I'm doing 26 things
I got down from 326 (my high) to 265, but I am back up at 290. My scale is a misery meter. I have to find a better way to cope with stress.
Oubliette's Life List
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1. Believe that I'm just as good as everyone else
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2. lose 100 pounds
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3. go to college
3 entries . 5 cheers4,465 people -
4. exercise more
1 entry . 3 cheers5,607 people -
5. live passionately
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6. create a language
2 entries . 2 cheers136 people -
7. relearn spanish
2 entries . 3 cheers268 people -
8. learn Irish
1 entry . 2 cheers163 people -
9. learn arabic
1 entry . 1 cheer2,366 people -
10. keep my house cleaner
1 entry . 1 cheer127 people -
11. conquer clutter
1 entry . 5 cheers3 people -
12. start a tribe
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13. reinvent myself
1 cheer431 people -
14. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
1 entry . 1 cheer21,503 people -
15. hike the appalachian trail
1 entry . 5 cheers2,074 people -
16. read all the books I faked reading in high school.
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17. learn Tai Chi
2 cheers1,140 people -
18. be more positive
1 entry . 4 cheers2,797 people -
19. see the northern lights
2 cheers19,100 people -
20. swear less
2 entries . 4 cheers537 people -
21. learn to belly dance
1 entry . 4 cheers2,363 people -
22. study linguistics
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23. write a book
2 cheers31,070 people -
24. Make new friends
3 cheers13,788 people -
25. Create my own Religion
72 people -
26. get married
4 cheers21,336 people
How I did it
It made me
Braver 
How I did it: I realized that I was missing out on a lot because of my fears, so I decided I needed to make an effort to do some things that were really frightening to me. There were a few things that were particularly big hurdles for me-- fear of using the telephone and of talking to strangers were keeping me from doing a lot of things-- but even little fears would keep me wishing to do things but not actually doing them. I started out by facing … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I am 2 years into a 4 year degree at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. They accepted a lot of my credits that I thought would be too old. I came in as a Biology major with thoughts of grad school for Ag Science, but I’ve switched to Geography. I didn’t know how interesting it was until I got into it. I am doing really well and enjoying it very much. (Not enjoying the debt so much, but I’ll survive.)
I hit a high weight of 320 last year. I have lost a little very recently, but not yet enough for my home scale to weigh me. I have to get down under 300 for that.
