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cucumber_melon8

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  2. 1. be happy
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  3. 2. think Positive thoughts
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  4. 3. Always be relaxed, courageous, peaceful and strong.
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  5. 4. Always be calm, rational, reasonable and kind
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  6. 5. Go to sleep earlier.
    7 entries . 10 cheers     		474 people
  7. 6. review all the things I'm happy I did during the day every day before going to bed
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  8. 7. eat healthier
    8 entries . 6 cheers     		10,141 people
  9. 8. whiten my teeth
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		2,066 people
  10. 9. get a job
    4 entries . 7 cheers     		10,527 people
  11. 10. Be the complete opposite as my mother and share no traits with her
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  12. 11. Make a baby Journal
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  13. 12. Identify 100 things i love about myself
    6 entries . 9 cheers     		29 people
  14. 13. expand my vocabulary
    3 entries . 5 cheers     		2,615 people
  15. 14. Compare myself to no one, but who I was yesterday
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		85 people
  16. 15. forget the past, live in the present and smile when thinking of the future
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  17. 16. Improve my posture
    1 entry     		2,659 people
  18. 17. Learn Spanish
    5 entries . 3 cheers     		15,504 people
  19. 18. Read the Bible
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		3,232 people
  20. 19. weigh 125 pounds
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  21. 20. take more chances
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		343 people
  22. 21. be a size 7
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		33 people
  23. 22. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    13 entries . 1 cheer     		7,170 people
  24. 23. make a scrapbook to illustrate my '100 things that make me happy' list
    6 cheers     		131 people
  25. 24. Learn to knit and knit something awesome
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		1 person
  26. 25. Learn to play guitar and play it well
    3 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. learn all of the countries and capitals in the world
    5 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  28. 27. Start school for phlebotomy
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  29. 28. Learn French and speak it fluently
    		3 people
  30. 29. Listen to bands that are popular that I've never heard
    		1 person
  31. 30. Read Time's 100 best English novels
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  32. 31. Learn how to fix a car
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		43 people
  33. 32. Find 100 quotations that inspire me
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  34. 33. Save up numerous bags of cans and drive to California to recycle them
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  35. 34. Move out of my parents house into a place of my own
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  36. 35. enroll in a nursing program at a local community college
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. learn to dance
    1 cheer     		6,580 people
  38. 37. get into medical school
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How I did it
How to love myself
It took me
8 years
It made me
loved

How I did it: I just realized that to get anything done and to have anyone else like me I had to love myself first. I picked myself apart before and thought I wasn't __ enough, or too ___ etc. Now I just constantly say positive things about myself and reassure myself that it isn't as bad as I think or as I make it out to be most of the time. This is the only person I am ever going to be so why not love myself completely? I honestly do love the person I… Read how I did it…

Oct 24, 08:46PM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers


How to exercise regularly
It took me
3 months
It made me
healthy

How I did it: Well I don't know if it took me 3 months to regularly exercise but I did have a few lapses from being sick or other reasons. I started exercising 3 months ago and I just love it. Running is exceptionally fun and so rewarding feeling. It's a great time for me to relax and just think, not to mention be alone for once.I just kept with it even when I felt tired or lazy. That's really the only secret to keeping it up. Push through and don't gi… Read how I did it…

Oct 22, 04:02PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to feel beautiful
It took me
11 years
It made me
confident

How I did it: I've felt ugly for as long as I could remember. I would ask all of my friends if I was ugly constantly, and never accepted anything less than yes. I hated who I was and always wished I could be someone else or look like someone else, even as a little girl.I finally just realized all that wishing wasn't going to get me anywhere except further and further into depression. If I can never be what I want then I could never be happy. I looked a… Read how I did it…

Oct 22, 12:21PM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers


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Recent entries
expand my vocabulary (read all 3 entries…)
Untitled 1 day ago

bemoan- verb (used with object)
1. to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one’s fate.
2. to regard with regret or disapproval.

callous- adjective
1. made hard; hardened.
2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to make or become hard or callous.

indignation- noun
strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.

illicit- adjective
1. not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
2. disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons.

anomaly- noun, plural -lies.
1. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
2. someone or something anomalous: With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family.
3. an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
4. an incongruity or inconsistency.

Nov 19, 03:01PM PST | 0 comments


Read Time's 100 best English novels (read all 3 entries…)
Just finished Slaughterhouse-five 4 days ago

And I ended up liking it, I just didn’t totally comprehend it. It’s a shame, I will definitely have to read it again another time.

Nov 16, 11:07PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


expand my vocabulary (read all 3 entries…)
Untitled 4 days ago

coercion- noun
1. the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
2. force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.

exorbitant- adjective
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.

disgruntled- adjective
displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us.

impugn– verb (used with object)
1. to challenge as false (another’s statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
2. Archaic. to assail (a person) by words or arguments; vilify.
3. Obsolete. to attack (a person) physically.

corroborating- verb (used with object)
1. to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.

Nov 16, 11:05PM PST | 0 comments


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