 I'm doing 40 things |
| 1. |
Smile more often
1 cheer |
412 people |
| 2. |
Quit Biting My Nails
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356 people |
| 3. |
Organize my apartment
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89 people |
| 4. |
Open up to my loved ones
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 5. |
practice yoga weekly
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19 people |
| 6. |
Overcome my fear of commitment
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9 people |
| 7. |
Go on a road trip
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3,487 people |
| 8. |
Explore the Smokey Mountains
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1 person |
| 9. |
Master the Russian Language
1 entry |
5 people |
| 10. |
clean out my car
1 cheer |
203 people |
| 11. |
Backpack across Europe
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824 people |
| 12. |
Be friends with my brother
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10 people |
| 13. |
Get Published
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1,992 people |
| 14. |
Own a dog
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810 people |
| 15. |
Meet my boyfriend's family
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8 people |
| 16. |
Learn to knit
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3,496 people |
| 17. |
Photo blog
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3 people |
| 18. |
Learn new recipes
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46 people |
| 19. |
Go somewhere new in DC once a month
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1 person |
| 20. |
Get married
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18,558 people |
| 21. |
Eat healthier
1 cheer |
10,099 people |
| 22. |
give out a compliment a day
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2 people |
| 23. |
Finish my t-shirt quilt
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4 people |
| 24. |
Get in shape.
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9,362 people |
| 25. |
Go thrift shopping
1 cheer |
9 people |
| 26. |
Watch 100 movies in 2009
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54 people |
| 27. |
call my parents more often
1 entry |
64 people |
| 28. |
pray daily
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418 people |
| 29. |
do something spontanious
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14 people |
| 30. |
draw
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411 people |
| 31. |
visit all 50 states
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7,122 people |
| 32. |
blog daily
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65 people |
| 33. |
embrace my sexuality
1 cheer |
5 people |
| 34. |
learn to drive stick shift
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230 people |
| 35. |
Work for the government
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13 people |
| 36. |
Get my graduate degree
1 entry |
22 people |
| 37. |
Decorate my apartment
1 entry . 1 cheer |
274 people |
| 38. |
take more pictures
1 cheer |
14,305 people |
| 39. |
Keep my house cleaner
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126 people |
| 40. |
Visit moscow
1 cheer |
99 people |
How I did it: Writing for me just takes a lot of motivation. I am usually motivated to sit down and write a paper (last semester, I did tons of papers.) But to sit down and write something fresh and new and innovative, is really hard. I started writing stories again this summer. At first they were very short and only mere exercises, or fandom based, but they got me writing! My ADD just won't allow me to sit down for long though, so my long stories that… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Any college student under the age of 26 years of age, can enroll in a free trip to Israel! It was an amazing and eye-opening ten day trip for me, and allowed me to connect both with the friends that participated in my group, and with my jewish heritage and faith. If you are a Jewish college student, look into a free trip by going to the Taglit Birthright website listed below! Read how I did it…
How I did it: After four years of slaving away at my undergrad, I applied to at least 10 schools all around the United States for masters and PhD programs. To tell you the truth, it was stressful, daunting and intellectually debilitating in both the wait and the rejection. It's not to say that I got accepted to more than one school, but I got rejected from a lot more than I got into. The rejections came faster than the offers, so within the first month… Read how I did it…
I am taking a full 9 credit hours:
A Reading/Survey course in 20th Century American History
*Lots of reading. Maybe even too much reading.
History of U.S. Foreign Policy
*Lots of bullshit. And lots of International Relations majors.
History of Soviet Russia
*This is an interesting class! Once we get past pre-1917 Russia.
I’ve been working between school on my days off to do some thrift shopping and some parusing of different places to hopefully make my apartment seem a little more mature. Right now, no room is all the way done (unless you want to count the bathroom.)
Right now I’m working from the bedroom out. Right now I’m looking for a used wingback or victorian era chair that I can learn to reupholster myself. I’m big into the do it yourself projects, so I feel that while it’d be challenging to do it myself, I’d find it really fun.
My bedroom is inspired from French noir art, and so far, I just need a white display/bookcase that is narrow to put in the corner, and a wingback chair that will be comphy enough to read in by the window, and look really nice.
If you have any ideas from the DC area, let me know!
I live in Washington DC. My parents live in Florida. My relationship has been, for most of my life, centered around my mother.
My father and I see each other almost daily when I’m home. We talk, but it’s strained most of the time and almost always centered around school. I love my father, but his relationship with his own mother, and women in general is strained at best, so he has trouble connecting with the things I’m interested in.
I call my mother ever Sunday, just to talk. She’s more of the emotional rock in my family relationship. In high school, I hated my mom. She was the lady that wanted me to put on makeup, dress myself up, go be social with people around me. At the time, I thought she was absolutely nuts, but as I got older and moved into my 20’s, I realized the values that she was trying to instill in me. It wasn’t about looking good or being popular. It was the motions of self-respect, self-confidence and self-knowledge. She’s a smart lady. Most of the time.
I hope that the older I get, the more my dad will see the point in my accomplishments. At my age, he still hopes that I’ll wake up one day and want to go to law school. It’s hard to want to pick up the phone and call him. But I know I gotta.
But today is Mom Sunday.
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Vicky wants to Have a new Fun Scavenger Hunt every month
take care of my skin
travel the world
Read more books
learn a language
Learn to fly
kirstindavis07 wants to eating disorder
experience
Do more things that make me happy
use my time more wisely
learn to roll coins across my knuckles
lose 20 pounds in two weeks
be a better person
do pilates
Live Green
rockfan1987 wants to Stop picking my lips
own a hybrid car
explore the world
learn to let go and stop letting people from the past hurt me
