bras2245




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  1. 1. Learn to figure skate
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    75 people
  2. 2. Learn ballroom dancing, especially the waltz
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    1 person
  3. 3. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
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    231 people
  4. 4. Improve my singing
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  5. 5. Learn to cook
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  6. 6. Start horseback riding again
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  7. 7. Keep in better touch with people
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  8. 8. write more letters by hand
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  9. 9. Trace my family tree
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  10. 10. Go skinny dipping somewhere exotic
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  11. 11. Go to more Oxford talks
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  12. 12. Hold a penguin
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  13. 13. Become a worthy Scrabble opponent
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  14. 14. Go on safari
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  15. 15. Play video games
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  16. 16. Develop my spirituality
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  17. 17. Raise money for a good cause
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  18. 18. Volunteer
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  19. 19. Write a ghost story
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  20. 20. Read books in Russian
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  21. 21. Make enough money to spoil my family
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  22. 22. Make a documentary film
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  23. 23. Learn the world capitals
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  24. 24. Do fieldwork
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  25. 25. Watch all episodes of BBC Robin Hood
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  26. 26. Walk the Bronte moors
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  27. 27. Walk the Cornwall cliffs
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  28. 28. See England from a canal boat
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    1 person
  29. 29. Get my teeth fixed
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  30. 30. Improve my flexibility
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  31. 31. Make better use of my time
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  32. 32. Keep up with the news
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  33. 33. Vote
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    314 people
  34. 34. Take Irish dance classes
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  35. 35. Russian
    16 people
  36. 36. Trip to continental Europe
    1 person
  37. 37. Wine tasting
    10 people
  38. 38. Learn speed reading
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    72 people
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learn speed reading
Untitled 8 months ago

I’ve started the Peter Kump book. I’m up to day 6, but since I’m a full-time doctoral student, among other things, I’ve probably been at it for 7 or 8 days. I’m frustrated. I don’t feel like I’m progressing as fast as I should be – lots of people on the Amazon reviews say things like, ‘within a week I’d doubled/tripled my speed!’ And I seem to be stuck somewhere between 400-550. I think part of it is that I get paralyzed by fear of missing something important. Also I find the 1 minute drills incredibly difficult. I basically feel like I’m messing my hand around on the page with no particular rhythm or order and not really seeing anything at all, much less understanding. I’d be so disappointed if this didn’t work, or to find out I’ve somehow been practicing the wrong way or something. Maybe I just need to relax a bit.



Learn to figure skate (read all 14 entries…)
Untitled 8 months ago

Working on loop and flip jumps now (started 1-2 weeks ago), and axels off-ice. Still struggling with spins but I think I may have finally broken through on the one-foot. Goal is to get a program and compete within the year – my coach says she’s thinking Spanish dance music :) I’d also love to land an axel within the next year, plus master the sit and camel spins. And of course, improve my ‘footwork’ overall. I want to look like I’ve been doing it forever.



Find somewhere to donate our old books
...sigh... 22 months ago

I give up for now, but I’ll try again when I come back for Easter break…



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