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MsSparrow

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I'm doing 31 things
  

MsSparrow's Life List

  2. 1. Quit Smoking
    3 entries . 16 cheers     		8,506 people
  3. 2. stop procrastinating
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		26,964 people
  4. 3. Be More Responsible With Money
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		44 people
  5. 4. Become More Organized
    5 entries     		841 people
  6. 5. Be Healthy
    3 entries . 2 cheers     		2,001 people
  7. 6. Start Running Again
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		441 people
  8. 7. Volunteer
    2 cheers     		4,891 people
  9. 8. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		113 people
  10. 9. Become A Teacher
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,310 people
  11. 10. be independent
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		841 people
  12. 11. Learn To Cook
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		8,197 people
  13. 12. Write A Novel
    2 cheers     		9,673 people
  14. 13. Learn French
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		10,622 people
  15. 14. Learn Photoshop
    		1,472 people
  16. 15. read all the books I own
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1,138 people
  17. 16. make a documentary film
    		547 people
  18. 17. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    5 entries . 1 cheer     		7,157 people
  19. 18. Climb Everest
    1 entry     		191 people
  20. 19. Write every day
    3 cheers     		876 people
  21. 20. expand my vocabulary
    		2,612 people
  22. 21. Be As Self Aware As Possible
    3 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. grow my hair long
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		3,516 people
  24. 23. reflect daily in a 'one sentence' journal
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		178 people
  25. 24. post really, really, really short stories.
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		31 people
  26. 25. Learn Ballet
    		347 people
  27. 26. Buy More Locally Grown Food
    1 entry     		3 people
  28. 27. Do Yoga
    1 cheer     		1,646 people
  29. 28. live each day as if it were my last, but learn each day as if I'll live forever
    1 cheer     		498 people
  30. 29. have clear skin
    1 entry     		1,129 people
  31. 30. Be A Better Parent
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		357 people
  32. 31. Ride My Bike
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		269 people

How I did it
How to be honest
It took me
3 years
It made me
Be A Better Person

How I did it: For a long time I blamed others for my unhappiness and made excuses for my bad behavior. I justified being dishonest by telling myself that I just didn't want to hurt others but in reality I didn't want to accept the consequences for my actions. It took an important relationship in my life to be in jepordy for me to realize that I needed to change. It wasn't easy though. Like any bad habit it took a long time for me to stop.  But I t… Read how I did it…

Jan 07, 2009, 09:49PM PST | 0 comments | 4 cheers


How to go back to school
It took me
7 years
It made me
feel proud

How I did it: I went to college right out of high school and had no direction or goals in mind. After about  a year I stopped going and started working full time.  I kept wanting to go back to school and working towards a more fullfilling career but I felt like I didn't have the time or the resources. And then there was also the procrastination. When I got in a position to go back to school full time I kept putting it off. I was afraid t… Read how I did it…

Jan 07, 2009, 10:07AM PST | 1 comment | 5 cheers


Recent entries
start running again (read all 2 entries…)
Haven't Started...Yet 10 months ago

So I planned on starting this on Wed but I have been so busy organizing the house (per my other goal) this one has been on the back burner. I do plan on doing this, hopefully next week. I am going to sit down and plan out my school/work schedule and see where I can fit it in.

Jan 10, 2009, 10:59AM PST | 0 comments


identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) (read all 5 entries…)
41-50 10 months ago

41. Going to the zoo
42. Watching other people grow and meet their goals
43. Reading before bed
44. PBS
45. Watching nature programs and being amazed!
46. Doing something unexpected and nice for someone
47. Finding that perfect thing in a thrift store after hours of looking
48. Breakfast food!
49. Spending time with my parents
50. Looking through old photos

Jan 10, 2009, 10:55AM PST | 0 comments


be a better parent (read all 2 entries…)
Give More Undivided Attention 10 months ago

Part of this larger goal of being a better parent will be setting aside at least 30 minutes everyday during the work week to spend with my son just enjoying him. Life can be so busy that most of the time we spend involves doing task related activies. I really hate that. From now on, no matter how busy I am (or that he is for that matter) I want to spend time just chatting, or playing a game or doing something that he wants to do. I think it will do both of us alot of good.

Jan 09, 2009, 09:04PM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

overcome my emetophobia learn to whistle de-junk my house Breathe wants to follow my bliss get a job i want to fall in love with someone who loves me as much as i love them! watch all the episodes of the L Word stop living paycheck to paycheck never settle for anything less than I deserve Write for a living i want to dance barefoot in a field of wildflowers buy a home Read the Harry Potter books become a freelance web programmer scan all of my pictures onto my computer go on a road trip with no predetermined destination make a family tree see the penguins keep a paper journal Kali wants to look better make people smile Visit Jerusalem unpack all my boxes write in my paper journal at least once a week Get over my father's death Buy a House start painting again
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