I'm doing 25 things
Curses on leaf blowers
1 week ago
Leaf blowers are for lazy arses. They’re such a nuisance…so very loud, ruining the peace in our neighbourhood, especially on a weekend morning. Bless those who own a rake and know how to use it.
HavanaCat's Life List
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1. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically
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2. take a class at every yoga centre in the city with TippyToes to find out which ones we like the most
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3. practice yoga at least three times a week
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4. find a job that gives me a sense of purpose, decent time off for travel, and daily laughs with co-workers
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5. Contact some local art galleries about exhibiting my work
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6. Leave the smallest footprint possible
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7. rant on occasion to get it off my chest
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8. love myself and realize that no one is responsible for my happiness, no one can "rescue" me, and I have to tend my own garden
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9. Read all of the journals I wrote starting in 1996 that cover the years I lived and worked overseas, and the years since I've been back to see what I've learned along the way
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10. exercise regularly
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11. Improve my posture
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12. Leave my city once a month, leave my country once a year, leave my baggage behind me
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13. share quotes, poetry...anything I come across that other 43Thingers might enjoy or find of interest
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14. control my jealousy
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15. Learn to trust again, or just learn to stop worrying so much, realize I can't control others, and focus on myself instead
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16. Be happy without being in love, because it's true...you only have you, and there are no guarantees otherwise.
5 entries . 80 cheers6 people -
17. Get a crossword puzzle published, if not in the New York Times, then in some other newspaper
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18. share more books via www.bookcrossing.com
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19. never, EVER grow up
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20. do naughty things and revel in lasciviousness
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21. Collect tacky snowglobes from everywhere I travel, or a friend travels
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22. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
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23. plant a garden next spring with my favourite flowers: cosmos, irises, peonies, to name a few
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24. volunteer in my community
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25. call my friends who live out of town more often instead of emailing them
1 entry . 3 cheers1 person
Recent entries
Today I am grateful for....
1 week ago
-not having to cook when I truly don’t feel like it because G doesn’t mind doing it
-not having to cook alone because G usually cooks with me, unless he’s tied up with something he can’t put aside
-not having to cook because there are such lovely things as restaurants
-not having to cook because I don’t have kids to worry about feeding
-not having to cook because there is a bowl and cereal in my cupboard
Arrrggggghhhhhh!
4 weeks ago
Today at a stop light the guy in front of me opened his car door and dumped the contents of his ashtray on the road….cigarette butts in a big disgusting heap! I couldn’t believe it! Was he never taught not to litter? If the light wasn’t turning green so soon, I would’ve gotten out of my car and gone up to his car window and told him off. However, I imagined his punishment, and it made me feel much better. I would sew him a jacket made entirely of cigarette butts, that he would have to wear (with nothing underneath) on a rainy day, on a busy intersection, holding a sign saying, “I AM AN IDIOT.” And, as it rained all day, the cigarette jacket would get heavy with water and stinky and soggy, and gradually fall off of him, leaving him stark naked. Then, he’d have to bend over in full view of everyone driving by, and start picking up the cigarette butts, one by one and putting them in a little bag with a Hello Kitty on it. I wish I was Queen for a day, for this I would decree. :)
