I’m moving this to my given up list, as I’m not in a good financial position to continue this in the short term. I plan on picking it up a little way into the New Year, when I can recover from Christmas and get some debt repayments behind me.
Zijue's Life List
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1. 43Things Secret Santa
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2. Do a 2009 holiday card exchange with my 43Things friends
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3. lead a simpler but more satisfying life
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4. learn to let go
6 entries . 52 cheers564 people -
5. develop a vocabulary of 100 words in Chinese
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6. have penfriends all over the world
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7. write a book
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8. practise Buddhism
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9. keep in touch with people who are important to me
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10. get a tattoo
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11. eat healthily
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12. Beat my depression
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13. get outdoors more
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14. Create the life I want to live
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15. Stop caring what other people think of me
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16. learn how to handle conflict without resorting to irrational, illogical, emotional outbursts
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17. Make new friends and be a good friend to the ones I have
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18. Do NaNoWriMo
4 entries . 16 cheers606 people -
19. have a tattoo designed for me
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20. Progress, Not Perfection
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21. watch 100 of the IMDB Top 250
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22. be more forgiving
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23. meditate daily
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24. apply the 10-minute rule to housework
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25. improve my fitness
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26. don't take things personally
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27. lose weight
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28. publish fiction on my website
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29. update my mini-43T challenge book daily
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30. Become a Polyglot
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31. Find out who is subscribed to me.
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32. improve my appearance
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33. Formally take refuge
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34. write 43Things entries in foreign languages
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35. Greek: Beginner's level
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36. ~* Have my journal travel among my 43T friends *~
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How I did it: I read about Watchmen in Empire magazine and thought it looked really interesting; my partner was also reading the graphic novel at the time, so we eagerly awaited the release and went to see it as soon as possible :)I thorougly enjoyed the film and when I've finished reading the graphic novel, I'm going back to see it again before it finishes in the cinemas! Read how I did it…
How I did it: We were inspired by photos of Emilia's green hair and decided that we couldn't possibly let her dye it another colour (although still a fan of the blue as well!). I invited other people to join me and encourage her to bring back the green hair, until she finally relented after 62 people signed our petition. OK, so I can't do the maths, but the 62 people who signed had the power of 100, so we can just skip past that bit :P Read how I did it…
Jetzt habe ich einen Wunschzettel auf Amazon.de! :) Ich habe so viele schoene Buecher gefunden, und ich habe viele Ideen zum Weihnachten :)
I can imagine that this goal will still be on my list in years to come, but I feel that I have managed to do this on occasion. My sister and I had a fall-out last Christmas, which led to us not talking to each other for 10 months. We have since started talking again, and I realised that the anger that I felt so strongly last year had been dissipating and being replaced with a feeling of sadness that despite caring very much for each other, we had to let something that didn’t need to be there get in the way.
Anger wasn’t going to make her change, any more than it was going to make me change. Eventually, I didn’t care who was right and wrong; I just thought it was sad that we didn’t talk. I now feel that anger would be causing more damage than it’s worth, if we hadn’t made up our differences and moved on. I’m going to see my sister this Christmas, and I have a positive feeling that it’s not going to be a repeat of last year. So, I’m pleased I’ve done a little letting go this year.
There’s plenty more to do though! :)




