I'm doing 40 things
I just found one about me! “(My Apartment Complex)- The girl who is always swinging out at the playground…” Ummm, ya, that would be me. It made my day completely.
Summtime's Life List
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1. Get out of debt
4 entries . 50 cheers12,093 people -
2. pay off my discover card
1 entry . 12 cheers7 people -
3. cut up my credit cards
1 entry . 22 cheers6 people -
4. save 15% of my salary for retirement
1 entry . 10 cheers4 people -
5. Do everything in my own unique style.
1 entry . 23 cheers1 person -
6. be bold and courageous
1 entry . 21 cheers3 people -
7. live frugally, but stylishly and deliciously
3 entries . 106 cheers41 people -
8. Do something that is outside of my comfort zone at least once a week
2 entries . 24 cheers2 people -
9. be glowing with health
1 entry . 20 cheers2 people -
10. Send a postcard to Post Secret
40 cheers233 people -
11. Grow old gracefully
3 entries . 38 cheers175 people -
12. improve my posture and flexibilty
1 entry . 31 cheers13 people -
13. Learn how to give a good massage
16 cheers217 people -
14. reconsider my goals: are they necessary? are they things I'm passionate about?
39 cheers1 person -
15. Read the Bible
18 cheers3,706 people -
16. Do 1,000,000 Things
1 entry . 14 cheers1 person -
17. file my 2006 taxes
1 entry . 4 cheers31 people -
18. go to the opera
13 cheers357 people -
19. find and buy my little black dress
40 cheers3 people -
20. backpack through Europe
24 cheers5,217 people -
21. hold in my stomach muscles as often as I can
5 cheers2 people -
22. pay off my visa
1 entry . 3 cheers46 people -
23. Live to be 100
2 entries . 6 cheers334 people -
24. create my own 1001 books to read list
6 cheers2 people -
25. do humanitarian work in another country
1 entry . 19 cheers5 people -
26. take a train to Chicago
5 cheers5 people -
27. Freeze, Can & Pickle Food
2 cheers2 people -
28. Buy a Vespa Scooter
14 cheers19 people -
29. Write more
8 cheers3,769 people -
30. read Lady Chatterley's Lover
1 entry . 3 cheers4 people -
31. write 5 poems
2 entries . 3 cheers4 people -
32. wear sunscreen everyday
2 cheers35 people -
33. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
2 entries . 2 cheers7,969 people -
34. learn to sew, and sew well
5 cheers49 people -
35. drink 3 bottles of water everyday for a week
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
36. read Proust's "Swann's Way"
1 cheer1 person -
37. read Goethe's Faust
10 people -
38. read Walden
1 entry36 people -
39. Keep a journal everyday for a year
1 cheer5 people -
40. take a dance class
1 entry . 3 cheers912 people
How I did it
It made me
feel inspired 
How I did it: The full essay is available online. I did a search for it and printed it off to read in a more comfortable place. It's about 19 pages... Took maybe an hour and a half all together. Well worth the read. Read how I did it…
It made me
yay! 
How I did it: I cheated because I got into a little fender bender and used the insurance money. I hate that I have an accident on my record now, but I am glad to have the payment out of the way especially going into the slow season. Read how I did it…
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