I'm doing 42 things
amazing
19 months ago
i’ve sent about 6 postcards over the past year and my most recent one is currently on the website. it feels amazing to share that secret!
amyjenn421's Life List
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1. To live instead of exist
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2. overcome anxiety
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3. Take better care of my friends
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4. read the Bible in a year
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5. Always be a kid at heart
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6. live in the city
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7. learn sign language
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8. Get kissed under the mistletoe
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9. Get a tattoo
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10. Kiss in the rain
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11. Complete a sprint triathlon
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12. backpack through Europe
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13. learn to sail
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14. Skydive
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15. Send a message in a bottle
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16. Fall in love
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17. change someone's life
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18. Witness a miracle
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19. Take Swing Dancing Lessons
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20. get a masters degree
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21. be a good teacher
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22. sing kareoke
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23. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
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24. run a 5k
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25. Stop biting my cuticles
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26. save a life
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27. smoke out in an amsterdam coffee shop
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28. make a difference
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29. learn how to drive stick-shift
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30. learn all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"
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31. learn how to change a flat tire
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32. learn to crochet
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33. be here now
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34. donate hair to Locks of Love
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35. blog about my first year teaching
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36. Learn Basic Spanish
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37. try surfing
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38. Make 1,000 paper cranes
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39. Couch Surf
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40. read 100 books from my "to read" list
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41. Join the Peace Corps
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42. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
326 people
How I did it
It made me
ecstatic 
How I did it: I accepted that this would be incredibly hard and stopped getting mad at myself for little slips here and there. I focused on taking baby steps, asking, "what can i do this day, this moment, to beat anorexia?" I let myself lean on people for the first time, accepting that this was a battle I needed support for. And finally, i never, ever, ever gave up--even when the road was dark and seemed to go on forever. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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21 months ago
i checked this goal off my list about a year ago…and recently decided that it should be back on there. it’s hard sometimes because when i feel like i’ve let go of one part of my past, it’s almost like soon after i’ll realize that there’s another aspect of my past i’m hanging onto. so i think this goal means more than letting go—it also means being present in the here and now. because being present is almost all we can ever ask for or hope for.
