Ivymere

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Ivymere's Life List

  1. 1. Treat my body like a temple
    17 entries . 119 cheers
    145 people
  2. 2. express myself
    2 entries . 25 cheers
    160 people
  3. 3. Save money
    22 entries . 56 cheers
    16,393 people
  4. 4. live passionately
    10 entries . 52 cheers
    5,659 people
  5. 5. find myself
    14 entries . 48 cheers
    2,096 people
  6. 6. regain faith in myself
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    2 people
  7. 7. Be confident
    7 entries . 51 cheers
    1,504 people
  8. 8. figure out what i want to do with my life
    9 entries . 24 cheers
    3,881 people
  9. 9. Say "no" every time i feel like it and not feel guilty
    8 entries . 92 cheers
    370 people
  10. 10. express my feminist ideals more
    5 entries . 48 cheers
    17 people
  11. 11. Use creativity in every aspect of my life
    2 entries . 5 cheers
    3 people
  12. 12. seek out new friendships, nurture old ones
    2 team members . 6 entries . 17 cheers
    5 people
  13. 13. Dress better
    15 entries . 60 cheers
    1,326 people
  14. 14. travel the world
    13 entries . 19 cheers
    21,055 people
  15. 15. Be Healthy, Mindful, and Loving
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  16. 16. Inspire people to make changes in the world, instead of just unhappily accepting it as it is.
    3 entries . 30 cheers
    122 people
  17. 17. create a vision board
    9 entries . 31 cheers
    259 people
  18. 18. do 100 things I have never done
    9 entries . 6 cheers
    58 people
  19. 19. Live Without Fear
    12 entries . 38 cheers
    634 people
  20. 20. Never stop learning
    9 entries . 15 cheers
    4,082 people
  21. 21. make a smaller ecological footprint
    7 entries . 5 cheers
    1,014 people
  22. 22. forgive
    1,027 people
  23. 23. learn to trust
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    422 people
  24. 24. Learn how to put make-up on like a pro
    8 entries . 13 cheers
    361 people
  25. 25. learn to fly a plane
    4 entries . 17 cheers
    1,162 people
  26. 26. learn how to pole dance
    7 entries . 26 cheers
    133 people
  27. 27. learn more about different cultures and religions
    2 entries . 24 cheers
    6 people
  28. 28. volunteer for a cause I am passionate about
    6 entries . 51 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. visit 100+ museums around the world
    6 entries . 40 cheers
    4 people
  30. 30. create a personal travel map
    4 entries . 18 cheers
    624 people
  31. 31. cook more
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2,063 people
  32. 32. learn Mandarin
    5 entries . 16 cheers
    1,381 people
  33. 33. teach English abroad
    4 entries . 27 cheers
    263 people
  34. 34. Become TEFL qualified
    3 entries . 11 cheers
    50 people
  35. 35. Learn to play the drums
    2 entries . 18 cheers
    2,031 people
  36. 36. "Compliments Journal"
    5 team members . 30 entries . 12 cheers
    12 people
  37. 37. Learn conversational Japanese
    13 people
  38. 38. learn to play the ukulele
    4 entries . 24 cheers
    455 people
  39. 39. see the northern lights
    3 entries . 19 cheers
    19,100 people
  40. 40. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
    176 team members . 2 entries . 7 cheers
    127 people

How I did it
How to learn to do the breaststroke
It took me
3 months
It made me
proudly happy


How to do the Jelly Belly Factory Tour
It took me
1 day
It made me
more enlightened


How to list 100 questions to create and maintain great conversation
It took me
1 year
It made me
glad that I'm done


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Recent entries
do 100 things I have never done (read all 9 entries…)
More 2012 (49 ->)

1. Learn to breaststroke (I can make it across the pool without stopping, yay!)

2. Try Burmese food – LOVED it, by the way.

3. Have dinner parties – lots of fun, can’t wait to do more!

4. Swim in Haleiwa Beach Park’s water – it was lovely and wonderful.

5. Go to the beach by myself – it’s actually tons of fun to do this.

6. Signed up for not one, but TWO, swimming classes for the fall season that the C&C of San Francisco offers.

7. Try Durian ice cream.

8. Found my way back to where I wanted to go while driving in California WITHOUT freaking out ASAP and calling someone with access to the internet to google map me directions.

