The other day I spoke before 1,700 people at the EARCOS ETC 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, introducing Rischard, the author of “High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them”. Then, I was on a panel discussion discussing digital and video imagery. I was nervous, and glad when it was over!
LittleRedRidinghood's Life List
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1. Try to be more kind and compassionate towards people who bug me
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2. create and send more postal art
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3. Do things that feed my soul
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4. dress less like a teacher and more like a hipster
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5. be at peace
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6. stop thinking too much
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7. take no one for granted
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8. make time to paint or collage at least once a week
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9. Create a documentary
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10. read a book by one of the scientists interviewed in "What the BLEEP Do We Know"?
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11. sit in gardens and parks more often
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12. see the next total solar eclipse
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13. apologize only when it's needed
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14. be 100% vegan again
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15. Try really, really hard not to fall in love again
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16. host a drum circle in my yard during full moon or new moon and invite a bunch of people I barely know but are willing to come just because it's a drum circle
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17. Visit the Great Pyramids in Egypt
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18. Float in the Black Sea
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19. Explore how 43 things can be a social change tool
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20. get organized
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21. read "Alice in Wonderland"
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22. release 10 book crossings books
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23. make curtains for my house
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24. honor the quiet people, not just the loud ones
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25. celebrate authenticity and steer clear of those who pretend to be someone they're not
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26. work on my abs
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27. visit China
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28. read at least one poem a day
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29. read more books
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30. write more short stories
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31. laugh more
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32. rest
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33. floss regularly
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34. Work out 6 days a week for 12 weeks beginning 11 Jan 06
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35. Spend more time with people who genuinely care about me and less time with "surface" friends
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36. take a cooking class
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37. mention 43 things in a social setting and find another person who is part of 43 things that I didn't KNOW was part of 43 things
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38. explore how 43 Things can promote online learning
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39. increase my "world music" collection
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40. scuba dive before I'm 80 years old
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41. Make yet another pilgrimage to Dali's "The Last Supper" at the National Gallery at the Smithsonian
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I sang in a jazz band last night! The vocal jazz performance was part of a fundraiser for a local charity to promote literacy. I sang “Comes Love” (a Billie Holiday song) and “All that Jazz”.
I was so nervous I couldn’t eat the whole day, and my hands were shaking at rehearsal as I held the mike, but some sort of cold, icy calm came over me when I was in front of the crowd of almost 200 people. It helped to have so many friends in the audience lending their support.
The setting was magnificent: inside a jazz club with floor-to-ceiling windows that looked out onto the lake: tiny white lights in the trees and a cool breeze, and speaker set up so those who were outside could listen to the band.
I never would have done it if it weren’t for 43things.
There’s something to be said for setting intention: if you put it out there, it just might happen!
After three years of study, and much wailing and gnashing of teeth, this English teacher got her MA in Educational Technology. I had never taken a computer course in my life, and knew few of the programs required.
Now, my life is “semi” back-to-normal.” Unfortunately, I can’t seem to sit still.
I’m thinking: what’s next? PhD? Second masters? Or better yet: should I finish my novel?


