It’s hard going so far, though! I have about $3000 so far.
Manaia's Life List
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1. Be true to myself
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2. Go running consistently
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3. study for one hour a day, until it becomes a habit
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4. Make art again
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5. learn to sail
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6. do 5 pullups
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7. do 50 pushups
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8. Hike more
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9. learn the constellations
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10. live on a ship
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11. be sweetly fierce
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12. Find god
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13. Take care of my parents when they are retired
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14. Get more toned and lose some fat...
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15. Save $10,000
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16. dance more
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17. Give my dog an awesome life
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18. Travel to mongolia, india, nepal, africa & the middle east
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Five year plan after graduation (2012 – 2017):
- Save up enough money to pay off my student loan, and put it into a high interest saving account.
- Then save up enough money for a deposit on a house – any house will do, just to get into the housing market.
- Work abroad in various places, including somewhere exotic – taking my dog of course! I’d love to see India, Nepal, Africa, Alaska, the pacific islands… while I’m still relatively young and independent.
- Learn to sail a boat, now that I can afford it.
- Start saving for my retirement, even just $20 per week, using the power of compound interest.
- Be a great auntie to my friends’ kids.
- Build my own eco-friendly home, design it and make the stained glass for it myself.
- Travel some more! Go to Antarctica, Europe, all the places I haven’t been yet.
- Back to school to do a specialist degree
- Sail around the world, or at least do a big international trip.
- Possibly have a couple of kids before I get too old – if I can find the love of my life to have kids with between now and then!
- Spoil my newly retired parents, who have sacrificed a lot for me over the years.
So it seems a bit silly to drive the car to uni. Biking will be cheaper and more fun and better for the environment. I mean, uni is only 5km away, so it shouldn’t take more than 20 or 30 minutes to get there.
First I need to get my bike fixed though. Or maybe get a new bike. Or even a skateboard, I guess! And find a helmet.
Plus I need to learn to get up a little earlier. And get over my mild fear of biking, since I had a few accidents last time I tried… faceplanting on the asphalt hurts!
