I'm doing 26 things
Season 2 is over…still on the bunny slope—but still persevering!
cherryblossom80's Life List
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1. Own multiple properties throughout the country/world
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2. buy our first home
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3. drink more green smoothies
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4. Live a more stress free life
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5. Visit my grandmas grave more often
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6. Read the Scriptures
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7. live abroad again
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8. make more handmade gifts for friends and family
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9. learn to snowboard
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10. rescue farm animals
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11. Complete a short story
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12. take classes in photography
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13. save 10,000 every year
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14. write a novel
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15. own a yurt
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16. Have an organic farm
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17. take dance classes
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18. Complete a Boot Camp
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19. spend a year travelling
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20. complete another degree
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21. do a cleanse every year
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22. do volunteer work
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23. become certified in yoga
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24. have a lucid dream
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25. go to cooking school
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26. Travel the world for as little money as possible
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How I did it
It made me
more conscious 
How I did it: In the process of moving across country, I am only able to bring with me anything that will fit in our car. Because of that, I have had to declutter a lot of things in my life. I realized I had far to many excesses; Too many clothes, too many books, too much other junk. Much of it brand new! It was hard having to get rid of things I had become so attached to. And I realized just how much I waste. I am surely going to make a much more con… Read how I did it…
It made me
wise & worldly 
How I did it: I spent a year teaching English abroad in South Korea. What money we had saved at the end was used to finance our 3 months travels. We went to Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Tibet, Nepal and India. It was a trip of a lifetime and worth every penny. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I love cooking! But I am highly disorganized, and very often I find myself making a great recipe only to lose it or not be able to find it when I want to make it again. I realized I needed to make a book that I can refer to everyday for meal ideas. I searched for some of my favorite recipes and wrote them down in a notebook. I realized that this can also be very useful in cutting down my grocery shopping expenses for the week be… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Although I don’t think I can guarantee that I will NEVER buy anything not on sale. I think this goal has pretty much been met and its pretty habitual for me now to look for ways to save money before buying. I have learned to apply this to grocery shopping as well—and I check daily for coupons. I am able to stack coupons at Whole Foods so sometimes I come away with free items. And I tend to hold onto coupons waiting for things to go on sale.
I’ve already read The Bhagavad Gita (a few different versions) over the years. Now I am focusing on The Srimad Bhagavatam. It is a series of 12 books over one-thousand pages. I am on the first one now, so I imagine it will take a long time to read them all. I had tried reading the bible in the past, but lost interest.
