I'm doing 42 things
Alright...
16 hours ago
The targets just left the building and will be picked up in five minutes. Going to start decorating tomorrow. I’ll keep you up to date!
Melanie's Life List
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1. Be fluent in English
3 entries . 40 cheers299 people -
2. Mission: Back from holiday Christmas surprise - Deadline Nov 28
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3. Learn to express myself better
1 entry . 26 cheers19 people -
4. Live in London
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5. Have a different life by this time next year
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6. Plan B
2 entries . 1 cheer4 people -
7. Find a job that doesn't feel like a job
1 entry . 40 cheers241 people -
8. have a boyfriend
627 people -
9. Learn to play the violin
1 entry . 11 cheers1,648 people -
10. Read more books
1 entry . 18 cheers11,008 people -
11. Have more close friends
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12. Learn more about photography
1 entry . 12 cheers286 people -
13. Learn horseback riding
1 entry . 7 cheers28 people -
14. Learn Japanese
12 cheers9,752 people -
15. Learn French
1 entry . 8 cheers10,613 people -
16. Learn Latin
1 entry . 4 cheers1,884 people -
17. Learn to play the guitar
8 cheers12,665 people -
18. Have children
2 entries . 3 cheers4,132 people -
19. Adopt children
1 entry . 11 cheers193 people -
20. Raise my children to be bilingual (English/German)
1 entry . 17 cheers1 person -
21. Find inner peace
2 entries . 16 cheers740 people -
22. Laugh more often
12 cheers255 people -
23. Go skinny dipping
1 entry . 12 cheers3,080 people -
24. Make a photo album of all the people and things that make me happy
1 entry . 7 cheers2 people -
25. Make a photo album of my life, with mementos and handwritten stories for my descendants
1 entry . 13 cheers1 person -
26. Save enough money to be able to visit my relatives in the USA
2 entries . 4 cheers1 person -
27. Do more genealogy research and pass it on to my future children or grandchildren
2 entries . 6 cheers1 person -
28. Make a cookbook of family recipes
1 entry . 7 cheers5 people -
29. Write a novel and get it published
7 cheers329 people -
30. Kiss in the rain
4 cheers14,625 people -
31. Get a dog
10 cheers3,870 people -
32. Get a cat
11 cheers869 people -
33. Get my own horse
1 entry . 5 cheers11 people -
34. Learn to play the piano
6 cheers7,464 people -
35. Learn snowboarding
1 entry . 3 cheers49 people -
36. Move to Los Angeles
1 cheer248 people -
37. Backpack around the world
1 entry . 15 cheers127 people -
38. Design my own house
1 entry . 7 cheers1,200 people -
39. Have an aquarium (sth like the one in Grey's Anatomy S5E3)
1 entry . 3 cheers1 person -
40. IMPACT the world (in a positive way)
2 entries . 10 cheers4 people -
41. Sleep under the stars
1 entry . 7 cheers3,733 people -
42. Have a Bucket List and Do It
1 entry . 6 cheers4 people
How I did it
It made me
Happy and clean 
How I did it: Well, I think everybody knows how to take a shower and how to sing. So, if you do it at he same time you've already accomplished your goal ;-) I can't exactly remember when I started, but I must have been around 11 years old. I don't sing every time when I shower, just when I feel like it - and I don't care if other people hear me sing and give me that weird look afterwards, because I had fun and you can't take that away from me ^^ Read how I did it…
It made me
HAPPY!!!!!
How I did it: I started to take my driving lessons in November 2003, but only for my car driver's licence - at first. Though I had always dreamt of riding a motorcycle before, and had already been riding my scooter for 3 years, I wasn't sure whether I should or shouldn't do it. I simply couldn't imagine what it would be like riding along the motorway with 130 kph - and whether I'd feel comfortable by doing so. The owner of the driving school gave me a … Read how I did it…
It made me
surprised 
How I did it: I bought dental floss some month ago, because there was a small spot between my teeth which had a dark fleck and I couldn't get rid of it - not even after I brushed my teeth or used a toothpick (my dentist managed to get rid of it for me in the end). Anyway, the dental floss has been standing in the bathroom right next to my toothbrush for month. Hence one evening I just started to use it. Now, it has become kind of natural and I stopped … Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
This is gonna be awesome!!!
3 days ago
Starting on Saturday, my mom and her husband are going on holidays for a week – to Egypt. So I’m gonna be all alone, watching the house… Now, I just had the most brilliant idea! I’m going to surprise them by decorating the rooms/windows, baking cookies (I know, it’s “biscuit” in BE, but I prefer the word “cookie” :P) and cook lunch for them on the day they come home.
The list in detail:
- Baking cookies
- Display cookies on dishes with Christmas napkins on the table in the living room and the kitchen
- Hang up chain of lights on the window in the living room, my mom’s and my room
- Hang up a wreath on the front door
- Look through the Christmas decoration box and see what else I can use
- Decide on a lunch to cook on their day of arrival
- Make a “welcome-home sign” and hang it on the front door
- Candles?
My mom didn’t want any Christmas tree this year, so I’m not going to put one up either.
Anything else I’ve forgotten? – I appreciate any suggestions, btw ^^
Aspiration
3 days ago
To anyone, who thinks this goal is too big/difficult to achieve, just remember what Anita Koddick said:
“If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”
