GQkudzu

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I'm doing 43 things
 

GQkudzu's Life List

  1. 1. visit my ancestors' graves
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2 people
  2. 2. build a picnic table
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    4 people
  3. 3. finish this reading list
    5 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  4. 4. document my Appalachian experience in photographs
    14 entries . 12 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. 43 random things about me
    20 entries . 6 cheers
    6 people
  6. 6. become intimate with Big South Fork
    3 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. own an orchid
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. do a retreat at Gethsemani Abbey
    9 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. carve out a little spot on the Web for random observation, the channeling of negative energy and miscellania
    18 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. be the Bono of my little world.
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  11. 11. ride a bike around Cades Cove.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  12. 12. subscribe to a blog or two that I like -- read it regularly -- become a fan.
    2 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. attend a ramp festival.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  14. 14. establish permanent garden beds.
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. make coffee with a French press.
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. try yoga.
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    318 people
  17. 17. start a conversation with a stranger.
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    53 people
  18. 18. spend money at that little country store where my grandmother used to shop.
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. make dandelion wine.
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    22 people
  20. 20. submit 100 short fiction manuscripts or get 3 published in print journals, whichever comes first.
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  21. 21. Start a Roth IRA
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    98 people
  22. 22. get rid of my inferiority complex
    3 entries . 21 cheers
    31 people
  23. 23. serve as an officer of an organization
    3 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. raise my own queen bee
    2 entries . 17 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. keep chickens
    3 entries . 40 cheers
    67 people
  26. 26. brew my own beer
    7 entries . 37 cheers
    614 people
  27. 27. run a 5k
    8 entries . 31 cheers
    2,173 people
  28. 28. get an MFA in Creative Writing
    3 entries . 42 cheers
    70 people
  29. 29. get my Master's degree
    12 entries . 36 cheers
    1,077 people
  30. 30. finish my novel
    6 entries . 42 cheers
    860 people
  31. 31. reach my ideal weight
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    133 people
  32. 32. start a Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    3 people
  33. 33. raise cattle
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    4 people
  34. 34. stay at LeConte Lodge
    3 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. have a total of 12 beehives
    5 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  36. 36. sell vegetables
    1 entry . 13 cheers
    1 person
  37. 37. learn the constellations
    1 entry . 21 cheers
    563 people
  38. 38. spend a vacation in Chattanooga
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival
    3 entries . 4 cheers
    3 people
  40. 40. have a 3 month emergency fund
    1 entry . 40 cheers
    60 people
  41. 41. do 50 pushups a day
    6 entries . 10 cheers
    4 people
  42. 42. own peacocks
    32 cheers
    3 people
  43. 43. re-learn Spanish
    10 entries . 44 cheers
    235 people
Recent entries
carve out a little spot on the Web for random observation, the channeling of negative energy and miscellania (read all 18 entries…)
More goals 2 days ago

I was just thinking…

It should be entirely feasible to knock out 5-10 of these goals over the Christmas holidays.



spend a vacation in Chattanooga (read all 2 entries…)
January? 1 week ago

There’s a conference in Chattanooga in January that I can attend. If so - and if I just spend a fraction of my time exploring the sites - I’ll mark this one off my list.



attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (read all 3 entries…)
Father's Day 1 week ago

Okay, I’ve marked out a few days on my calendar for June to go to this festival. It happens to fall on the same weekend as Father’s Day, and since “spending more time with my dad” has also been in the back of my mind, I think this could work out.



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