I'm doing 34 things
Nov 15, 2009
1 week ago
Ok, I did this for my evening meal. I prayed for guidance and I read Scripture afterwards. I feel very peaceful.
Dixie3540's Life List
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1. Follow the Bread and Honey diet and write about it here each day.
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2. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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3. Walk every day
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4. Write some type of entry for each goal on this list.
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5. Discard or move three items a day from a problem area of my house.
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6. Revive my "Accounting Star of the Week" program.
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7. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
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8. Read all the Edgar Award winners
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9. Actually follow my evening routine
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10. Ride a bicycle
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11. Write an inspirational book
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12. Learn to use a digital camera
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13. Learn three new piano pieces
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14. Learn yoga
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15. Volunteer for hospice
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16. Go to the Albuquerque hot air balloon festival
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17. Swim twice a week
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18. visit the Grand Canyon
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19. Go on an Alaskan cruise
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20. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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21. Decorate my sunroom
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22. Improve my flexibility through stretching
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23. Begin to lift weights.
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24. Submit a magazine article to Lookout Magazine.
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25. Make a photo gallery wall in my home
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26. Begin an investment program
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27. Save $5,000
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28. Pay off my equity loan
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29. Be happier
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30. plan a vacation
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31. Make a will
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32. go camping by myself
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33. Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place
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34. support my parents with love, respect, patience, and humor
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How I did it
It made me
Healthier! 
How I did it: I read a lot of things. I gave up any idea of perfectly managing the illness. (This took a while.) I attended a Diabetes Education class. I began exercising faithfully every day. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
September 22, 2009
2 months ago
1. Having a wonderful visit with my niece and nephew-in-law from Florida. They’re wonderful people.
2. Board games that make you laugh.
3. My nephew’s crazy love of Shuler donuts.
4. How wonderful it was having a free motorized scooter for my mom and dad at the Air Force Museum. What a treasure the museum is and how accomodating they are to the older vets.
5. The quiet of my house and getting my own bed back, even though I’m kind of lonely and sad!
6. Looking forward to Friday as they come back for one last night before they fly home.
7. Seeing autumn through the eyes of Floridians. They remind me to be thankful for cool and color and gray and change.
Bread and Honey Diet
3 months ago
This is a diet I made up in 2001. I followed it for two years. During that time I broke my daily binging habit, and lost 40 pounds. After that time, I experenced a serious family crisis, and became quite depressed. When the crisis was over and the depression was healed, I found I had lost this good habit along with many others. I’d like to regain it.
Basically the plan consists of three steps. 1. Pray before you eat anything, asking God for wisdom and permission. 2. Eat with joy and gratitude. 3. Read God’s word after each meal or snack. Read as little as one verse or as much as you like. This reinforces the truth that God’s word is our bread of life and sweeter than honey to our soul.
I orginally called this diet the Fruit and Mustard Seed diet. That’s because it takes the faith of a mustard seed to trust God in this area. And it takes the fruit of the Holy Spirit to help with the emotional eating. His love conquers our anger, His joy conquers our sadness, His peace conquers our anxiety, His patience conquers our irritation, His kindness conquers our boredom and loneliness, His goodness conquers our guilt, His faithfullness conquers our stress, His gentleness conquers our harshness and perfectionism, and His self-control conquers our greed and discontentment.
God, grant me the faith of a mustard seed to embark on this journey once again. Lord, please send me someone to journey with me on this path. Amen.
