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augustdiva




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  2. 1. share what I know, learn what I don't
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  3. 2. fake it until I make it
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  4. 3. answer "how?" with "yes"
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  5. 4. make more lists, then cross them off
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  6. 5. do today those things that, if postponed, will stress me out tomorrow
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  7. 6. laugh more
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  8. 7. take more naps
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  9. 8. cultivate love
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  10. 9. express gratitude
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  11. 10. celebrate wellness
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  12. 11. eat healthy and drink red wine
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  13. 12. exercise and facercise regularly
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  14. 13. perform those monthly self bre-st exams
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  15. 14. reject health care and big pharma hegemony
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  16. 15. love well
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  17. 16. be well loved
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  18. 17. kick mean people to the curb
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  19. 18. transcend binary gender logic
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  20. 19. work my passion
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  21. 20. embrace simplicity
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  22. 21. master technology, don't serve it
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  23. 22. learn shorthand
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  24. 23. learn Esperanto
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  25. 24. build more mindmaps
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  26. 25. read more picture books
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  27. 26. cultivate beginner's mind
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  28. 27. embrace curious, divergent thinking
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  29. 28. paint my toenails
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  30. 29. live an artful life
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  31. 30. win the lottery, then become a patron of the arts
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  32. 31. be an armchair activist
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  33. 32. travel more, across both time and space
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  34. 33. remember that most countries do not have buffets
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  35. 34. evolve
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  36. 35. be content
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  37. 36. stay in the now
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  38. 37. be more compassionate
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  39. 38. avoid stepping on snails
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  40. 39. hang out with the divine
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  41. 40. spend my days the way I want to spend my life
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  42. 41. be out, be real
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  43. 42. write bad poetry
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  44. 43. burn brightly, and leave no trace
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Recent entries
fake it until I make it (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 4 years ago

I was at the used bookstore today and stumbled across a childhood favorite: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper. Naturally, I had to buy it… it fits the “fake it until I make it” meme rather well, I think. Plus it has cute old timey drawings.

Jun 19, 2005, 03:59PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


burn brightly, and leave no trace
Untitled 4 years ago

“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.” (Shunryu Suzuki said that.) Now I think that means I should put my entire self into everything that I do, so much so that my self is consumed by the task at hand, so that in the end I am no longer there but everything that I had to give has been transmuted (ooh! alchemy!) into something else, something larger than myself. And I think that means I should leverage more of my self, and less of my ego. So that’s what I’m going to try and do. Wish me luck.

Jun 15, 2005, 08:47PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


write bad poetry
Untitled 4 years ago

Everyone else wants to write good poetry. Some folks have even mastered the art, like Jenny Boully. I, however, knowing that writing good poetry is overly ambitious, want to write bad poetry. Why? Because I believe that the very act of writing poetry is beneficial. It forces new neural pathways to be laid down when I attempt to rhyme “sponge” with “plunge” (like I said, my goal is to write bad poetry). Besides, it can be fun. And liberating. You should try it.

Jun 15, 2005, 08:45PM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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