brickhorse

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I'm doing 41 things
 

brickhorse's Life List

  1. 1. Submit rough draft of entire dissertation to my committee chair by July 31, 2008.
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    1 person
  2. 2. Accomplish 7 things each week that will enhance my life and the lives of others
    8 entries
    1 person
  3. 3. finish my ph.d.
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    668 people
  4. 4. Visit my uncle's grave in Florence, Italy
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    1 person
  5. 5. Work on my place.
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    1 person
  6. 6. pay off my debt
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    1,738 people
  7. 7. Quit sugar.
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    52 people
  8. 8. Grow a garden
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    626 people
  9. 9. Return to Paris.
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    36 people
  10. 10. Declutter.
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    568 people
  11. 11. See the Clouds of Magellan.
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    1 person
  12. 12. Ride horses in Mongolia with the locals.
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    1 person
  13. 13. Live simply.
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    3,001 people
  14. 14. Build my own front door.
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    1 person
  15. 15. Visit New Zealand.
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    1,227 people
  16. 16. Visit Niagara Falls
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    87 people
  17. 17. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best
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    44 people
  18. 18. Ride my horse more.
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    22 people
  19. 19. Be a good friend
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    815 people
  20. 20. Be a good sister
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    114 people
  21. 21. Be a good aunt
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    66 people
  22. 22. eat more vegetables.
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    748 people
  23. 23. Compost.
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    144 people
  24. 24. Solar power my house.
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    1 person
  25. 25. Save more money.
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    2,099 people
  26. 26. SLEEP...sleep better, sleep longer, sleep more, sleep earlier
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    253 people
  27. 27. Work out a very easy, very cheap and very healthy diet.
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    7 people
  28. 28. Wear a simple and elegant wardrobe.
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    1 person
  29. 29. Winter at the ocean.
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    1 person
  30. 30. Downsize.
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    18 people
  31. 31. Ride my bike more
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    886 people
  32. 32. Pursue a Minimalistic & Simple Life
    1 entry
    11 people
  33. 33. Keep chickens.
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    54 people
  34. 34. Keep goats.
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    7 people
  35. 35. Plant fruit trees.
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    8 people
  36. 36. Join the Slow Food movement.
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    23 people
  37. 37. Live greener
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    57 people
  38. 38. find a unique, cute little travel mascot to take with me on all trips and photograph "him" next to touristy sites wherever i go...(kind of like the traveling gnome).
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    158 people
  39. 39. take an alphabet of photos
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    112 people
  40. 40. Do yoga
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    1,297 people
  41. 41. go to one of the places on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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    2 people
Recent entries
run a 5k
Did it and it killed me 1 day ago

Of course, I think it was that the first 1000 yards were up a very steep hill. My friend, who was in the Olympic tryouts, ran with me and coached me along the way. “You can beat this fat guy in front of you!” She yelled, and embarrassed for him, I ran past him. She pushed me and I ran faster, thinking the whole time “I hate you, I hate you.” Of course I don’t hate her, but at the moment, I would have preferred peace and quiet, listening to the rhythmic patter of my feet on the ground, over her “encouragement.” I wasn’t last, but it took me a while to do it. Everyone’s photo was taken as we crossed the finish line, and mine looks painful. I’m not a competitor. I might do it again, without my coaching friend.


Compost (read all 2 entries…)
DBF on board 1 day ago

A bale of alfalfa was wet when we bought it, started to ferment and turn slimy. We had to tear it apart, and it’s in a big heap in front of the feed shed now. DBF and I decided to FINALLY start the compost pile with it, so this weekend we’ll rig something up and start with that old alfalfa. I want something very simple, so I’m getting on the internet to find some plans for the most simple composting in the universe.


live simply (read all 2 entries…)
43 things helps 1 day ago

This website is helping me to live simply. It is helping me to keep to my goals, to think about them often, and to translate thoughts into action. Some things on my current list I want to do may take years to complete, some will be ongoing, and some could be completed in the next few months. I just know that as I work through what I need to do, my life becomes simpler. I have had to complicate it so much during the past 15 years to go through personal, professional, emotional and spiritual growth to arrive at a place where I am going downhill from complication to a gentler slope of simple living. 43 things is a walking tool to help give me balance on this trek.


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