I'm doing 43 things
What is wrong with us? no-one made us feel beautiful or loved and now we go around thinking that we are inferior in some way!
YOU ARE NOT UGLY…YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN YOUR OWN WAY, STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP, BE KIND TO YOURSELF…
IgorTerrible's Life List
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1. Chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 1 hour a day
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2. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best
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3. Make all my goals S.M.A.R.T.
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4. Have at least 3 months salary in the bank always
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5. Get organized
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6. Have perfect teeth
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7. get in shape
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8. be successful
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9. Believe that I'm just as good as everyone else
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10. become happy with how I look
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11. Be myself
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12. stop procrastinating
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13. Be more efficient when working
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14. meet new people
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15. reinvent myself
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16. improve my voice
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17. be more outgoing
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18. be more grateful
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19. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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20. be respected
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21. never apologize for being me
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22. Be 100% sure of my Mission
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23. Not feel ugly
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24. smile at strangers
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25. Read 'How to Know God' again
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26. Start my own business
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27. forgive and forget
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28. help others
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29. Speak French fluently
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30. avoid negative people
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31. have all my life and things in order
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32. make my girlfriend happy
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33. be positive
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34. live simply
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35. have indestructible happiness
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36. wear a kilt
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37. Buy less pay more ... but also learn to spot good deals
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38. organise my goals
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39. do what i love
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40. Make a living with my creativity
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41. buy my own house
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42. Make music, beautiful music
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43. meditate every day
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How I did it
It made me
Very Happy 
How I did it: I visualised my ideal place to live and left it up to the gods to sort out the paperwork lol. I make sure that I have time every day without distractions like TV to inhibit me and I also have at least 3 or 4 pieces to keep me interested in playing. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I just got lucky and found a flat with a beautiful and tuned piano and i decided to play every day at least 15 minutes? in 2 months my playing has improved 1000% and I am tackling and playing pieces that I thought were way above me, nothing really virtuoso but pieces that even Glenn Gould recorded. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Spent 2 weeks travelling around south of France, stpped in Montpellier almost by chance, stayed a week to see if I liked it and then decided to move there. It took me 6 months to tie up loose ends and It has taken me another 6 months here to get more or less settled. I am really glad I trusted my instinct. I love it here. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I only really started learning 2 years ago and I can pretty much hold my own in a conversation but I need a break if I speak for long periods…I can understand most of what people say but I kind of go ‘gaga’ after a while…I am just not used to speaking for more than a few minutes so I am trying to watch all my French films without the subtitles to get my brain ‘frenched up’...
My 5 tips for rapid progress.
1. Watch LOTS of French films or any film with French audio (only French subtitles)
2. Always carry a French book to read (start with kiddies’ like ‘Le Petit Nicolas’ and jump to novels (Patrick Besson, Amèlie Nothomb), skip the adolescent’s- unless you are a masochist, they are difficult!) and a small notebook for new words and phrases- and read as much as possible, this will build your vocabulary faster than any neuro-whatsit doo dah.
3. Practice with a patient and encouraging native for at least an hour per week (try to avoid ‘I am French, therefore a ‘teacher’ already and have the right to be a ‘language nazi’ types- )
4. Have a good French-only method book with audio examples (I used ‘Forum’) and play those CDs til you know ‘em backwards
5. Dedicate seperate time to perfecting the French ‘R’ and all those ‘difficult’ vowels sounds and be merciless on getting your pronunciation ‘right’- make sure you internalise the sound first.
French is easy if you approach it in the right way, good luck!
