funniculee

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  1. 1. Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
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  2. 2. Lose fat, gain muscle
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  3. 3. kick this "all or nothing" thinking to the curb
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    4 people
  4. 4. make more eye contact
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  5. 5. give up sugar, grains, and processed foods for one full month
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  6. 6. conquer procrastination
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  7. 7. Lead a balanced life
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  8. 8. get counseling
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  9. 9. drink herbal infusions daily
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  10. 10. meditate daily
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  11. 11. Create a budget and stick to it
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  12. 12. practice yoga regularly
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    684 people
  13. 13. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
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    204 people
  14. 14. List 43 amazing moments in otherwise unamazing songs
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  15. 15. team all the 43T librarians
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    29 people
  16. 16. take 43 Cultural Cuisine Field Trips in my own kitchen
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  17. 17. bake my way through Peter Reinhart's "The Bread Baker's Apprentice"
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  18. 18. list 43 women i wouldn't kick outta bed
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  19. 19. list 43 men i wouldn't kick outta bed
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  20. 20. learn Tarot
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  21. 21. stretch my hamstrings every night before bed (and throughout the day when I think of it)
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  22. 22. watch and review 43 foreign movies
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  23. 23. Read "Women Who Run With Wolves"
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  24. 24. ride my bike more
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  25. 25. sort out my sore knee and sore shoulder
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  26. 26. be more social
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  27. 27. do www.100pushups.info
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  28. 28. Build a cat tree for my cat
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    61 people
  29. 29. learn how to make an omelet
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  30. 30. re-learn to sew
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  31. 31. Write more
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  32. 32. learn to play "Wild World" (Cat Stevens version) on piano
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  33. 33. learn to play "I Feel the Earth Move" on piano
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    2 people
  34. 34. sing more
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  35. 35. see all of Shakespeare's plays
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  36. 36. read 100 books in 2009
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    71 people
  37. 37. practice guitar at least 20 minutes everyday
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Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) (read all 140 entries…)
Penultimate 2 days ago

Today I’m grateful:

1. For figuring out something kind of cool on the guitar tonight.

2. That my calluses are DEFINITELY coming back, much more quickly than I could have expected.

3. For the great conversations I had with kids about books today. There are some scary-good young readers out there, including one kindergartner who plows through everything in sight and reads aloud to her older brother (who doesn’t like to read as much, but likes his little sis to read to him :). So. Awesome.

4. For the several moms I met today who were so excited about the free movies we show in summer. Probably the easiest program I’ve done so far, but they love ‘em. With the cost of movies and the tightness of incomes these days, it’s a bigger deal than usual.

5. That tomorrow’s FRIDAY!



Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) (read all 140 entries…)
Waved through 3 days ago

Today I’m grateful:

1. That the medium-large frustration from yesterday is on its way to being resolved, hopefully.

2. That summer reading is going like gangbusters! We are going through goodie bags like mad, and the library has been hoppin’ every day.

3. For story hour! I was really missing story hour. It’s nice to be doing it again.

4. That the kids REALLY loved yesterday’s program. So much so that one little story hour girl interrupted me today just to say, “Miss Nicole! Miss Nicole! That puppet show is still in my HEAD!”. Awesome.

5. For the nice driver that let me turn left on the way home from work today. A tiny thing, but it made my evening better.



Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2) (read all 140 entries…)
Conquering irritation 4 days ago

Today I’m grateful:

1. That I did not freeze up with worry and annoyance when a medium-large but ultimately unimportant frustration arose today.

2. For my guitar! Yay!

3. For a really excellent, successful children’s program today.

4. For the great volunteer who just walked in the door yesterday! She was super-helpful.

5. For my extremely rewarding job – even though it’s tiring, I always feel like I’ve done something worthwhile by the time I go home.



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