I'm doing 43 things
This month, I committed to using no heat whatsoever, and taking extreme care of my hair – gentle shampoos and other products, gentle handling, no brushing, combing only when sopping wet with conditioner, and deep conditioner every week.
basquette's Life List
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1. practice the "getting things done" techniques more diligently
3 entries . 2 cheers2 people -
2. pay off my debt
6 entries . 12 cheers2,226 people -
3. lose weight
9 entries . 9 cheers41,739 people -
4. be a brilliant expert at what I do
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5. finish the shitty first draft of "The Sand Bar"
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6. paint my house
1 entry . 1 cheer213 people -
7. hire a regular maid
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8. own a horse
4 cheers763 people -
9. perform a really good Chaturanga Dandasana
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10. Learn to tango
1 entry . 3 cheers1,153 people -
11. Read everything ever written by Rohinton Mistry
2 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
12. deepen and strengthen my yoga practice
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13. read Dante's Inferno
4 cheers58 people -
14. ride on a very fast boat
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15. understand globalization
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16. learn about the stock market and investing
1 cheer84 people -
17. learn Latin
1 cheer2,017 people -
18. clear up my skin
1 entry235 people -
19. help my daughter learn more and learn to love learning!
1 entry . 5 cheers1 person -
20. cut down my "getting ready" time in the AM
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21. study Nietzsche
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22. make my blog more popular and valuable to readers
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23. eliminate my fixation on the past
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24. learn TimeMatters
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25. sing with a band
65 people -
26. meet Bill Clinton
2 cheers62 people -
27. take a week-long vacation with my daughter
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28. stop being so anxious around people
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29. start dancing again
186 people -
30. develop more strength, energy, and radiant health while eliminating my chronic pain
1 person -
31. upgrade my image, seriously!
1 person -
32. write professionally
26 people -
33. buy a whole new kickass wardrobe to celebrate my divorce
1 person -
34. stop drinking sodas
47 people -
35. get a better housecleaning system
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36. write really beautiful poetry
1 person -
37. get new bedroom furniture and bedding that appeals to ME, not soon-to-be-ex
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38. launch my untitled web project
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39. run a 5K for breast cancer research
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40. sell my car
322 people -
41. grow my curly hair long
1 entry . 1 cheer74 people -
42. stop picking
114 people -
43. get divorced without getting mad or losing my soul
1 entry . 2 cheers1 person
Recent entries
She sees me reading a lot for my new job as a self-employed lawyer, and enjoying it. And she’s expressing some of the same now. She’s really proud of herself – her teacher set a goal for a standardized test that she blew out of the water.
It’s getting done this week. I have enough cash to pay for a weekly cleaning through the end of January, and then my other check will arrive to be able to take us through the next six months. Hopefully at that point I’ll be making enough cash from my various endeavors to take it all over.
