a site (http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/resources/buddhist_stories.html) that I think is geared toward Theravada Buddhism. My particular interest is Mahayana Buddhism but everyone can benefit from insightful stories. I remember listening to Alan Watts and Ram Dass lectures on tape telling such stories and found them wonderful! I hope that some of you find these stories interesting and even inspirational whether you are a Buddhist or not.
WorkingOnSomeDreams's Life List
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1. Add goals to this list that are measurable and achievable regarding the PhD program
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2. Come up with a "signature" recipe for covered-dish-type gatherings that people love!
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3. Go through my clothes and donate them to charity
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4. Put my starting weight here and post my weight-loss progress
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5. Go to the dentist.
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6. do first things first
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7. Plan fall 2009 semester
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8. Complete my 8th step
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9. Don't give up on my PhD dreams even though I haven't heard from the professor yet
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10. Finish reading "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut
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11. Find a way to convince my wife to move and live far away from here. I've lived 12 minutes from where I was born and raised for FAR too long.
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12. Blog more in 2009 than I did in 2008
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13. Share cool websites I find and share here
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14. Drink no more alcohol than one glass of wine a day
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15. Stay In Tune With My Star Player (Namely Me), The Person I have to Deal With Everyday.
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16. Add doctoral program admission tasks that are measurable and achievable
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17. Have piano tuned
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18. Find a good chiropractor or massage therapist... or something!
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19. Practice ambidexterity exercises
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20. Figure out how to get rid of these damned canker sores once and for all! They effing hurt like hell!
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21. See my LDL below 70 for the first time ever
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22. Find a personal trainer???????????
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23. Determine my "ultimate" number of things to attempt to focus on in any given day.
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24. Tag all my goals
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25. Learn how to better deal with my OCD
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26. Post my daily walking statistics here
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27. Earn 82 SparkPoints
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28. Stop eating peanut butter (I have a peanut butter addiction).
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29. Share my affirmations here.
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30. Create a large notebook full of relevant studies that are related to the research I want to do for my PhD
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31. Have 43 goals all at once that only I have as a reminder that, as much overlap of goals as there is, there are unique differences among them as well!
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32. Put important dates (i.e., deadlines) in my Google calender related to getting into the PhD program
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33. Frame my Virginia Rock 'n' Roll 1/2 Marathon Finisher's Certificate
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34. Get my pen pal letters, stamp collection, and Postcrossing cards all organized.
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35. Look into getting involved in community theater - in bit parts.
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36. Either buy a new or used bass amp or see if I can have mine fixed.
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37. Put down my records for walking various distances, keep here, and try to beat
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38. Purchase and organize educational CDs (language, philosophy, etc.)
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39. Buy ice hockey skates
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40. Work a little every day on my arrangement of Webber's Pie Jesu with clarinet, hand bells, violin, harp, and lower voices
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41. Find someone willing to help me with my website that desparately needs attention (riseabovethefray.net)
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42. Buy a turntable that can burn to CD
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43. Limit my personal internet time at home to the hours of 8 to 10 p.m.
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Next up is...
6 months ago
And now for something completely different....
6 months ago
http://home.bitworks.co.nz/trivia/human.htm
An interesting little tidbit that’s a little anthropology, history, trivia, etc. Something I should read on occasion for some inspiration in my quest for all knowledge! Okay, an unreasonable goal, but I never said I was reasonable! ;)
Yay! Finally, my first entry!
6 months ago
Okay, a short beginning. Check out www.planetebook.com. A place where you can download lots of different books in electronic format. Of course, these are the classics and if your not into classics then you may not be so inclined to look. But if you are, enjoy!
