aborealis773

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I'm doing 26 things
 

aborealis773's Life List

  1. 1. Have a healthy baby
    15 entries . 16 cheers
    183 people
  2. 2. Teach myself discipline
    6 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. do first things first
    2 team members . 347 entries . 23 cheers
    77 people
  4. 4. Come up with a financial plan and merge finances
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  5. 5. earn a living as a writer
    27 entries . 36 cheers
    6 people
  6. 6. Always have something to look forward to
    5 entries . 11 cheers
    104 people
  7. 7. Make my garden a beautiful place of refuge
    26 entries . 25 cheers
    3 people
  8. 8. make my house presentable enough for unexpected guests
    14 entries . 26 cheers
    5 people
  9. 9. Feel beautiful in my own skin and size and shape
    4 entries . 18 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. catch up on all my email
    4 entries . 6 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. throw tomatoes at the Tomatina Festival in Spain
    1 entry . 20 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. see the Aurora Borealis in Alaska
    10 cheers
    5 people
  13. 13. eat dim sum in Hong Kong
    2 entries . 10 cheers
    2 people
  14. 14. make homemade ice cream
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    78 people
  15. 15. Remodel my bathroom
    4 cheers
    143 people
  16. 16. remodel my kitchen
    5 cheers
    230 people
  17. 17. go kayaking
    6 cheers
    528 people
  18. 18. declutter
    4 entries . 17 cheers
    725 people
  19. 19. save money to buy a new heater
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. volunteer to write pro bono
    3 entries . 10 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. make soup twice a month
    4 entries . 6 cheers
    3 people
  22. 22. learn how to crochet
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    96 people
  23. 23. Save for retirement in 2009
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  24. 24. complete NaNoWriMo 2008
    4 entries . 1 cheer
    7 people
  25. 25. Create the life I want to live
    10 cheers
    74 people
  26. 26. Teach myself Chinese
    3 cheers
    1 person

How I did it
How to dress up as Miss Havisham for Halloween
It took me
1 year
It made me


Recent entries
Earn a living as a writer (read all 27 entries…)
Revision of the Plan 2 days ago

Funny how things work out. The editorial job at the medical office flew south because they had a problem with me going to my prenatal appointments. I’ve been making chump change grading test prep essays and making my pregnancy my main priority. I’m now thirty-three weeks along, farther than I’ve ever been, so this feels like new territory for me.

There are four projects that I’m working on and want to send out. Two for a contest, one for a newspaper, and one I need to find a home for. Here’s to getting these out sooner rather than later!



Come up with a financial plan and merge finances (read all 2 entries…)
My Finances Look Grim 2 days ago

My finances are not at all looking good this year. Paltry paycheck coming from grading test prep essays as a contractual worker. These last two months have been especially slow. I will have to dip into our savings this month to help pay for car repairs and medical bills and some baby stuff I need to get. The blessing is that my husband keeps us afloat.

Sometimes I get real down about my financial worries, but then on the flip side, I try and do sometimes succeed at keeping the faith. To do the work that I can do and to keep writing.



teach myself discipline!!! (read all 6 entries…)
Update on Discipline 2 days ago

I’ve had some pregnancy-related downs and scares that have set me back. But for the most part, I keep a fairly regular routine and I try to do what I can during the day in terms of the work I want to get done. So far, this has been working for me. When I am mentally restless and unable to focus, I just put it away for a while and come back to it. No feeling guilty and no resistance.



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