I am more than half way through my training right now. Had I been asked to run a marathon a year ago I would have laughed. The training is hard and a lot of work but I feel great about everything I have accomplished up to now. I could run a half marathon right now.
I do keep a separate blog for running if you would like to read about it so far and in the future in more detail.
http://seelaurirun.blogspot.com/
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Laurilovesyou's Life List
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1. run a marathon
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2. Loose 15 pounds
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3. Learn Japanese
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4. Graduate college
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5. be debt free
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6. Move out
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7. get a fulfilling job
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8. Buy a House
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9. stop buying unnecessary things
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10. Practice Yoga
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11. consume less
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12. clean my room
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13. be happy with my life
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14. figure out what i want to do with my life
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15. straighten my teeth
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16. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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17. swear less
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18. teach english in japan
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19. knit a sweater
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20. get more tattoos
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21. meditate regularly
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22. practice mindful consumption
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23. stop procrastinating
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24. Get organized and Stay organized!
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25. find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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26. Visit the Rainforest
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27. live in japan for a while
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28. declutter my house
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29. never apologize for being me
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30. pack bento lunches
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31. live a simple life
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32. play the ukulele
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33. run a 5k
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34. move to another country
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35. Start my own business
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36. go to India
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37. repair my credit
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38. Float in the Dead Sea
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39. learn to belly dance
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40. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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41. visit 50 countries
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42. take JLPT 4
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I suppose you could say we are living a simple life by default. This semester I went back to school and I chose not to work. Its experimental I suppose. Although I am looking for a very part time job, like less than 15 hrs a week, part time. We just making it on one check, but there is no extra for emergencies.
But this has all caused us to simplify things. I have been finding new ways to use up things we have in the pantry already to limit what we spend on groceries. Crock pots are great for that. I’ve also been baking bread and cookies from scratch instead of buying them. I feel more accomplished when I bake. I’ve also been making up randon things for dinners and lunch too. Ie, whatever is around. We ate frozen burritos and frozen egg rolls from Trader Joe’s the other day for dinner. Who says you cant mix tex-mex and chinese?
This has also made us much more aware of extra driving and extra things we really dont need to be buying. We are really just limiting to things we need only. And now also weening out things around the house that we don’t need to keep or use and donating them to charity.
I got a ukulele for christmas but now with school havent had as much time to play. I need to work on that
