N2bks

is cleaning out her basement so she'll be ready to move, someday.



I'm doing 15 things
  

N2bks's Life List

  2. 1. Get one of my books published
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  3. 2. Study Tai Chi
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  4. 3. Be Debt Free in 8 Years
    		2 people
  5. 4. Pray Every Day
    		392 people
  6. 5. Move to anywhere but here
    		1 person
  7. 6. Learn to Play the Cello
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  8. 7. Pay Off My House
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  9. 8. Learn to Meditate
    		1,620 people
  10. 9. Learn to Cook
    		8,199 people
  11. 10. Visit New Zealand
    1 cheer     		1,412 people
  12. 11. Become Fluent in Italian
    		175 people
  13. 12. Become Fluent in Spanish
    		1,927 people
  14. 13. Become Fluent in French
    		1,351 people
  15. 14. Become a Secular Franciscan
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  16. 15. Lower my Blood Pressure
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How I did it
How to reduce my carbon footprint
It took me
2 years
It made me
Feel Fantastic!

How I did it: I set a goal for myself to learn one new way each month that I could cut my carbon footprint.  Sometimes I learned 5 things or more.  So I just made a list and incorporated a new one each month.  (One month gave me time to create a new habit.)I'm still doing one new thing a month and I will until I die.  To date I've cut my carbon contributions by over 30,000 pounds per year.  It may not be much, bu… Read how I did it…

Nov 16, 2008, 05:07PM PST | 2 comments | 7 cheers


How to learn to ski
It took me
3 days
It made me
sore

How I did it: I took my kids and they shamed me into getting up and trying over and over.  All the advice my partner gave was generic and didn't help so I won't repeat it.  Finally, I went off on my own so I wouldn't slow anyone else down and slowly, surely, after much sucking snow, I became adequate at skiing.  I will never be amazing at it nor will I be fun to ski with, I imagine, but I can ski. Read how I did it…

Nov 16, 2008, 03:49PM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
study tai chi
I bought a book! 6 months ago

Maybe I should be paying for instruction but I’m a miser. I’m learning the traditional short form as outlined in The Tai Chi Directory by Kim Davies. I’ve been working on the first 4 steps/forms for about 2 weeks and added the 5th today. I add a new step/form every few days, but not until I’ve pseudo-mastered the previous one.

Jun 05, 08:46AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


pay off my house
Extra to the Principal 12 months ago

Great motivator to see how every $ counts

http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/script_mortgages.html

Nov 16, 2008, 05:35PM PST | 0 comments


Become a Secular Franciscan
I'm in Stage 3 12 months ago

For more information about Secular Franciscans: http://www.nafra-sfo.org/

Nov 16, 2008, 05:29PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments



 

I want to:

The world wants to...

get better grades simplify my life improve my eyesight learn photo-reading Lose 30 pounds Cook more, Eat out less happinessquared wants to Start my own business Create my family tree stop procrastinating create a wall collage so big it spans from floor to ceiling increase civic engagement locally clone my dog learn a programming language to appreciate the people in my life more Finish what I start Live in Sydney china yourwoman wants to learn french get in the best shape of my life learn how to drive stick-shift shop make me a cartoon browneyes85 wants to Start a book of quotes that inspire me loose 20 pounds visit chawton house library Go skydiving get a social life build my own computer
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