I'm doing 39 things
Yeah, turned out to not be so difficult. This month I re-found Scorpions and the rolling stones. _
Elin's Life List
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1. live in New York City
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2. learn to SCUBA dive
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3. Get all my mp3's properly tagged
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4. enjoy at least 24 days out in London
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5. write every day for a month
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6. spend more time with my nana
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7. have and raise a wonderful family
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8. Have a significant role in a movie :)
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9. Record a song
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10. Sing in public
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11. Travel the world on foot
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12. Do a perfect selfportrait
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13. Sell a painting
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14. Get a job
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15. Have my writing published
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16. learn to navigate by the stars
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17. Fall in love
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18. Drive across the USA
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19. Travel in a freighter
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20. Walk across America
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21. get fit again
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22. Backpack the Great Wall
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23. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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24. Become fluent in more than one language
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25. Learn to play the guitar
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26. Learn about quantum physics
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27. see an active volcano
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28. Get 43 Things to implement a search on EVERY addition so you can pick out similar goals
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29. Take a picture everyday
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30. Stay in Portland
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31. learn a new language
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32. Go on a safari
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33. Write an intelligent essay
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34. See at least 6 Shakespeare plays in 2005
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35. Explore new technologies
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36. travel in Scotland
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37. Tour New Zealand by bicycle
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38. get all my friends in on a giant plan and see it through to its awesome completion
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39. get a driving license
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Recent entries
It’s a relief to feel, backbone-deep inside, that I have finally mastered the art of speaking in public. It’s difficult, yes. If your voice isn’t cracking then you’re talking to your notes, or your hands shake like you have palsy, or you knock something over, or you stutter, or you blush, or your voice don’t carry, or… yeah, all you not-good speakers know the deal.
Getting better at this made me feel so good about myself, and I truly recommend it.
Well, um… I woke up one day and realised that this goal, while cute, isn’t one I needed to have gone for in the first place. If I’m not me, then who the friggin’ am I?
I’m myself, I realised, and there’s just no other way for me to be anything but that. Um. Yeah.
