I told her she was beautiful in her cerise dress.
joie de vivre's Life List
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1. If not now, when?
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2. foment revolution
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3. Tell God Everything
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4. Find my tribe
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5. Practice Gratitude
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6. trust my intuition
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7. laugh
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8. sing
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9. record my dreams
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10. appreciate the Man, every single day
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11. help my parents
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12. talk to my brother more
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13. become closer with my sister-in-law
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14. improve my relationship with my mother in law.
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15. Get out of the saddle
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16. Join a credit union and switch my accounts
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17. get out of this funk
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18. memorize Psalms
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19. ┌───────── Long Term ─────────┐
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20. Bike from Seattle to San Francisco
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21. complete the 88 temple shikoku pilgrimage
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22. determine the criteria under which I would flee the country
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23. Help Zilpah achieve her dreams
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24. Compliment a stranger
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25. learn to play the didgeridoo
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26. ┌────────── Job/Career ──────────┐
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27. aaaa
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28. Get 16 people on the board of directors
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29. move my desk at work
2 entries . 7 cheers1 person
How I did it: First, I looked at other book-mas trees on the internets.Then, I decided my color scheme. Since I have a set of encyclopedias, and a set of the complete works of Shakespeare, both in blue, it seemed like blue would be the dominate color. That's OK, think "blue spruce". Along with these blue books, I put in as many green books as I could find.I hauled all these books upstairs and into the living room. I started with the Shakespeare, since … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I want 43things to be a safe and positive space for everyone to write about who they are, what they are feeling, and where they've been and where they are going in their lives.To lift my feeling about 43things, I decided to not just send a cheer back (which can sometimes be a token return cheer), but find an entry by each person who cheered me. Then did my best to write something positive about the entry. I have been boycotting meta-goals… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I did a lot of hill climbing, year round, to train.Also, I had practice climbing other mountain passes while on tour in previous years.Finally, doing a couple of weekend rides like RSVP and RAPSody helped me get in shape. Read how I did it…

