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Maria Young

is updating her 43 things for 2009.



I'm doing 21 things
  

Maria Young's Life List

  2. 1. Lose 10 pounds this month
    1 entry     		3 people
  3. 2. be happy
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		21,146 people
  4. 3. Learn another language
    2 entries     		3,577 people
  5. 4. get more tattoos
    4 entries     		1,526 people
  6. 5. stretch my ears.
    1 entry     		106 people
  7. 6. decide on a career
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		200 people
  8. 7. volunteer more
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1,167 people
  9. 8. be a size 4
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		100 people
  10. 9. be my daughters' hero
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		21 people
  11. 10. be independent
    5 cheers     		830 people
  12. 11. learn sign language
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		7,419 people
  13. 12. write a book and have it published
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2,665 people
  14. 13. be a better person
    1 entry     		3,474 people
  15. 14. learn to swim
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2,815 people
  16. 15. have better posture
    1 entry     		7,439 people
  17. 16. back up my hard drive
    		79 people
  18. 17. Get a MacBook Pro
    1 entry     		200 people
  19. 18. be more decisive
    1 entry     		628 people
  20. 19. whiten my teeth
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2,013 people
  21. 20. move to San Francisco
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		397 people
  22. 21. See a live volcano.
    		34 people

How I did it
How to drink more water
It took me
1 month
It made me
proud of myself.

How I did it: I made a resolution to eliminate soda from my diet. I decided to take a further and eliminate everything except water from it. I stocked up on bottled water and gave away all my soda (there was a shit load of it!) and Simply Lemonade. At first, I barely drank anything, but after a few days of forcing myself to drink it, I started to want it. I dealt with the caffeine withdrawal headaches using Excedrin and Lortab. I lost the cravings for … Read how I did it…

Feb 06, 08:12PM PST | 1 comment | 2 cheers


How to speak at a conference
It took me
6 months
It made me
spectacular

How I did it: I was invited by BlogHer to be on a panel after they'd received a recommendation on my blog (immoralmatriarch.com) and they flew me out to San Fran for it. I spoke on a panel of two other people about Mommy Blogging and it was so much fun. I had a blast and I'm still in awe that anyone wanted to listen to ME. Read how I did it…

Dec 31, 08:08PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to see the dark knight
It took me
1 day
It made me
thrilled

How I did it: I knew I'd be in San Fran that weekend, so I went on fandango.com and purchased my IMAX ticket for the theater there a month before I left for the trip. My friend sat in line from 7pm on for the midnight showing and was still about 60th in line. I met her there and it was so much fun looking at the people in costumes and everything. We got the best seats in the house (middle/center). It was amazing. I was breathless for a couple of scenes… Read how I did it…

Dec 31, 07:38PM PST | 1 comment | 1 cheer


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Recent entries
Learn another language (read all 2 entries…)
Working with Rosetta Stone. 2 months ago

I’ve started with Spanish for two reasons:
1. I’m 1/2 Mexican and felt like I should become fluent in my father’s native language just out of principle.
2. I was vainly hoping that since it was in my blood, I might possibly be genetically or environmentally predisposed to absorbing it. :)

I’m doing Spanish, Spain and it’s harder than I thought it’d be! The dialect is so different from the way I’m used to hearing and speaking it. But I think I’m doing well and I’m excited at the progress I’ve made so far.

Apr 26, 09:19AM PDT | 0 comments


get a divorce
It's time. 5 months ago

It’s been time for 5 years now.

Jan 10, 08:20PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


get more tattoos (read all 4 entries…)
Two before June. 6 months ago

A small heart on my throat and one pair knuckles done.

Jan 06, 02:02PM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

Make a scrapbook be rich take the praxis trust watch southpark own a boat Be less shy Wait until marriage saramonx wants to stop smoking Find a major. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination Become a better public speaker Learn to speak Spanish Go cow tipping get married brungrrl wants to use the library more learn to play guitar and piano learn hiragana get out of debt make more time for me meet someone famous Become a psychiatrist. Learn how to grind dance for free and fast. clean my apartment dilyla wants to start exercising Live in a gypsy caravan take a photography class learn to speak french
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