I'm doing 38 things
Some amazing things have happened since I started testing my 43 things. Writing down your goals really helps you to focus on what is most important, and motivates you to do something about it. For example, I’ve always said I want to go to Alaska some day. But it was just a pipe dream until I put it to the test. I think maybe my son read about it, because one day he called and said, “Why don’t you come to Seattle, and we’ll go on a cruise to Alaska?” Before he could change his mind, I set a date, and we were off. Testing 43 things works!
SteveAnnaCottrell's Life List
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1. Be content.
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2. Learn to de-clutter.
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3. Live a more spiritual life.
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4. Subscribe to a different magazine every year.
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5. Sell my recycled quilts in a craft show.
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6. test 43 things
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7. Take a dream vacation.
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8. Stay at a bed and breakfast once a year.
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9. Enter a quilt in the State Fair.
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10. Attend four cultural events a year.
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11. Live to be 90.
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12. Be famous for my patchwork quilts.
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13. Retire at 65.
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14. Try new recipes.
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15. Own or manage a B&B.
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16. Attend a quilters retreat.
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17. Live a beautiful life.
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18. Read every book I own
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19. Have an outdoor Nativity scene.
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20. Revive the tradition of letter writing
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21. Simplify.
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22. Express myself through writing.
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23. Keep a daily journal.
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24. Write the story of my life.
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25. Improve my computer skills.
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26. Enter a bake-off contest.
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27. Spring clean like Mom used to do.
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28. Lose five pounds, and keep it off.
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29. Get in shape.
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30. Plant a Kings Ransom rose.
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31. Start baking bread again.
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32. Organize photos of the past 15 years
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33. Finish all my quilting UFO's.
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34. Collect quotes and sayings.
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35. Economize.
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36. Become a gardener again.
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37. Learn how to wallpaper.
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38. Cheer someone once a day.
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Recent entries
I was too late! By the time I tried to order, the roses were already blooming, and they don’t send them after that. So I’ll have to wait until next spring. The King’s Ramsom is an old variety and is hard to find, so I’m going to start looking early, maybe January or February.
It’s encouraging when someone takes the time to cheer one of my 43 things. So I’d like to pass it on and maybe help somebody else.
