I'm doing 43 things
This goal has been on my list far too long.
4 weeks ago
Tomorrow I will go out. I will run. I will not throw up.
Not Alice's Life List
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1. speak 5 languages
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2. To live instead of exist
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3. stop being a bitch
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4. write a novel
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5. Speak French well enough to be able to understand Francoise Hardy's songs
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6. Speak French fluently
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7. learn to meditate
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8. smoke out in an amsterdam coffee shop
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9. let people know what they mean to me
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10. create a list of 100 must-read books and read them.
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11. Run a mile without stopping
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12. Take more pictures
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13. Learn to play Comptine d'un autre ete from Amelie
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14. lucid dream
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15. fold poems and quotes into origami and leave them on public transport
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16. read more philosophy
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17. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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18. start a band
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19. grow my own food
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20. learn to play the harmonica
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21. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
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22. Meet Morrissey
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23. transcend mediocrity
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24. Never stop learning
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25. hold a baby monkey
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26. leave notes in library books
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27. build anatomically correct snowpeople
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28. be nicer
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29. sing and play guitar at the same time and actually sound good
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30. list 43 people I'd like to have sex with
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31. become a music journalist
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32. be pretty
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33. Sing
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34. read all of Jack Kerouac's books.
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35. find the perfect bra
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36. record my dreams
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37. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
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38. learn Russian
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39. accept rejection
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40. Have a little bit of pointless fun every day
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41. get over him
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42. Become a Polyglot
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43. Allow myself to only be treated well by the people I choose to have friendships and relationships with. If they do not, I need to find the courage to move on without them.
265 people
How I did it
It made me
Confident in myself 
How I did it: I admit, I used to hate my curly hair. I didn't even realise it was curly until I was 15, I kept trying to brush it straight so I just thought it was really frizzy. I tried all the hair products on the market, to no avail.Eventually, I discovered Lorraine Massey's Curly Girl book through this site, and then naturalycurly.com.I stopped washing my hair with shampoo and used only conditioner (sounds gross, I know, but give it a try). I stopp… Read how I did it…
It made me
High
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It made me
Happy and confident
How I did it: I stoped eating sugar. I tried everything, absolutely everything. Nothing worked, I'm sure you've been there. I tried countless products, both natural and chemical laden. I ate what I considered to be healthily, so much fruit and veg. It didn't make any difference. No matter how much healthy food I ate, I saw little improvement because I was still eating the unhealthy, sugary foods as well.The minute I cut out sugar, and I mean completely… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Sitting outside in the sun yesterday with friends, I mentioned that my hair seems to take ages to grow because it curls up so much, and they’d have to see it wet to see how long it was. At these words, a guy I’ve known for a few months sat bolt upright and exclaimed “What, it’s NATURAL?”
Apparently he thought I used a curling iron every morning.
Made my day.