9. Attended a “slumber party” (akin to a tupperware party, but for sex toys/lingerie stuff).

10. Do Julia Cameron’s AW.

11. Do a flip turn!

12. Learned the dolphin kick.

13. Check out SF’s Flower Conservatory. Beautiful.

14. Get my eyebrows threaded (not waxed or tweezed or shaved).

15. Work in Illustrator with a digital tablet – so awesome. :)

16. Find and buy a pair of beautiful rainboots! (Kate Spade. Worthy investment.)

17. Try polenta in the form of regular polenta and in polenta cookies.

18. Try pumpkin oatmeal cookies! (OMG heaven!)

19. Backstroke a whole lap without stopping (or “cheating by stopping before touching the rail”).

20. Learn/do the elementary backstroke! (Super relaxing)

21. Learning the sidestroke!

22. Use a fabric shaver.

23. Organize/conduct my own fashion photoshoots!

24. Go to Muir Woods (and hiked 1100 ft. huffing and puffing).

25. Start buying gold-colored accessories/items (used to HATE the color because it clashes with my skin).

26. Go to Disneyland (the original in Anaheim)! With someone special, no less. For my 25th birthday. :D

27. Actually somewhat appreciated walking commencement for graduation for my design degree.

28. Sightseeing at Sutro Baths/Land’s End.

29. Tried Durian Puff Pastry and Egg Yolk Lava Bun.

30. :) [Little too personal to put up in PUBLIC.]

31. Bake pumpkin-oatmeal cookies. Nommy!

32. Ride in a convertible.

33. Go sailing (in a sailboat, not like dinner cruise ship or anything) around Honolulu Harbor! :)

34. Learned efficient ways to undress/dress a mannequin, half-form, or dressmaker form.

35. Swam in the beach on a full-moon night (totally different experience than the day).

36. Hosted several dinner parties in which I did all or most of the cooking (including prep work and table set up).

37. Go to Yosemite.

38. Try driving a manual/stick-shift car!!!

39. Been courageous enough to speak up to a manager about issues that truly bother me.

40. Try Masala Chai tea (so amazing).

41. Make my own jewelry holder (selected my own wood, bought gold screws, stained the wood…) with the help of my boyfriend.

42. Do a triathlon – relay type (I swam) and managed to NOT DROWN. Well, the goal was twofold – to motivate me to work out and also to not drown while swimming the 400m in Mokule`ia. I survived. That’s something.

43. Did the Great Aloha Run in 2:02…I was aiming for under 2 hours but I won’t beat myself up about it!

44. Working 7 days a week (no days off at all)...and still doing all right! I mean, I’ve done the go to school full-time plus several part-time jobs thing, but I think I’ve always managed to have at least one day completely off.

45. Go to a MeetUp event and meet people while playing board games (new games!!).

46. Make nutella ice cream at home to share with my favorite people!!! :)

47. Added 3 new piercings to my ears :) – something I never THOUGHT I’d do. I’ve gotten my ears pierced before, though.

48. Got hired to help someone edit their resume and work on their cover letter, as well as helping rebrand the image (business cards, etc).

49. Help make homemade pizza!

50. Try using an iPad for productive work via different apps.

51. Go to Maui, see the Lavender Farms (Ali’i Kula), and share a room at the Sheraton with 6 others.

52. Do a crazy event called the Maui Hana Relay in which a team of 6 runners run 52 miles from Kahului Airport to Hana. We did it. I survived. We are rockin’!!!



Save money (read all 22 entries…)
I've been lax! :(

I have a trip coming up in Dec that I’ve been dreaming about for years but stupidly kept spending what I saved for it. Have to start anew!

$3000 by December! Aaaaahhhhh!



"Compliments Journal" (read all 30 entries…)
Various...

Lots of people at the workplace have been complimenting me on my shoes and dresses. That’s telling me my wardrobe is appreciated so yay!

My boyfriend tells me how witty my texts are and how they make him laugh. That makes me smile when I hear that.



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