I'm doing 40 things
I thought I wanted to do this a few years ago, but my career path has gone a slightly different direction and I don’t care as much about Quark anymore.
craigemorsels's Life List
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1. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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2. become better at small-talk
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3. re-design my website
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4. exercise more
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5. spend less time messing around online
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6. write a novel
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7. Learn to use my sewing machine
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8. floss more
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9. send more snail mail
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10. learn how to drive stick-shift
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11. Organize all my CDs
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12. cook more
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13. ban SUVs in cities
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14. wake up earlier
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15. Get to work earlier so I can get home sooner
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16. Make homemade candy
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17. Adopt a puppy
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18. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
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19. Take one international trip per year
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20. Read more books
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21. Learn Spanish
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22. be more confident
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23. destroy my debt
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24. ride my bike more
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25. Be a better blogger
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26. learn more than the basics of Adobe Photoshop
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27. meet new people
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28. sit up straight
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29. take more and better pictures
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30. Get organized
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31. shun my credit cards for a month
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32. adore my husband everyday
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33. lose five pounds
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34. get a better job
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35. learn to cook healthy vegetarian dishes
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36. See my name on the cover of a book
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37. stop drinking soda
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38. stop procrastinating
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39. Learn how to change the oil in my car
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40. Create more handmade cards
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Recent entries
I got a new job that requires me to do more in Photoshop, so I learned more by default. But I could still stand to learn a lot more.
It wasn’t so bad. Well, the first time anyway. The second time I got over-confident and felt like crying. But the first time I made an apple pie and used a store-bought crust (the kind that comes frozen and you unroll it). The second time I attempted to make my own crust (apparently not a good idea for beginners) and then filled it with strawberries and rhubarb. It was a rather runny pie.
