How is everyone doing with this? My doc put me on Luvox (anti-OCD med) to help get this in control. So far i haven’t noticed a difference. I’m not saying that drugs fix everything and I was hesitant to try, but I’ve been suffering with this for years, and I’m ready to try anything now.
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1. see the northern lights
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2. get a masters degree
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3. go vegan
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4. stop obsessively yanking out my eyebrows when I'm stressed
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5. become a vegan
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6. Buy a House
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7. solve a rubiks cube
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8. wake up by 7am
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9. get married
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10. Step out of my comfort zone
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11. Keep in Better Contact With the Friends I Have and Make New Friends
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12. take a vacation
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13. drink more water
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14. wake up earlier
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15. stick to a budget
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16. Learn Spanish
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How I did it: I eliminated unnatural foods through the following phases:1) I just checked ingredients labels for things I couldn't pronouce or things that just sounded like chemicals. Additionally, I avoided the dreaded hugh fructose corn syrup. I started shopping at Whole Foods, since most of what's sold there is "natural". Most of the time, you don't even have to look at the ingredients list. Wholefoods.com has a list of ingredients that are in … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I keep a bottle of Cetaphil by the sink and washed after I brushed my teeth every night. I made it part of a routine. Although sometimes I was just too tired to think about it, the thought of having makeup wiped on my pillow was enough to make me wash up. Read how I did it…
I passed the exam taken in October 2005, and I am just now updating.. sorry!
Anyway, it was worth it, and for those that still need to pass.. take educated guesses and use common sense to eliminate choices. I took the general exam and there were lots of questions with thermodynamics and such that I never took any classes on. Just keep your cool and pace yourself and you’ll be OK.
With lots of patience I was able to tame and train my lovebird. I got lots of advice from http://community.livejournal.com/parrot_lovers and http://community.livejournal.com/luv_my_lovebird , two extraordinary communities. Patience is the key!!!! Don’t give up!!!
