I'm doing 40 things
Fresh Start.
14 months ago
It’s exactly 10pm. I’m going to put the mac to sleep, shut the light off, and hopefully not stub my toe on my way to bed.
Here it goes! Tonight is the night.
SubliminaList's Life List
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1. See sakura trees for the first time in Japan
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2. Participate in the JET Program
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3. Learn Japanese
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4. Photo-journalism in the Philippines -- design and self-publish the story into an image-wrapped book
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5. Illustrate/write/self-publish my own kids' children's books while I'm pregnant and have to sit on my butt all day anyway (when I get there, of course).
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6. Write/sing/play/record own song
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7. Go to Australia and visit my Dad's long-lost side of the family
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8. Travel through Europe, especially London.
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9. Pet the kangaroos, wallabees, and koala bears in Australia. Better yet, just visit the zoo there.
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10. Own a dog (or foster one).
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11. Swim with dolphins
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12. Whale-watching
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13. Ride a horse...or a maybe a pony (hehe)
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14. Go to a rock climbing gym.
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15. Run at least a 10K
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16. Get in shape and tone up so I can actually GO rock climbing and finish a 10K run
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17. Skydive, preferably somewhere with elevation and a breathtaking view.
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18. Go camping, particularly somewhere with cool weather, elevation and a breathtaking view.
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19. Visit San Francisco.
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20. Start, design, and maintain a design blog.
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21. Redo website using CSS
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22. Read a book from start to finish without taking a long break and forgetting I was in the middle of reading a book.
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23. Get video camera fixed.
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24. Take more video and edit more movies.
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25. Sing and play guitar more often.
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26. Sew something.
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27. Start my own creative business someday.
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28. Set up a screenprinting studio where I live.
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29. Set up a photography studio where I live.
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30. Find a way I can actually have direct contact with animals at that zoo, and then become a volunteer.
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31. Design, write and print a book of family memories for Mom.
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32. Consolidate music library.
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33. Send birthday and holiday cards/greetings ON TIME.
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34. Dance more.
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35. Eat better, cook more.
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36. Seriously cut down on eating out for lunch on workdays.
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37. Go to bed by 11pm latest on weekdays.
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38. Go to the bookstore or coffeeshop more often and just chill, sip a coffee, and write/draw/think up ideas, or design leisurely on the laptop.
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39. Not be confined to or get too comfortable with the routine schedule of everyday life.
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40. Be more mindful of how I spend my time, remembering hopefully everyday, why I am here.
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Mt. Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii. I wasn't prepared for the 44 degree weather at the time, but I had my family's body heat to help with that. I at least took my camera with me. The clouds hovering over the crater through the mountain tops looked like ocean spray. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Read reviews, compared top 3 of my choice in forums/articles, looked at photos from flickr taken from that specific camera, then decided to buy, paying attention to the most important features TO ME. Read how I did it…
It made me
gasp 
How I did it: My spontaneous roommate in college wanted to get something pierced. I thought it was more doable than her late-night tattoo suggestion on a whim a previous night. Although my desire to get my eyebrow pierced faded after high school, I thought 'ah, why not.' I didn't think too much, but I just went to the local but clean college-town tattoo and body piercing shop everyone on campus knew about. Read how I did it…
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Bad Start.
14 months ago
I have work tomorrow and it’s already 11:02pm. I barely started on this list and I failed already.
Day 2 of 30 Day Shred
14 months ago
Ok, so I’ve never been a video-type girl when it comes to workouts, but I read great reviews about Jillian Michaels and this 30 Day Shred deal, so we’ll see.
I just finished Day 2 today and I never thought a 20 minute workout would make me feel like this—this girl kicks your butt through 3 sets of circuit training that consists of 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs per set. They’re all bootcamp-style drills that I’m used to from high school volleyball practice years ago, and because it’s only 20 minutes, each drill uses your whole entire body, even when you think you’re just working certain areas. She knows just which exercises to do one after the other to make your heart rate go up while you’re putting tension on your muscles (cardio + strength combined). It’s definitely about 20 minutes of endurance without all the extra “oh-look-aren’t-you-having-so-much-fun” motivation talk that I hate about videos. It’ll be a while til I move on to Level 3 of 3.
So…I like her. She’s tough and she cuts the cheesy bs you don’t want to hear. Hopefully I can squeeze in some runs in the morning. There’s only 1 run on my Nike+ipod account :/
