I'm doing 34 things
I’ve just did a rough total of my 3 cards and it is a little under $4,000. I’m now on a mission to reduce it asap. I feel quite ashamed. Will be trimming all unnecessary expenses starting now.
The Hermit's Life List
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1. Pay off credit card debt
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2. write for a newspaper
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3. Write a feature length screenplay
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4. experience a miracle
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5. put an extra $500 a month into the mortgage
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6. Do a money meditation every day for a month
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7. Get a website set up
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8. start a blog and actually write in it
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9. Give away everything I don't use
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10. write a book
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11. Pay off the mortgage
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12. Be financially secure
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13. Visit my uncle in Hong Kong
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14. cruise Alaska
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15. Lose 20 pounds
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16. do a counselling course
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17. Stand up for Human Rights
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18. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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19. learn to tap dance
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20. travel to every continent
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21. learn to ice skate
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22. ride a bicycle again
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23. put my reiki training to good use
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24. visit all 50 states
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25. scan all my old photographs
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26. Give 1000 cheers
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27. Have a beautiful Big life, filled with happy people and wondrous places, by sharing my many strengths and talents for fun and profit! =)
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28. Make an Inspiration collage
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29. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
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30. Perform 10 random acts of kindness for strangers
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31. participate in Clean Up Australia day
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32. Read one book a month
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33. Be an extra in a movie or TV
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34. Think of all the things I would do if I won the lottery, and then look for ways to work towards them now, even without a multimillion dollar bank account
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35. NEVER have children
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I had been putting this off for a while, but recently had been having issues with sensitive teeth. I had to do a bit of research to find a local dentist who would accept my health fund rebate and was nearby. I found one and he was very gentle with my mouth, unlike the last dentist I visited who really tortured me! She was the only bad dentist I ever had. This guy was so nice, answered all my questions and treated me like a nervous patient… Read how I did it…
It made me
Very happy
How I did it: I was a member of a social group and noticed a bookclub activity on the noticeboard. I had wanted to be part of a bookclub for ages, but couldn't quite figure out how to join one without a group of strangers coming to my home.The first meeting I went to was held in a restaurant. The group was quite big, about 20 people, which meant that we were spread over two adjoining tables and if you were seated at one end, you couldn't hear what was … Read how I did it…
It made me
Happy
How I did it: I'd received an email from Kiva saying my funds were available for reloan. I started reading about borrowers and reloaned the money. ($50) I felt good that I had made 4 loans. Then I started looking at lenders and found some people had made thousands of loans! After reading their stories and seeing how the Australian team was very high on the list of givers, I decided to give some extra loans, and decided I could afford to give $100 extra… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Miracle: statistically unlikely but beneficial
Well I need one now. Everything’s up in the air. I’ve been in this city for 7 months and will likely have to move again. I like it here but my partner doesn’t. He is dissatisfied with his job and the weather and wants to move back to Sydney. My finances are in a precarious state and I am contemplating selling my apartment because am having trouble paying bills. I need to get to Sydney somehow in a couple of months to farewell a very good friend who is emigrating. But I don’t have much in the way of $$.
Can miracles happen?
One happened to me some years ago. I am hoping for another one (if it’s not too much to ask). I’ve looked at my astrology transits and they seem surprisingly good (can you tell I’m desperate). Will wait to see if it pans out.
Last week I gave up a seat on the tram for an older gentleman. I don’t think very much of it, it’s just basic manners. Sometimes I see young people sitting on buses and trams and an old person is standing and looking frail. It’s sad really.
I usually find it’s women who give up their seats to old people and pregnant women. The men just typically sit there.
