I'm doing 27 things
Time to clean up my goals and throw this one off. There are some stories I’m never going to finish, so I’ll never be able to pull this off. Instead of focusing on something vague, I’ll fix myself some clear goals. Doing NaNoWriMo, for example, or finishing a novel.
Iloenchen's Life List
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1. show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.
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2. learn Japanese
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3. read 50 books in a year
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4. Get 20 stamps in my passport
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5. Swim in the ocean more often
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6. complete Final Fantasy X-2
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7. Research my family tree
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8. visit Egypt
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9. see the northern lights
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10. write my doctor thesis
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11. stay in an ice hotel
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12. sleep in a hammock
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13. find the end of a rainbow
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14. Kiss in the rain
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15. write a letter to Santa
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16. Walk the Great Wall of China
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17. finish reading all the books I own
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18. read harry potter 7
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19. read all of shakespeare
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20. Visit 20 capital cities
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21. Do the A-Z author challenge
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22. learn to write with my left hand
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23. Send a message in a bottle and get a reply!
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24. do 50 CONSECUTIVE sit-ups each day for 30 days in a row
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25. Collect a postcard from every state in the US
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26. Have a story published
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27. receive a postcard from every country in the world
2 entries . 3 cheers7 people
How I did it
It made me
proud 
How I did it: I've attempted NaNoWriMo a few times, and never won. In 2009, I finally managed to pull it off. For the first time, I had more than a vague idea of the storyline. This helped immensely, and I think it's what made the difference. I had started planning a month before, and by the time November arrived, I was eager to start writing. The first days went well. The middle of the month was very bad. My motivation went up again when I came close … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Things change… I still want to go to Sweden, I just don’t see how I can live there for a year. My priorities have shifted during the past years, and so has the country where I want to live.
This is my huge project for 2011. I’ve already got an idea of where I want to go. All I need now is to wait for the flights to come out, so I can continue planning. Then there’s the question of whether I’ll go alone or with a friend, which I’ll have to answer this year. No matter how it turns out, I’m really looking forward to it!
