So the other day I watched a video of how they train elephants in Thailand. I was horrified, and (after donating $3 to WSPA) have decided that I don’t want to ride an elephant, so I’m changing this goal to “Donate money to worthy causes.”
It’ll be done.
achterbahn's Life List
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1. Donate at least $5 to five worthy causes or charities before I'm 21
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2. work in a chocolaterie
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3. Expand my circle of friends
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4. Stay in a 5+ star hotel
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5. find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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6. Complete a floristry course
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7. Have a stall at a market
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8. Go on a horse-trek in the UK
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9. Have a conversation with my host mum in Swedish
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10. sell tupperware
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11. Get my hospitality degree
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12. Make someone laugh every day for one week.
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13. Waltz in Civic square
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14. Quit my going-nowhere job and find a job that challenges me
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15. Paint a wall with song lyrics
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16. Complete a triathlon
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17. Be emotionally independent
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18. Step out of my comfort zone
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19. Au pair in Europe
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20. Celebrate new years in Times Square
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21. do a patisserie course
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22. Yell yoplait from the top of the Eiffel tower
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23. knit a scarf
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24. Hold a tarantula
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25. Throw snow at random people in the street
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26. Bungy jump
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27. Redecorate a house
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28. Learn a phrase in Irish
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29. Send a message in a bottle
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30. Hug a panda
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31. Start my own business
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32. Give a speech to 100+ people
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33. Go backpacking in the South Island of NZ
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34. Wear coloured lenses
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35. Print photos and put them all in organised photo albums
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36. Buy overalls
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37. walk the tongariro crossing
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38. Make a quilt
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39. Have and fill a shoe shelf in my cupboard
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40. See something on Broadway
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41. Wander the streets of Paris in a long billowy skirt
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42. Learn to play "Wake me up when September ends" on guitar
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43. do the Zorb
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How I did it: I started off just mental-noting things that I realised made me happy. Then I started making them into a list, and I found that with each entry, I had at least 5 or 10 things in my mental bucket. With everything I wrote, I asked myself - does it really make me happy? Does thinking about/seeing/doing this thing make my day and improve my mood? If the answer was no, I figured it was just something that I liked, and I replaced it with someth… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I went clubbing with my friend, after weeks of talking about going.I knew she really wanted to dance but I couldn't do it - I was nervous! She bought me a drink or three, then dragged me out onto the dancefloor. I was a bit slow into it at first, but the club was crowded and the music was loud and I felt so comfortable, it was easy! Plus, I was wearing my new shoes and skinny jeans - made me feel super confident. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I live on a farm, and when my boyfriend came over to visit, we went for a walk in our gumboots and thick sweatshirts up the back of the farm, to a small creek. We were jumping in muddy puddles (probably a mix various types of animal poop and water) then when we were walking back home, it was raining a lot and he pulled me over to him and kissed me. Read how I did it…
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Today, I went to see a movie by myself.
I was happy, it was a good way to pass time, and nobody I knew wanted to see the movie, which turned out to be absolutely fantastic.
Happy happy!
91. David
92. Walking in the rain and knowing that I’m someone who walks in the rain, not someone who just gets wet.
93. Being excited to do a duathlon
94. Flowery pink and orange skirts
95. Tupperware
96. At work, it’s raining outside and I’m warm inside just baking away
97. The girl at the coffee shop knowing what I want before I even say good morning
98. People saying “good morning” to me, with a smile
99. Perfect milk
100. FINISHING THE LIST! Or Rather, being able to tick something off of my 43things list.
