
  8. 7. always have something to look forward to
    24 entries . 50 cheers     		155 people
  9. 8. experience more of the visual, literary and performing arts
    23 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. 6 questions for every sunday
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  11. 10. Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind".
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  12. 11. stop trying
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  13. 12. only say things once
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  14. 13. be more independent
    10 entries . 15 cheers     		643 people
  15. 14. get better at soothing myself
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  16. 15. stop comparing myself to others
    4 entries . 5 cheers     		416 people
  17. 16. become a 3D artist
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  18. 17. make my first 3D model
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  19. 18. teach myself to use Blender
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  20. 19. fill an A3 sketchbook with studies
    4 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. read Ovid's Metamorphoses
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  22. 21. read the Iliad
    3 entries . 5 cheers     		38 people
  23. 22. become well-read
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  24. 23. Reclaim my spirit from each and every place I have ever left it
    6 entries . 24 cheers     		13 people
  25. 24. befriend my body
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		1 person
  26. 25. feel beautiful
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		2,217 people
  27. 26. improve my posture
    5 cheers     		2,792 people
  28. 27. combat my modern sedentary lifestyle
    5 entries . 10 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. recover my physical strength
    3 entries . 32 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. be able to walk to upper campus again
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. make and keep more happy memories
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  32. 31. make a list of 100 things that make me happy.
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		547 people
  33. 32. give myself 30 compliments
    20 entries . 13 cheers     		2 people
  34. 33. become a game designer
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  35. 34. design a game
    2 cheers     		196 people
  36. 35. create my own computer game
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		2,373 people
  37. 36. play lots and lots of computer games
    19 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. dive with a whale shark
    20 cheers     		47 people
  39. 38. find my musical instrument
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		2 people
  40. 39. lose 5 kilos
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  41. 40. sample a French vanilla mocha.....several times if possible
    1 cheer     		1 person

How I did it
How to adjust my attitude
It took me
3 days
It made me
excited

How I did it: Most of this came from being back on campus for registration. It took me back to the mental space I was in last year and helped me remember why I wanted to do this in the first place.I also did a visualisation exercise where I imagined being back. I looked around in my mind's eye and I couldn't help but smile. Campus is so beautiful and so full of life, hope and opportunity. I would have been hard-pressed not to feel better thinking about… Read how I did it…

Feb 09, 12:44AM PST | 1 comment | 11 cheers


How to soften my feet
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
feel beautiful

How I did it: I had cracked heels from the very dry summer weather we've been having, so first I had to take care of that. I got a black pumice stone and gently used it on my heels every time I was in the bath or shower. It only takes a minute at most to do both feet. After I was out and dried, I applied Scholl's active repair cream which works miracles.Once my heels were in good condition, I started applying a Feet First foot lotion just before bed ab… Read how I did it…

Feb 09, 12:23AM PST | 0 comments | 8 cheers


How to orient myself to Ubuntu's Unity interface
It took me
2 days
It made me
relieved

How I did it: I've attached a screenshot of my desktop so you can locate all the icons I speak about below.In Ubuntu the task bar is at the top of the screen rather than along the bottom. You'll find the power button up there on the right along with the time and calendar, volume control and other indicators for things like your battery, bluetooth etc.If you move your mouse all the way to the left of the screen, a vertical menu of application icons will… Read how I did it…

Feb 08, 02:31AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
stop comparing myself to others (read all 4 entries…)
I read up on this a bit

because I felt I wasn’t making any progress with this goal. The takeaway message is to compare yourself to yourself rather than to other people. I’m not good at remembering things like this. I always need reminders to jolt me back out of whatever pit I am beginning to get sucked into.

Now that the new varsity year is here, academic comparison has begun to creep back in. So I have printed out my marks from last year and stuck them on the wall. It feels good to see them all there together, a standalone unit, a whole, not nested in among everyone else’s where the temptation is just too much. When I look at that wall, I see only my own striving for excellence. What is equally important is what I do not see. I don’t see mass assessment and how I ranked on that. I hate it when they put up class lists with everyone’s marks. Your marks should be for you and you only.

Feb 10, 10:01AM PST | 3 cheers | 1 comment


Befriend my body.
I have been making a big effort

to be more pleasant towards Body. Mainly, I lack patience with her. I expect her to fulfill my every demand regardless of whether or not I’ve been meeting her needs, seeing to her injuries or otherwise taking care of her. I am slowly coming to accept, with only short relapses into frustration, that recovery will not be as fast as I’d like. Nor will I be able to lose the extra weight I’ve picked up for quite some time. And I’m not going to get her there any faster by bullying her.

Feb 08, 08:34AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


adjust my attitude
Hmm, I wonder how many times this goal will come up during my lifetime?

This time it’s about my negative attitude towards going back to university. I’ve already sorted it out a bit by reducing my load. I realised that I was mainly feeling stressed and overworked.

I have one more week before varsity starts and I’m going to spend it working on this goal.

Feb 06, 02:51AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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