I'm doing 28 things
My job as a science buff is to have new ideas so mostly my new ideas have to do with science. But I’m also engaging in a lot of personal and interpersonal reflection and I am having a lot of good new ideas about that, too.
ExtremophileMe's Life List
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1. Finish my PhD
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2. Learn how to be alone
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3. phone/see/email/write to a friend or family member every single day
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4. unearth my inner girl
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5. Read a biography about a famous person each week
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6. read a short story by a new author each week
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7. Visit Australia
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8. Go on a road trip
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9. Make a scrapbook
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10. Meditate with a group
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11. move to a new city
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12. think positive
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13. facebook less
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14. have more ideas!
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15. hang out with friends more
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16. tell my family I love them more often
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17. Become an astronaut
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18. go swimming more often
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19. get closer to nature
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20. have a rock solid stomach
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21. go skydiving
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22. Volunteer
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23. travel
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24. publish more papers
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25. read more!
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26. do more art
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27. try new recipes
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28. Take more pictures with family and friends and frame them!
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Recent entries
Still having problems with this- I always think worst possible scenario. I am going to change my strategy. Rather than try to think the best right off the bat, which is hard, I am going to think the worst which is what my mind does naturally and then think of other possible happier scenarios and choose the simplest one. Parsimony! Most things are not complicated as our brains make them. Usually the most parsimonious explanations are a) they didn’t mean it or b) it’s just a misunderstanding and it will clear itself up.
Doing well with this. Saw an old friend on Monday and today went to lunch with another girlfriend. I’m not much for socializing in groups though, it takes too much effort…
