I'm doing 21 things
At the church where I work, I have turned in a paycheck direct deposit form THREE TIMES. Each time it has gone ignored. I finally mailed it and hopefully this time it will get where it needs to go. This is literally a 30-second process for our office manager – I don’t know why it’s so bleeding difficult for her.
SimplicityInTheLBC's Life List
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1. Do what I can with what I have.
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2. To record 5 things in which I find joy every day
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3. Reduce media consumption from all sources.
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4. update software, repair permissions, and back up my hard drive once a week
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5. take better care of myself
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6. marry the man I love
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7. Make new recipes. Write a bit about it. Maybe take a picture.
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8. turn my office into a usable work space, instead of a storage unit
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9. figure out how to manage my money so that I don't end up penniless in my old age
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10. Put my money where my mouth is
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11. have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful
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12. rock some three-day weekend adventures
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13. Be a tourist in my own town (visit 20 sites I have never been to before)
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14. travel the world
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15. NEVER have children
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16. Donate blood 10 times
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17. create 12 monthly resolutions/major projects/goals
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18. Someday I'd like to...
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19. complete "wreck this journal"
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20. finish saving for my half of the wedding and honeymoon
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21. automate as much of my finances as possible
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: My main problem with falling asleep is that I can't shut my brain off. I spend my night either going over stress from the day, or stressing about what's coming up. I did some research online and implemented a few techniques that have worked for me:1) Keep a notebook (or use a notepad app on your phone) to write down all the stuff that's worrying you. Once it's out of your brain, you don't have to retain it anymore.2) Giv… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I didn't have the kind of mystical experience that some people are looking for, but this was pretty cool regardless. The isolation tank I was in got pretty humid and that made it a bit difficult to breathe at times, but the physical part of it was relatively relaxing.For the first forty or so minutes, my brain was skipping in circles singing songs – but I managed to shush it for a little while near the end. I don’t think I could fall asle… Read how I did it…
It made me
a better woman
How I did it: After going through a bit of a rough patch with my Man, I realized that part of why I was so cranky was because I was focusing on the negative. So I resolved to appreciate one thing about him every single day for a month. Even if there wasn't anything specific that he had done for me that day, I would think of a character trait or something he had done in the past and write an entry about that to appreciate it.Aside from drawi… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
1) Pop show is DONE. Onward to the end of the year!
2) Surprisingly little traffic when I woke up late for work this morning.
3) Flowers from my students after tonight’s show.
4) Giving the zero period class tomorrow and Friday off, so I can sleep in a bit.
5) Rediscovering an old mix CD.
1) Musician books put together.
2) Chocolate covered butterscotch caramels with sea salt. Plus prosecco.
3) Two more days and it will all be over.
4) A really sweet card from some of my students for Teacher Appreciation Week.
5) In-N-Out delivered to my home for dinner, courtesy of one of the Man’s friends.
6) Both my principal and the Director of Transportation telling me that I handled this weekend’s scheduling snafu gracefully.
