I'm doing 25 things
It was well worth it and I’m now okay with my drinking. I can accept myself as someone who like to finish a bottle of wine, drink a little too much.
I do pay attention when there is chance of really going too far. I drink water in between. It is that easy.
Iovis's Life List
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1. I can do 100 push ups
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2. starting a blog about what inspires me and what doesn't
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3. make 43things work for me again
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4. Go to bed at 10PM and get up at 6AM for 4 weeks in a row (except weekends)
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5. explore my surroundings
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6. I am keeping to my daily a ritual to get my energy running
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7. I find a new rewarding, challenging job that makes me happy
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8. I am using the internet in a positive way
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9. I am spending my time doing things that I really enjoy
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10. Poetry has found me back
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11. I buy a bike with which I can do my weekly shopping
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12. I am debt free
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13. I'm swimming a mile into the ocean. Any ocean. And back.
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14. I own a citroen SM
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15. I am buying my wife a Nissan Qashqai
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16. I am treating my toenails with the respect they deserve
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17. I am a good father
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18. I'm learning more about cooking!
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19. I am creating a successful business
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20. We are having twin girls
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21. I am accepting life as it is
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22. I am finding my rhythm and am creating more melody
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23. I am creating a magazine about sex, philosophy and sophistication
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24. I am not drinking until I'm 42
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25. I am free to leave my job by the end of September
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How I did it
It made me
Satisfied 
How I did it: I sat down on my ass, let the words come, kept close to what I remembered and re-construed the gaps. The story is autobiographical. I printed out every version, would edit it by hand, and then re-write. Sometimes, I would make amendments on screen. Problems I encountered were mainly related to the quest of construing a narrative aout of an experience that was already there. In other words, moving from the idiosyncratic to a more… Read how I did it…
It made me
Oh wow! 
How I did it: Followed the Dukan diet. Read the book, decided not to follow the diet. Then I met a cousin who lost 10kg in two months and decided to do it. Went from 104kg to 94kg in two months and I'm now stable. Still on the diet though, but it's no sweat. I love it. Read how I did it…
It made me
Confident
How I did it: I spent about four years criticising the UK and its inhabitants. In a nutshell: From all European countries this country comes closest to a third world country. It's just much colder.Then I admitted that all my prejudices were simply a reaction to a loss of status. I wasn't happy with myself. Now, I'm well on my way. I can live anywhere. Learned so many lessons.When people asked me how it is to livein the UK, I used to say: "I… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
This is a vague goal, and I could have written it down as ‘I have saved £10k by the end of September’.
Now fixing on a load of money that will set you free can be motivating. Still, it implicates that the only freedom from your job is in the money. You need that job to get the money. It’s a bit of paradox, in order to become free, you need to slave.
Don’t get me wrong, I like working, but the only way to earn a decent wage in my job is to work 50-60 hours a week. I call that slaving.
What I want is to feel free, focus on the feeling and stay relaxed. If working a lot is part of that proces, fine.
I want to to re-evaluate my skills, experience, my professional capital and see what I can do in this world. Money helps to create time to go into the world. Staying in a job all week, working Saturdays prevents you from going out and meeting people, out there, who might help you on your way to find that new job.
It’s not an easy situation, but I know where I am.
Made another payment on my study debt last month. Still €3000 to go, and I happen to have £3000 in my savings. Now I could be in the clear, in the blue, in the plus, in the positive for real, but my goal is to have saved £10k by the end of September, so I can leave my job. That comes first.
Once I have a new job, and there is money left, I will use it to pay of my last debts.
