Kate L

is feeling optimistic about her goals.



I'm doing 42 things
 

Kate L's Life List

  1. 1. do at least one thing each day to help reach my 43 goals
    5 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  2. 2. get my shit together
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    92 people
  3. 3. re-gain my self-confidence
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    4 people
  4. 4. reach my goal weight
    8 entries . 3 cheers
    394 people
  5. 5. be more creative
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1,645 people
  6. 6. learn to ride a bicycle
    3 entries . 6 cheers
    116 people
  7. 7. learn to drive a manual
    53 people
  8. 8. take more photographs
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    1,704 people
  9. 9. Dress better
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    1,197 people
  10. 10. be a tourist in my own town
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    92 people
  11. 11. go to New York
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    1,399 people
  12. 12. Try new restaurants
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    32 people
  13. 13. go to more farmer's markets
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    3 people
  14. 14. Go to flea markets
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    4 people
  15. 15. stop procrastinating
    3 entries . 1 cheer
    26,905 people
  16. 16. have more friends
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    805 people
  17. 17. finish fixing up my house
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    7 people
  18. 18. have my parents visit more
    4 entries
    1 person
  19. 19. Host a game night
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    10 people
  20. 20. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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    6,962 people
  21. 21. sell something on etsy
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    20 people
  22. 22. stop worrying about what other people think of me
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    183 people
  23. 23. learn about my family history
    1 entry
    48 people
  24. 24. train my dog
    3 entries
    489 people
  25. 25. learn to speak french
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    1,558 people
  26. 26. live somewhere outside the Philadelphia area
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    1 person
  27. 27. learn to screenprint
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    107 people
  28. 28. actually do what's on my to-do list
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    2 people
  29. 29. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
    6 entries
    7,511 people
  30. 30. have a tea party
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    188 people
  31. 31. make a gingerbread house
    58 people
  32. 32. have everything ready early for Christmas next year
    1 entry
    2 people
  33. 33. toughen myself against the cold
    1 entry
    1 person
  34. 34. send more cards
    1 entry
    19 people
  35. 35. take better care of my body
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    198 people
  36. 36. be more positive
    3 entries . 1 cheer
    2,131 people
  37. 37. go camping
    1 entry
    2,507 people
  38. 38. make bread from scratch
    25 people
  39. 39. have a garage sale
    186 people
  40. 40. have sunday dinner every week
    2 people
  41. 41. Complement others
    11 people
  42. 42. keep my house tidy
    71 people

How I did it
How to read one book per month
It took me
5 months
It made me
literary


How to learn to sew
It took me
1 year
It made me
crafty


How to pack my lunch
It took me
2 months
It made me
healthy AND wealthy


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Recent entries
be more positive (read all 3 entries…)
this week has been... 19 hours ago

bad for this goal. I’ve been cranky and frustrated at work, and as a result I’ve been entirely too negative with everyone – venting too much about other people, annoying situations, etc. This coming week I’m going to try to stop complaining so much so I can improve my spirits from the outside in.



toughen myself against the cold
it's been unseasonably cold... 2 weeks ago

...the past week, rainy and generally miserable. Still, I’m trying to be strong. My parents came to visit this weekend, and my mom is super sensitive to the cold, so we put the heat on for the first time. But since then, I’ve been trying to go without it. I’ve been going out with just a sweater, no coat – I refuse to unearth my winter coat until at least November. Just trying to be very Zen about the cold. My instinct is to clench up and brace myself against it, but I find that really it’s much better to just relax and let it wash over me. Let’s face it, winter can be pretty damn long, and I don’t want to just sit under the covers for the next five months.

The problem is that it’s easy to take my mind off it when I’m outside walking the dog, but doing things around the house can be tough. My nose gets runny and I feel permanently chilled. But heating a big old house is extremely pricey, and even when I crank the temperature up, it never really gets cozy. I think I’m going to try to do some jumping jacks or something when I start to feel chilly.



Learn About My Family History
i finally... 2 weeks ago

...sort of brought this up to my mom this weekend. She’s always a little closed-lipped about her family history, but every once in a while I hear some sort of little fascinating tidbit and I want to know more. Her cousin recently passed away, and she’s been in contact with a few of her other cousins as a result, so I think she’s been thinking about her family more. So this weekend I said, “One of these days I’m going to sit you down and interview you about all this stuff, I feel like I don’t know anything about anything.” She acted surprised and thought about it for a second and said, “Yeah, that’s a neat idea, to record it…hmmmm….” So I think that’s my “in”. Now I need to do it before I lose my nerve.



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