I'm doing 37 things
It’s time to move on again and shake the dust of this here town (or job, or whatever) off my feet. Giddyap!
Julia1190's Life List
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1. Get a new job
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2. stop hiding my talents
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3. achieve work/life balance.
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4. get back in shape
1 entry687 people -
5. Write a detective novel
1 entry . 5 cheers5 people -
6. sing a lead role in an opera
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7. write a cover story for National Geographic
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8. find a dependable international mutual fund and start investing in it on a monthly plan
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9. own a house
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10. write a sonnet cycle
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11. go on a date to a classy restaurant with a man who will pay for the meal
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12. stop procrastinating
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13. master the art of french cooking
1 entry . 4 cheers9 people -
14. get married
1 entry . 1 cheer21,349 people -
15. pay off my student loans
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16. to have one baby
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
17. spend a month at the MacDowell Colony
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18. see the northern lights
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19. return to Florence, Italy
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20. Write a Travel Book
4 cheers32 people -
21. write a book for young readers (ages 8 to 13)
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22. Learn to speak French fluently
1 entry659 people -
23. learn to speak Dutch
3 entries . 3 cheers107 people -
24. throw out most of the paper I've kept over the years from school and life in general
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25. write a picture book
1 entry . 1 cheer13 people -
26. learn the constellations
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27. Travel across Canada by train
1 entry . 4 cheers54 people -
28. improve my German
3 cheers527 people -
29. Learn to speak Japanese
1 entry838 people -
30. live in Vermont
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31. grow pumpkins
1 entry . 6 cheers19 people -
32. revisit a German village where I once lived
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33. Learn watercolor painting
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34. Visit China
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35. stop letting my mother get to me and live my own life
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36. be a classical radio announcer
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37. be an international woman of mystery
1 entry . 3 cheers27 people
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Years of lessons from a great voice teacher plus a ton of practice and memorization. I'm a person who has had a great fear of being on a stage in front of people, so acting classes have helped, too. Read how I did it…
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I’ve really got to get going on this and take my own advice. I told a friend who is also applying for jobs that you have to treat it like a game and pretend you’re applying on behalf of someone else who is totally awesome.
