Glenda B.




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Glenda B.'s Life List

  1. 1. keep it real
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    40 people
  2. 2. maintain great friendships
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    141 people
  3. 3. have no regrets
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    1,574 people
  4. 4. live passionately
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    5,592 people
  5. 5. Move to Chicago
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    360 people
  6. 6. Keep in closer contact with friends (regularly)
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  7. 7. Learn to fly
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    2,134 people
  8. 8. get out of debt
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    10,986 people
  9. 9. write more letters
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    1,522 people
  10. 10. write more songs
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    375 people
  11. 11. Buy a new computer
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    308 people
  12. 12. Learn About My Family History
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    48 people
  13. 13. find time for myself
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  14. 14. visit all 50 states
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    7,112 people
  15. 15. Quit Smoking
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    8,469 people
  16. 16. run a marathon
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    10,407 people
  17. 17. exercise regularly
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    10,491 people
  18. 18. eat healthier
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    10,078 people
  19. 19. get a laptop
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    909 people
  20. 20. make a pinhole camera
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    136 people
  21. 21. Save money
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    14,675 people
  22. 22. Write every day
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    874 people
  23. 23. Get a digital SLR camera
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    761 people
  24. 24. Watch a space shuttle launch
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    957 people
  25. 25. become a better photographer
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    1,971 people
  26. 26. play in a band again
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    63 people
  27. 27. get my pilot's license
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    724 people
  28. 28. go to every major league baseball stadium
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    6 people
  29. 29. never apologize for being me
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    707 people
  30. 30. help people
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    1,349 people
  31. 31. dance more
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    1,069 people
  32. 32. Go to graduate school
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    1,188 people
  33. 33. meditate daily
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    3,980 people
  34. 34. plant a garden
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    1,833 people
  35. 35. be inspired
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    359 people
  36. 36. Learn How to Cook Filipino Food
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    40 people
  37. 37. see the thing that is genuinely beautiful about every person
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    180 people
  38. 38. stop wasting time
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    3,555 people
  39. 39. write down as many of my earliest memories from childhood as I can remember
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    32 people
  40. 40. start going to church again
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    67 people
  41. 41. call home more often
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    24 people
  42. 42. spend more time with my brother
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    39 people
  43. 43. manage my Bipolar disorder
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    149 people
Recent entries
make someone cry out of happiness
An intensely emotional moment. 4 years ago

I’m still not certain of how it happened or came about as there was no pretense involved in the whole situation, but it was just this outpouring of emotion. It was beautifully vulnerable and sensitive—and it made them that much more three-dimensional to me.



walk across the brooklyn bridge
Lots of soul. 4 years ago

I used to live in Brooklyn Heights, two blocks from where the Brooklyn Bridge empties out pedestrian traffic.

When I was unemployed for a little while back in 2002, I actually used to get up at about 9:00AM in the morning on the weekdays to run the bridge from Brooklyn Heights into the Financial District in Manhattan and back—the reason being because I knew that all the New Yorkers would be in their offices by then.

It really is quite peaceful.

The bridge is so old, that you can actually visualize New York being built from the ground-up when you stare at it for a long time. When you compare it to peer bridges such as the Manhattan, Triboro, Williamsburg, GWB, 59th Street, Queensboro—it’s just not as soulful. Most of those bridges are slabs of metal and concrete. Try walking the cabled and wooded Brooklyn Bridge and see what I mean.



run up the "rocky steps" in philly
Cough. Sputter. Cough. Wheeze. 4 years ago

I did this on a visit to my best friend’s apartment while he was living in Philly.

I only say this isn’t worth it because at the time I was blatantly out of shape and I wasn’t in the condition to be doing it. Man, did that hurt. Don’t bother doing it if you’re out of shape.

However, I do have to say it was fun trying. Throwing a couple of goofy punches and taking the steps on slower rather than faster (which is probably what I did) might make it easier.

I, unfortunately, cannot vouch for this personally being a positive experience for me at all, though.



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