Eimear

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I'm doing 38 things
 

Eimear's Life List

  1. 1. Get more sleep
    12 entries . 62 cheers
    4,405 people
  2. 2. declutter my house
    35 entries . 91 cheers
    975 people
  3. 3. Make my house *MY* house
    13 entries . 110 cheers
    17 people
  4. 4. have a wardrobe full of clothes I actually love and that fit
    13 entries . 42 cheers
    24 people
  5. 5. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 21
    18 entries . 30 cheers
    11 people
  6. 6. Walk to Lothlorien
    6 entries . 26 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. Be Ten and a Half Stone
    13 entries . 13 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. Learn to cook/bake something new every month
    6 entries . 17 cheers
    2 people
  9. 9. do something unusual weekly to fuel my creativity
    9 entries . 34 cheers
    3 people
  10. 10. Change over all videos to DVDs
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. Get fit and healthy
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    142 people
  12. 12. read the magazines I've accumulated, then get rid of them
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    0 people
  13. 13. Stargaze, learn some constellations
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    1 person
  14. 14. Read some Irish legends and fairytales
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    1 person
  15. 15. Desigh 'historic paper dolls'
    1 person
  16. 16. Collect great granny's tea set
    1 cheer
    1 person
  17. 17. Select one new craft from the books I got for Christmas, and try it
    1 person
  18. 18. Play with my cat more often - No, this is NOT a euphemism! ;)
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    1 person
  19. 19. Get a wallplanner and fill in known events so I can make the most of the year
    1 cheer
    1 person
  20. 20. Make up a list of 100 favourite films and watch them
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  21. 21. Release more books via boocrossing - target:600 wild releases
    1 cheer
    1 person
  22. 22. Read a few good books and a few trashy novels
    1 entry
    1 person
  23. 23. Do the 100 drawings challenge
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. Become a more active citizen
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. paint the bathroom
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    45 people
  26. 26. Get serious about archery in 2012
    7 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. live frugally, but richly and deliciously.
    3 entries . 14 cheers
    18 people
  28. 28. Investigate that degree course
    7 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. Work actively towards a new job
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    1 person
  30. 30. Have a functioning fireplace
    4 entries . 9 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. become the healthier, sexier, more confident version of me.
    2 entries . 6 cheers
    5 people
  32. 32. visit 10 new places in my city
    4 entries . 8 cheers
    39 people
  33. 33. find a sense of belonging and community
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    2 people
  34. 34. Become a 'crafty' person, spend two hours a week doing crafts
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. start saving
    3 entries . 9 cheers
    88 people
  36. 36. use what i have before buying more
    2 entries . 10 cheers
    2 people
  37. 37. stop being so damn sensible all the time
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person
  38. 38. Get a spare set of keys cut
    1 person

How I did it
How to paint the garden shed
It took me
10 days
It made me
happy


How to buy a new dvd player
It took me
1 day
It made me
easy peasy


How to send off my draft dissertation on Thursday
It took me
5 days
It made me
relieved


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Recent entries
Read a few good books and a few trashy novels
Get my binge reading out of the way

before I start into study.



Become a more active citizen
Put up or shut up

It’s a real ‘Irish’ thing, this constant moaning and grumbling, but I am going to set myself this goal, so I am only allowed complain about things I have attempted to do something about. Even if it’s as simple as logging a complaint on a customer helpline (Dublin bus, this means you), or sent an e-mail to my local TD. Hard to know where to begin, but as I do love a good old grumble, I’d better make a start.



use what i have before buying more (read all 2 entries…)
Going ythrough books at the moment

I seem to have a serious amount of ‘pictures and poems’ books, can’t say I really remember reading any of them. Have put them aside for some valentines day indulgence, but maybe I can let some of them go. They are beautiful things, but they just can’t sit there unappreciated for another ten years. Well, of course they can, but SHOULD they.?...



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