I'm doing 29 things
I had chronic tension headaches since I was sixteen. When I was around 20, I began visiting a chiropractor. He helped me manage the headaches, but they would return if I didn’t see him regularly. I started taking antidepressants, which lessened the frequency of headaches. Last spring I took a yoga class. One day I had a really bad headache, but decided to go to class anyway and just do what I could do. We had a very gentle, relaxing session that day, and by the time class was over, the terrible headache was gone! I control my headaches now by paying attention to the muscle tension (and psychological tension) in my body, eating well, taking a multivitamin every day, and taking time to sit and consciously relax. I still get them every once in a while, but now just a couple of ibuprofen will send ‘em packing.
LinguaFranca's Life List
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1. get my MLS
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2. get sterilized
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3. lose fifteen pounds
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4. lose my belly fat
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5. be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up
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6. make a souffle
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7. start a preservation program
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8. have my own room
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9. dye my hair an unnatural color
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10. Get a ferret
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11. get a conch piercing
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12. learn how to drive stick-shift
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13. Learn Spanish
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14. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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15. start an online business
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16. meet Robert Jordan
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17. go to europe
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18. get off prescription meds
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19. get a haircut from a top stylist
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20. get a tattoo
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21. learn to belly dance
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22. buy a marimba
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23. watch Beavis and Butt-head with Patrick Stewart
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24. attain enlightenment
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25. eat at an Indian restaurant
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26. Quit my job
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27. Learn American Sign Language
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28. Buy a snack cake at the Quick Stop in Leonardo, NJ
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29. sing in a chorus again
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Recent entries
Stopping headaches
3 years ago
Bookbinding
3 years ago
I took a preservation workshop this summer, and our take-home project was to make a book. We were provided with the materials, so the books all looked the same - except for the color of the cover - but they all looked so nice. I’m very proud of mine.
Untitled
3 years ago
I graduated from Ohio University in 2002 with a degree in English and minors in Linguistics and Music.
