I'm doing 38 things
November 2010
2 days ago
Ms. Alix of the United States
Greysen's Life List
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1. Find other 43Things artists interested in participating in a collaborative art journal
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2. Do NaNoWriMo
14 entries . 19 cheers607 people -
3. Run a 5K
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4. Read a book a week
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5. Make a one loan a month to kiva.org
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6. Lose 10 pounds
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7. Lose 15 pounds
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8. Join a writing group
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9. Write a book
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10. Meditate daily
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11. Make a smaller ecological footprint
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12. Find love
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13. Give back
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14. Identify 100 things that make me happy
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15. Build a house
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16. Do the A-Z author challenge
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17. Take the one hundred pushups challenge (hundredpushups.com)
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18. Give 1000 cheers
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19. Donate 43 trees to answer4earth.com
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20. Turn off the lights for one hour at 8pm on 28 March 2010 for Earth Hour !
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21. Go to the dentist
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22. Learn to embroider.
2 entries . 8 cheers123 people -
23. Adopt a dog
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24. Get a passport
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25. Take a trip out of the country
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26. Go white water rafting
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27. Go zip-lining
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28. To live instead of exist
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29. Move
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30. Minimize existing clutter and excess possessions
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31. Get 8 hours of sleep a night for a week
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32. Share 43 of my favorite websites
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33. Swear less
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34. Put my personal art journal online at 1001 journals
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35. Write something every day for one month
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36. Get involved with the martial arts again
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37. Learn to fence
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38. Attend Journalfest 2010
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How I did it
It made me
Smarter 
How I did it: I stacked my rice with a minute here and a minute there whenever I happened to think about it - which unfortunately wasn't very often. A fun way to increase your vocabulary skills and help out someone in need. Probably one of the only games your mom would agree doesn't kills brain cells. Read how I did it…
It made me
less materialistic
How I did it: Sign up at paperbackswap.com. Start a list of books that you'd like to swap out from your own library and create a wish list of books you'd like to receive in return. As requests come in, you mail off your books, paying for the postage. For each book you mail you recieve a credit to use for ordering a book you want.You'll be notified through email when a book on your wish list becomes available. You are given the option at that point… Read how I did it…
It made me
aware
How I did it: I heard about the Vipassana center from another 43Things-er. When I went to the website I found a lot of options as far as the locations were concerned. I selected the Dhamma Siri Center, in Texas. Once I filled out the application it was only a matter of days before I recieved an acceptance letter and detailed instructions on the code of discipline, what I needed to bring, and directions to the center. It was all very well organized.The … Read how I did it…
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