I'm doing 38 things
Well I am using Time magazines list of top 100 best novels of all time as my guide to reading the best 100 novels. I ran down the list and I have read 27 of them already and I own and have partially read 20 others. So just using what I already have at home I will have 47 books read if I can just stick to reading those on the list. 47. That is almost half of the list. So many of the others I have heard of and know something about – I just haven’t taken the time to read them entirely. But I will. I am also adding some on the list that I want to read that are considered greats like Ann Rayn’s The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. I don’t have those books but I’ve always wanted to read them, so I will.
ashlyngo's Life List
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1. be an inspiring teacher
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2. be more spontaneous
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3. change my diet
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4. be a better planner
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5. be selfless
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6. go to museums and theaters more
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7. support the arts
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8. read more young adult literature
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9. be more technologically savvy
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10. read the 100 best novels
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11. be classy
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12. Lose 75 pounds
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13. study the bible
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14. put clothes away
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15. join a book club
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16. watch the lost series
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17. run a 5k
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18. run a 10K
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19. stop procrastinating
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20. laugh more
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21. write a novel
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22. run a marathon
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23. be a missionary
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24. organize my closets
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25. Be a great wife and mother
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26. Learn to cook
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27. learn italian
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28. play cello in a voluteer orchestra
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29. earn my Ph.D.
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30. travel to europe
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31. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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32. publish scholarly articles
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33. Take pottery classes
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34. Learn tae kwan do
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35. Get a gun permit
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36. learn to shoot a gun
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37. develop interesting college courses
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38. run a half marathon
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How I did it
It made me
esctatic!! 
How I did it: Submitted an abstract on the call for papers website and awaited a response. The conference invited me to present my argument, so I wrote it out, practiced it, timed myself, and went to St. Louis and presented it. What an intellectual high! Plus, my college paid for the entire trip! I have since submitted another argument and am now invited to attend another literary conference in Scottsdale, AZ this October. … Read how I did it…
It made me
overly happy
How I did it: I try to fully appreciate his strengths and minimize his weaknesses. I also started praising him in front of others, even if he wasn't around to hear the compliments and even if he didn't fully deserve the praise. The more I focused on his positive qualities and overlooked his negative qualities the more the good stood out and the bad was hidden from me. Overtime it just became second nature to think of him and smi… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I have had cello lessons in the past and know how to play fairly well. But, since I’ve become a momma I haven’t actually played or practiced cello in a while on a constitent basis. When you work full-time, have two small children, try to maintain your house, and still want to find time to get on that treadmill, you just run out of hours. Well, I’ve decided that if cello is something I want in my life then I need to MAKE the time to practice it. I still somehow manage to find time to watch a TV show from time to time. I could easily exchange the TV time for cello time and find 3 30 minutes sessions a week. That would be a start to actually getting good enough at cello to audition for an orchestra in town. That’s the plan anyway. I’ll keep you posted on my success.
