I'm doing 38 things
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2 weeks ago
Well, the next novel I’m reading will be in French (Camus’s L’Étranger). I read like three pages the other day and it was the most I’ve practiced in, like, over a year. It’s pathetic! :P
NGiordani's Life List
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1. Get a PhD
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2. live in America
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3. finish my novel
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4. stop procrastinating
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5. read a book a week
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6. work for google
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7. see the northern lights
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8. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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9. not be so difficult
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10. stop wasting time
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11. hug a panda
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12. volunteer abroad
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13. go to California for my Ph.D.
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14. practice Buddhism
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15. have my own place
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16. take ballroom dancing lessons
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17. backpack through Europe
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18. learn Italian
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19. visit Russia with my boyfriend
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20. learn to cook Thai food
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21. organize my closet
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22. eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day
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23. attend the LSA summer institute
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24. learn about Cognitive Science
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25. get a job
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26. improve my German
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27. exercise five times a week
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28. sail
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29. spend more time with my brother
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30. fix the toilet by myself
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31. donate blood
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32. be punctual
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33. learn how to make great naan
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34. practice my french
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35. control my temper
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36. talk to my sister more often
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37. beat depression for good
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38. have a healthy relationship with food
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Recent entries
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3 weeks ago
I’m kind of reconsidering this goal. See, reading one novel a week would be amazing, but that’s clearly impossible; so when I say “one book a week”, I mean all kinds of books. But the truth is, I probably read about a book’s worth a week—maybe a little less, but not much. So just because I don’t read a book cover-to-cover every week, that doesn’t mean I’m not reading a lot. And maybe it’s silly to want to read books cover-to-cover, because, well, that’s often not the best way to read them! So I might be giving up on this. Doing some thinking… :)
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3 weeks ago
The Open Minds Project seems great, and Thailand sounds like an amazing place to get to know—Thai food and Buddhism together, right? :) The fees in this project are particularly cheap, they really sound like they know what they’re doing, and it’s appeared in a list of recommended volunteering programs (or something like that) by CNN. It has to wait till I finish grad school, but it’s something to look forward to! :) Oh, also: 33% off for couples; think I could get my boyfriend to come with? :)
