I'm doing 36 things
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Ran 4 miles yesterday and climbed 90 stairs between each mile. (The half-marathon I’m training for is hilly.) I’m not nearly as sore as I thought I would be – only a little twinging in my calves when I flex.
RoamIfYouWantTo's Life List
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1. finish my quilt
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2. redo my website
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3. get another tattoo
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4. go snowboarding at least once
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5. go horseback riding at least once
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6. update my publications list
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7. improve my photography skills
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8. learn 100 Ojibwe words
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9. take a trip to Peru (LOA experiment)
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10. catch up on my student loan payments
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11. fix up my car or buy a new one
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12. see Cirque du Soleil again
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13. see Trampled By Turtles in concert again
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14. go on a cross-country road trip
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15. climb a mountain
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16. revamp my wardrobe and style
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17. meditate daily for 30 days
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18. learn basic calligraphy
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19. write five songs
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20. run a half-marathon
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21. tone my arms
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22. write a novella
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23. publish a story in an anthology
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24. write a science/nature feature article for a magazine
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25. build a cabin in the woods
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26. read my writing in public
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27. improve my writing routine and discipline
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28. draft a historical novel
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29. reach 50 posts on my blog
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30. take a cheesemaking class
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31. take a cooking class
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32. write two poems per week
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33. compile my poetry somehow
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34. go on a border lakes canoe trip
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35. write (and send!) one letter per week
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36. organize my photos
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How I did it
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How I did it: I love, love, love to dance. But I go ages between concerts and basically never go to clubs (I don't drink and none of my friends nearby are into that kind of dancing and I would feel kinda weird going alone). So I've been living a sadly dance-deprived existence. Bopping around the kitchen while I'm making dinner doesn't quite cut it.The kind of dancing I prefer is energetic, clubby dancing, so belly dancing lessons and the like wouldn't … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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My sweetie and I are driving together from Minnesota to California. We leave October 25th or thereabouts, with major stops planned for the Colorado Rockies (not sure where yet) and Lake Tahoe.
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On Saturday I’m going to the Porcupine Mountains (northern Michigan) with my photographer friend Anna. Should be very educational…
