I'm doing 37 things
I used to do this all the time. It’s fun. Makes you feel empowered and independent to do things on your own.
Nat Attack!'s Life List
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1. make a list and eliminate the stuff from my life that does not fulfill me
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2. redefine, reconnect, and embrace the person I'm becoming
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3. take 365 days of self-portraits
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4. learn to play the violin
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5. Go back to Ireland
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6. watch every movie that won best picture at the sundance film festival
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7. go back to Scotland
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8. learn the art of mosaic making
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9. lose myself, then find myself all over again
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10. Learn Spanish
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11. Learn to drive a stick shift
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12. Hike the CDT
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13. go deep sea fishing
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14. ride a train across america
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15. Watch every movie that won the Golden Globe's best picture award
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16. swim with sharks in a cage
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17. tour alaska in a helicopter
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18. take a 50 mile bike ride
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19. Whitewater raft through the Grand Canyon
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20. Let go of the past
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21. keep up with journal entries to Eva
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22. watch every movie that won best picture in the academy awards
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23. hike the AT
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24. visit all 50 states
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25. Stop caring what other people think of me
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26. keep in touch
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27. run a marathon
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28. Hike the ozark trail
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29. be a better mom
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30. be me
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31. make a handmade quilt
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32. Walk every day for 1 week
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33. Conquer my autoimmune disease
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34. stop seeking the approval of others
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35. remember that those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind
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36. paint a self portrait
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37. Improve my self-esteem
978 people
How I did it
It made me
Very Happy 
How I did it: I enrolled in online classes for summer, told my husband to look for an internship (he was starting his Senior year in college), quit my job in time for the Fall semester since I couldn’t juggle full time work with a full time upper level course load AND my toddler. I could have done it, but my child would have suffered for it. We have never been happier. My husband’s last year of courses has been easy going so it was perfect timing! I pu… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel super
How I did it: I looked for a new job for over a year. It was sooo depressing not finding anything that would actually be better than what I was doing. I kept at it though. And then finally something came along. Read how I did it…
It made me
feel super!
How I did it: I looked for a new job for over a year. It was sooo depressing not finding anything that would actually be better than what I was doing. I kept at it though. And then finally something came along. Read how I did it…
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A diagnosis doesn’t do you much good if the words that follow it is “there’s nothing we can do to help you.” I received about 4 different diagnosis and received no help in this year. So next years goal… to help myself.
