I'm doing 33 things
1st semester
11 months ago
in over my head – didnt schedule enough time to fit everything in my life in. but i survived the first semester and earned an A and a B. 3.5 GPA. i’ll do better for sure but its a start that i can accept
Marianne's Life List
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1. Open a retreat center
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2. Earn a Master's Degree
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3. Have an outdoor adventure every month: backpacking, hiking, river rafting, etc
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4. Travel internationally as often as possible
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5. Learn to speak, read, and write spanish
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6. Create a challenging community of peers
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7. Have courage in the face of the words "credit score"
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8. Bind books
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9. take amazing photographs
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10. Meditate regularly
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11. Be an advocate for social justice
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12. Learn to marble paper
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13. Build a website
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14. Recruit 2 new mentor groups
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15. Sell a freelance article
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16. Get certified in Wilderness First Aid
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17. Take a course at the National Outdoor Leadership School
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18. Reduce my ecological footprint
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19. Put my best self forward
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20. Buy or download every Maktub CD
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21. Whiten my teeth
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22. Keep in touch with my family: siblings, parents, grandparents, nephews, nieces
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23. Keep my house clean
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24. Cook like a professional chef
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25. Throw well-attended dinner parties
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26. Sketch in my journal
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27. See an endocrinologist
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28. Set up my bills on autopay
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29. Pay off my car loan
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30. Spend money with awareness
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31. Talk about myself less
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32. Learn how to drive a stick shift
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33. Learn how to ride a motorcycle
1 cheer157 people
How I did it
It made me
awe struck 
How I did it: We jumped in the balloon at the last possible second for the first ever (and maybe last) Great Salt Lake Balloon Festival on Antelope Island. It had been stormy all day and they didn't think the balloons were going to fly. Right before sunset there was a brief break in the weather and a few of the daring ballooners went up. It was the reddest sunset I have ever seen - the light over the water was amazing. The storm… Read how I did it…
It made me
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How I did it: Dante writes some of the most iconic Western poetry but the references to figures and fables are obscure unless you've got a PhD in Art History. Get a book that has extensive footnotes and actually read them as you go - it will contextualize the imagery. Without it its a bunch of people with old world Italian names suffering odd agonies for eternity. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
unsuccessful - and still okay
12 months ago
I didnt get ready. I looked aweful. It was okay b/c I didnt think about it at all. I enjoyed myself entirely.
