I'm doing 43 things
cephlesto's Life List
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1. be organized
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2. take better care of my teeth
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3. be a better wife by actually listening to everything my husband has to say, rather than just drifting in and out
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4. be more feminine
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5. be more confident
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6. actually read my college textbooks
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7. lose 140lbs
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8. own a car
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9. renovate my house
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10. convert my garage into a "man cave" for my husband
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11. potty train my daughter
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12. have more children
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13. increase my GPA
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14. finish college
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15. become a college professor
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16. become interested in geneology
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17. leave the country at least once
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18. hear my songs on the radio
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19. publish my poetry anthology
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20. find my autobiography on a shelf at Hastings
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21. visit Ireland on my tenth wedding anniversary
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22. drive down U.S. Route 666
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23. learn how to darn socks
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24. start a band
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25. try anything once
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26. backpack Europe
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27. go hiking in the Andes
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28. vacation in the Alps
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29. go ghost hunting
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30. learn a foreign language by submersion
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31. meditate daily
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32. commune with nature
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33. worry less
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34. spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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35. understand HTML
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36. conquer my nyctophobia
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37. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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38. make money without stress or pain
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39. get health insurance
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40. join a theatre troop
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41. open a boutique
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42. be married to the same person I am now when I am in my nineties
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43. give up the ghost
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How I did it: When I was growing up, and actually up until very recently, the best way I could calm myself down was to throw a big fit first. So, I would gather up some dishes or figurines or anything breakable, and then find a nice solid wall towards which I would hurl the aforementioned items as strongly and quickly as possible. Afterwards, I would gather up all of the shards and throw them away. It felt so good to get my aggression… Read how I did it…
How I did it: On October 31, 2007, we were at the courthouse supposedly giving a friend of ours a tour of the downtown architecture in our city. Turns out the real plan was for us to get married that day! He'd had rings imported from Ireland that he brought with him to the courthouse that day. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was 17, he was 22. We met at Treasure Lake Job Corps in Indiahoma, Oklahoma. After nearly five years of growing up and lessons learned, we found ourselves the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. Later on that same year, he threw me a surprise wedding. He didn't marry me because of the baby, but because he chose to love me. That was a year and a half ago. In June, I'll turn 24 and he'll turn 28. Read how I did it…
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