I'm doing 34 things
chertre's Life List
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1. get rid of things I don't need
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2. love myself
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3. practice mindfulness
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4. get braces
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5. eat like a french woman
32 people -
6. lose 5 lbs
165 people -
7. get back to 125 lbs
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8. read Wuthering Heights
38 people -
9. bake a perfect souffle
5 people -
10. rent an apartment in Paris
3 people -
11. meditate daily
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12. exercise daily
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13. read a book a week
789 people -
14. pay off my student loans
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15. go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination
338 people -
16. backpack across south america
27 people -
17. have a tattoo
122 people -
18. buy a new laptop
170 people -
19. buy a nice, new digital camera
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20. learn photography
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21. see tori amos in concert
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22. adopt a homeless dog
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23. run on the beach for the sheer joy of it
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24. plant a tree
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25. tell someone how much i love them
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26. be more selfless
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27. volunteer overseas
265 people -
28. learn an instrument
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29. complete my reading list
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30. complete my movie list
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31. memorize emily dickinson
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32. make a painting
52 people -
33. write a novel
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34. accept death
47 people
How I did it: The promise of guilt-free "sweets" to satisfy a sweet tooth was too tempting when I decided to substitute Splenda for sugar in every dessert I'd previously enjoyed and new ones I'd allowed room for thanks to the acquired Splenda-creativity.Sometime after I adopted a healthier, lower-carb diet, I began experience what I can now term depression. I didn't know it then, because it came so gradually. I ascribed the bad mood I was often feeling… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I think the main thing to realize is that everyone is more alike than different, and that everyone experiences pain. Some experience it short-term (hunger or thirst... getting sick... a broken heart), others long-term (mental illness, being handicapped). And there is also the kind of suffering that comes from being human, such as aging.Your mind is either at peace or it is not-- many of our actions stem from this. If you are content with … Read how I did it…
How I did it: In middle school I decided I'd learn this and over a period of a month or two I would occasionally practice in front of the mirror. All it takes is really practicing your brow muscle/s in front of a mirror.EDIT: Alright, so I realized this could have been more detailed! Basically, first decide which brow you want to learn to raise (I'm right-handed and learned to raise my left brow, for whatever reason at the time). In front of a mirror, … Read how I did it…
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