I'm doing 43 things
I went from Moscow to St Petersburg, and St Petersburg to East Germany on sleeper trains. The other passengers were wonderful and helpful, the scenery was enchanting, the tea was delightful. I got a surprise when I got up on the last journey to go to the loo, to discover that our carriage was up in the air (and the loo wasn’t)! We were changing to a different sized gauge apparently, and they moved us all with it! The only down side was getting arrested on the train back by Polish armed guards who took me to some sort of holding station and threw me in a cell. Apparently they wanted some hard currency off me to pay for my ‘visa’ (the visa they wanted wasn’t legally required). The people on the train had a whip round for me and got me out just in time to get back on the train.
NormyPie's Life List
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1. overcome procrastination
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2. Practise yoga daily
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3. meditate daily
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4. get up when my alarm clock goes off
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5. Finish what I start
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6. Improve my timekeeping
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7. Stop caring what other people think of me
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8. Tidy my desk
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9. Get up-to-date with my Emails
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10. Clear my in-tray
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11. Do my own bike maintenance
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12. Get a new mobile phone
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13. Complete Planning Application
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14. Finish Summer School course prep
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15. Get accounts up-to-date
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16. Get an Accountant
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17. Complete 2007-2008 tax return
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18. Scan and archive paperwork
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19. Finish my Yoga Therapy course
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20. create my own website
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21. Get a pedicure
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22. Update my mailing list
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23. Apply for a new passport
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24. Update my driving licence
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25. Achieve goal body composition
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26. improve my phone anxiety
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27. Paint Yoga Room
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28. Read at least one book a month
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29. Read and return all borrowed books
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30. Get my Bookcrossing up-to-date
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31. Categorise the books in my library
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32. build a successful business
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33. Organise finances
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34. Build and maintain an emergency savings fund
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35. acquire enough clients to support myself
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36. Become Financially Independent
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37. see the northern lights
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38. Scafell Pike
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39. Helvellyn
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40. horse ride
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41. Take a trip on a steam train
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42. go on a cruise
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43. Learn how to use One Note
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