1. ppf complete – self & daughter—DONE
2. start investing systematically 5k every month( 40 mths) -ONGOING
3. Sell house invest proceeds in another property – DONE
Mere's Life List
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1. be a good mother
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2. take a deep breath, count to 10 before I get angry
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3. Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run
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4. have better posture
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5. Practise Yoga everyday
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6. Reduce my ecological footprint
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7. Be carried like in the movies
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8. learn to meditate
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9. Head a company by the time I am 40
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10. make at least one total stranger smile every day
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11. Find that special someone
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12. have more patience
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13. make friends
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14. have children
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15. Go trekking in the Himalayas
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16. Buy 5-10 grams of gold every quarter
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17. Read all the Edgar award books
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18. Read all the P G Wodehouse books
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19. Go to Germany & Poland and see the concentration camps
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20. read One Hundred Years of Solitude
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21. get a squeeze
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22. make a bucket list
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23. have more "me" time
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24. find a financial planner
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25. learn threading
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26. Jump rope
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27. do creative projects with my daughter
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28. Make back-up copies of everything important that is on my computers or on-line
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29. list 43 men I'd have in my harem
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30. learn to roller skate
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31. Eat a fruit a day, drink a glass of fruit juice every day for 60 days
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32. Do 5 surya namaskar every day for 3 weeks
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How I did it: Stopped printing paper at home! The only time I print something is when it is terribly important like a resume. Reuse every bit of paper, eg. Flyers (make it onside paper for writing, making lists), every newspaper is recycled (including ones used for shelving). My daughter gets one sided flyers as scribbling paper and so on... Read how I did it…
How I did it: Just followed the procedure at RTO and got baked waiting in the sun for the Brake engineer to come for the test. Farce of a driving test but hey, I am not complaining. I do have to admit, I worry that it is so absurdly easy to get a DL and seeing the folks who were in the beach waiting for the test, the ones were practicing were so awesomely awful, I keep imagining meeting them tomorrow morning on the road! &… Read how I did it…
How I did it: The locality I live in has an online community forum where a request for my blood group was put up. I replied and did not hear back from them for three days. Then earlier this morning, I received a message thanking me and saying that the operation was successful and hence there was no need for backup blood. A half hour following the email, I got a call asking if I could donate later in the day. I agreed. Half hour later they called b… Read how I did it…
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acheived my goal of topping the retirement account( 2011-12).. On to the next fianicial goal for 2012-13
I am doing well on this goal. On an average I have two fruits and 1 glass of juice. For the last week, I have had a fresh juice during working days :)
