I'm doing 29 things
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1 month ago
I’m waiting for it to sink in.
IrishGuitars3's Life List
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1. play at a coffee shop
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2. keep my list of goals do-able and achievable
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3. run a 10K
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4. run 1000 miles this year
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5. run a marathon
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6. learn the kings and queens of England since 1066
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7. volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
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8. visit all 50 states
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9. visit all 7 continents
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10. Complete a triathalon
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11. stop being afraid of fear
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12. Stop caring what other people think of me
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13. Be remembered with a smile
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14. think before i speak
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15. go to a red sox game
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16. Go to the London Olympics in 2012
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17. be more Christ-like
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18. sing a child to sleep
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19. make friendships that last
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20. see "Rent" on Broadway
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21. own an electric guitar
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22. finish writing a song
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23. shave my head
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24. audition for "Jeopardy!"
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25. go hunting
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26. learn to juggle
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27. learn to snowboard
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28. prove wrong some stereotypes made about me
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29. get my bartending license
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Recent entries
Progress...?
1 month ago
I’m a little more than 400 miles into this and we’re almost into August. This might mean that I won’t hit 1000 miles by the end of this year, but it won’t hurt to try!
Point-blank honesty
5 months ago
This is getting harder than I had ever imagined. And it doesn’t help that we’re sleeping together every now and then.
Most will argue that sex is an expression of love and I agree with this. But there is a deeper, truer belief within me that sex is something to be saved, something to wait for. To be cliche, all good things are worth waiting for. But it’s really really hard when you’ve used all your words and your gifts and your kisses.
I want to save myself for her, but I don’t know if she wants to save herself for me. She’s a very impressionable young woman and it doesn’t help that her best friends at college have been unintentionally bombarding her with stories of how they lost their virginity. She used to be pretty strong on this point, but it’s rather disappointing how we’ve both made pacts on “how far to go” and gone past those boundaries.
There is no way that we are going to the extreme of ending the relationship over this, but…I don’t know what to do. We aren’t in this together, perhaps that’s what hurts the most. I’m the one making the decisions and she follows them blindly. She doesn’t have as solid a moral base as she once did. She borrows from those around her, constantly compromising and constantly conforming until her standards are undefined. I would hardly call myself perfect and don’t dare blame anyone for this. I just want this to be about US, not about my making the decision alone.
