I'm doing 17 things
I’m halfway through War and Peace, and the only reason I haven’t finished it yet is that I accidentally left it at home when I went to Ireland for a week on holiday! It’s really good, I’m loving it and I don’t understand at all why people get bored with it or find it hard to read. I like the huge number of characters, because you don’t get bored following one person around all the time, and you get to see each character from different perspectives as their individual stories start to merge. It covers everything, philosophy, love, battles – and speaking of battles, I was no less interested during the war part, even though I’m a girl and I actually don’t have much interest in military history. It’s even funny in places.
Roisin's Life List
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1. Join Operation Beautiful
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2. drink more water
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3. Graduate with a II:i or 1st
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4. write a set of piano pieces
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5. start a blog and keep it up
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6. Lose 30 pounds
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7. perfect my french
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8. learn hindi
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9. understand the stock market
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10. A level standard maths
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11. understand superstring theory
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12. Learn Japanese
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13. learn modern greek
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14. Do the DipABRSM
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15. write a symphony
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16. Stop bitching
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17. get another job
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How I did it
It made me
over the moon! 
How I did it: I put in loads of work for coursework and did as well as possible in that, and then for about 2 weeks before each exam did some SERIOUS cramming! I had a great tutor who wrote me a lovely reference, which really helped too. Read how I did it…
It made me
excited
How I did it: I've had 2 lessons already, and I have 1 tomorrow and another on Wednesday, as I'm trying to cram them in as tightly as possible! It's really fun and not half as hard as I was expecting - yet! Read how I did it…
It made me
...me!
How I did it: I learnt to read music before I went to school, about the same time that I learnt to read. But they're actually kind of the same - you're really slow at first, and it's soo frustrating. Like how you have to break down words, you have to keep saying the name of the note in your head as you see it until you get faster and faster at recognising them. Then you don't need to think about it, and it comes naturally. Read how I did it…
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