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MisfitDreamer

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I'm doing 40 things
  

MisfitDreamer's Life List

  2. 1. Decompose my goals into sub-goals to outline a plan for achieving them
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  3. 2. Make progress on my goals everyday
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  4. 3. Achieve mindfulness
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  5. 4. Achieve total authenticity
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. Make every day significantly different from the last
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  7. 6. Never let the fear of how others perceive me stop me from doing anything
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  8. 7. Have a one word resolution for 2009
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  9. 8. Have more adventures
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  10. 9. Go skydiving
    3 cheers     		6,573 people
  11. 10. Try more new things
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  12. 11. Visit every continent (except Antarctica) at least once
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  13. 12. Swim with dolpins or whales or sharks or rays
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. Visit all 50 states of the United States of America
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  15. 14. Become a veterinarian
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		227 people
  16. 15. Save a life
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,445 people
  17. 16. Adopt a shelter animal
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		4 people
  18. 17. Write in my journal every day for a year
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		7 people
  19. 18. Become more proficient at translating my thoughts into words
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  20. 19. Keep a dream journal
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		413 people
  21. 20. Use a food journal to track what I eat and make my diet more balanced and healthy
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  22. 21. Participate in a demonstration/rally/protest
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. Take more photos
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		3,479 people
  24. 23. Read for pleasure more: One book a month
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  25. 24. Catch up my scrapbooking from the last few years
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  26. 25. Send a postcard to Postsecret
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2,842 people
  27. 26. Go to a concert of a band I like
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  28. 27. Learn a new skill: Snowboarding
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  29. 28. Learn a new skill: How to play the guitar
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  30. 29. Learn to speak another language
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		317 people
  31. 30. Get over my fear of cars
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		2 people
  32. 31. Overcome a fear
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  33. 32. Stop excessively apologizing
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  34. 33. Do a better job of keeping in touch with the people I care about
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  35. 34. See the Body Worlds exhibit
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  36. 35. Complete the A to Z restaurant challenge
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  37. 36. Go to Las Vegas and stay in one of the more famous hotels
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  38. 37. Save money every week that's only to be used to help me achieve my Life List goals
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  39. 38. Keep a library of excellent books and lend them out to my friends as often as possible
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  40. 39. Exercise more
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		5,131 people
  41. 40. Pay more attention to current events in the news
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How I did it
How to start volunteering again
It took me
1 week
It made me
productive

How I did it: I heard about a foal sitting program at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center.  All I had to do was call a number and I got signed up to volunteer with them!I'll be literally sitting with foals, calves, and other newborn farm animals in their NICU unit!  I'm incredibly excited to have the opportunity to help save these animals and do something so unique and wonderful. Read how I did it…

Feb 01, 09:43AM PST | 0 comments


How to eat more fruit
It took me
5 days
It made me
healthier!

How I did it: My issue with eating fruit had always been that it would go bad before I ate it all and then I wouldn't visit the grocery store for a while to restock.  To fix this issue I bought a lot of dried fruit and fruits that won't go bad for awhile such as clementines.  Then, whenever I wanted a snack, I reached for some fruit instead of junk food. Read how I did it…

Jan 27, 2009, 09:14AM PST | 2 comments | 1 cheer


How to have 43 goals for my 43 things list
It took me
1 month
It made me
ambitious

How I did it: I wanted every goal to be something that I knew I wouldn't change my mind about or get bored of after a while.  This meant it took me a whole month to compound my life list.  I added goals that I had before and forgot about as well as inspirations from this website and other aspects of my life. Read how I did it…

Jan 14, 2009, 07:39PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
get over my fear of cars (read all 2 entries…)
I'm amazing! 9 months ago

Last night I drove for about three hours, and I didn’t freak out or have any major incidents. I’m amazed at how well I did considering the fact that I haven’t driven for so long.
I’m now going to be volunteering as a foal sitter at the New Bolton Center, which is about an hour away from where I’m living, so I have to get comfortable with driving.

Jan 31, 06:21PM PST | 0 comments


exercise more (read all 3 entries…)
Finally! 10 months ago

I went exercising today with two friends for a little under two hours. It felt great! We plan on going together on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now on.
I want to build up my endurance and strength so I can run a marathon or take a hiking trip in the Grand Canyon or in the mountains.

Jan 27, 2009, 06:10PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


Make every day significantly different from the last
I have an idea! 10 months ago

I don’t know if this will work, but starting today I’m going to record in my journal 5 things about each day that made it unique.

I feel like even though my schedule varies (I don’t have the same classes every day, I work some days but not others) the events inside those schedules aren’t significantly different. For instance, while the content of my Genetics class may change, I still spend every lecture in my seat taking notes. My job varies day to day, but there’s still a certain monotony to it. Living with my boyfriend has dramatically reduced the spontaneity of our relationship, unfortunately.

Maybe my life hasn’t become a series of routines, and by forcing myself to pay attention to what’s changing day to day I’ll finally see that. If not, it should at least give me direction on how to change my life to make it contrast more.

I also plan to try and incorporate my goals of trying more new things and having more adventures to accomplish this.

Jan 27, 2009, 04:01PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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dscarth wants to learn french speak french Learn to love me follow my passion Learn German fluently go to Hollywood learn how to use fruity loops I want to get my GED becouse i want to better my self and make lots of money. graduate university live in Hawaii clean my room Lose Weight and Get Healthy renew my wardrobe travel around the world learn the thriller dance spend more time with my family get another tattoo speak russian let the mediocre days Fall Away and replace them with much better ones by doing at least one NEW AND FULFILLING thing in October, November, and December of 2009 bungee jump randomaimee wants to find a job i love harry potter and the goblet of fire take more photographs explore where i live teach get a puppy be more accepting of others
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