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Mathien_Philos




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  2. 1. weigh 135 pounds
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  3. 2. run for 30 minutes without stopping
    5 entries . 3 cheers     		10 people
  4. 3. Practice yoga 30 times in 30 days
    5 entries . 2 cheers     		31 people
  5. 4. be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up
    1 entry     		119 people
  6. 5. Learn how to give a good massage
    1 entry     		204 people
  7. 6. Clean my room and keep it that way
    1 entry     		208 people
  8. 7. ride an elephant
    1 entry     		794 people
  9. 8. learn to belly dance
    1 entry     		2,296 people
  10. 9. Donate blood
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  11. 10. do 25 REAL pushups in a row
    		31 people
  12. 11. learn the constellations
    1 cheer     		562 people
  13. 12. learn how to drive stick-shift
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		4,457 people
  14. 13. stop wasting money
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		528 people
  15. 14. join a drum circle
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		20 people
  16. 15. walk on hot coals
    1 entry     		49 people
  17. 16. become a morning person.
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,453 people
  18. 17. Memorize 10 poems
    		11 people
  19. 18. learn to sing
    		2,599 people
  20. 19. get rid of all my clutter
    		1,139 people
  21. 20. learn to dance different dances (Tango, tapdancing, Flamenco, Salsa, krumping, Afrikan dances)
    1 cheer     		161 people
  22. 21. play floor hockey
    1 entry     		2 people
  23. 22. learn to shoot a gun
    		440 people
  24. 23. learn archery
    		452 people
  25. 24. 'cleansweep' my life up to 100% (http://betterme.org/cleansweep.html)
    		112 people
  26. 25. organize my paper files
    		57 people
  27. 26. bungee jump
    		3,436 people
  28. 27. Learn how to whistle really loud with my fingers
    1 cheer     		947 people
  29. 28. learn woodworking
    		82 people
  30. 29. dress well
    		85 people
  31. 30. learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
    		702 people
  32. 31. go to a midnight showing of rocky horror
    		129 people
  33. 32. learn pottery
    		135 people
  34. 33. live in a foreign country
    1 cheer     		2,453 people
  35. 34. make a list of 100 things that make me happy.
    		512 people
Recent entries
be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up
3 cheers for yoga 3 years ago

must… stretch… hamstrings… I’m fairly close on this goal. I can hold my fingers flat on the floor without terrible strain. Its the palms that I need to work on. I think if I quit running, I could accomplish this goal in a week, since every time I go out, it makes me REALLY stiff… Ah well. Push on.

Apr 20, 2006, 11:03PM PDT | 2 comments


Practice yoga 30 times in 30 days (read all 5 entries…)
Day 9 done 3 years ago

I just realized that my day 30 falls the same day I go to mexico… Thats some interesting timing…

Today yoga was a pleasure… I definitely prefer holding the poses for a minute or so to attempting to flow through them in 10 minutes. My roommates boyfriend saw me, and mentioned that he used to do yoga, and always wanted to start up again. I may have a partner soon. I hope he can teach me new things. At the very least, he can help me hunt for new tapes.

Apr 20, 2006, 10:45PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


run for 30 minutes without stopping (read all 5 entries…)
7-7-7-7-7-7 3 years ago

I had only planed to run 5×7min today (wasn’t feeling so great, tried my 8min at noon and had to lie down after 20 minutes. Way too hot to jog…), but I caught my stride and ran an extra 7. Had another epiphany today.

A couple of days ago, I had my first one. Namely: Jogging = a certain amount of struggle. Its not like walking… You WILL pant, and have to concentrate on breathing, and sweat, and ache, and have to force your legs to keep moving sometimes. This is something you must expect, and push through.

The epiphany I had today is… stupid, but something I apparently didn’t grasp. Jogging Is A Full Body Effort. Its not just trying to make your legs move while crooking your arms out of the way. Its a full body stride. Drop your shoulders, move your arms in nice arcs, keep your back straight, lean forward (gravity makes you move forward then.. its just a matter of your legs keeping up), and use your feet as springs to continue the momentum, not break your movement then shove you forward. If you keep this in mind, jogging becomes MUCH easier.

I’m happy with my progress so far.

Apr 20, 2006, 10:40PM PDT | 2 cheers | 4 comments


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