I'm doing 32 things
...I’ve known him for almost 3 years and enjoyed every second of being around him. We’ve been dating for close to 5 months now. Shy as he is, though, I won’t be pressuring him too much.
Aubrie's Life List
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1. Publish a novel
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2. do the splits
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3. learn to drive
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4. get a dog
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5. earn my black belt
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6. Ride a Vespa
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7. learn to swim
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8. learn to belly dance
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9. earn a standing ovation
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10. learn how to tie the stem of a maraschino cherry with my tongue
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11. work because I like to, not because I have to
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12. have a popular blog
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13. earn academic honors
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14. Learn Taiwanese
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15. marry my soulmate
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16. have sex with someone I care about
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17. learn French
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18. get a welsh corgi
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19. live in a foreign country
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20. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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21. be a successful freelancer
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22. speak fluent japanese
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23. take a singing class
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24. become financially independent
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25. pay off my debt
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26. learn capoeira
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27. make a viral video
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28. do NaNoWriMo
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29. ride a motorcycle
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30. build a studio
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31. get an Apple computer
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32. earn a Bachelors degree
57 people
How I did it
It made me
excited 
How I did it: I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, but I knew I always liked art, so I've been going to arts impacted schools since elementary. I didn't discover much until high school, where one day, after years and years of trying every new visual art form to pass my way, I found that comic arts, illustration, and 3D animation gave me the most joy out of all of them. And there we have it. :) Read how I did it…
It made me
happy 
How I did it: Planet Fitness is really inexpensive. $10/month. Ya gotta love it.Joining a gym isn't hard at all. What's difficult is having the motivation to keep going. Once you have your membership, you suddenly WANT to go to work/do your homework/hang out with your cousins/finish that Great American Novel/everything BUT what you're paying a monthly fee for. But do it anyway. In these hard times you should be more than happy to at least have your hea… Read how I did it…
It made me
surprised
How I did it: First I took a year and a half of Japanese classes in community college, for the basics. I kept the textbooks and do the exercises in them occasionally. But the books aren't everything. After I got the basics down I started reading easy Japanese fiction and comics, and using internet communities designed to help you learn languages. I live in the Bay Area, so sometimes I go shopping in Japantown and small talk with other people who speak … Read how I did it…
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Well, that was stupid. I bought a SEXY silver Honda del Sol with butterfly doors, but it was a stick shift so I needed my then-boyfriend to teach me to drive it. He crashed it before I ever got behind the wheel. :(
