I'm doing 23 things
Instead of finishing my old novel, I think I’ll write a new novel.
donna's Life List
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1. live outside the united states
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2. learn to play jazz piano
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3. be confident and courageous, consistently.
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4. become a much, much better digital photographer
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5. Take more photos
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6. keep in better touch with friends & family
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7. Drink eight glasses of water each day
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8. spend 1 week+ every year somewhere I've never been
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9. Knit up my yarn stash
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10. learn about zen meditation
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11. write one letter or e-mail a week until I'm back in touch with my long-lost friends
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12. Complete "The Artist's Way"
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13. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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14. find a job that makes me happy
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15. read all of the books on Maureen Corrigan's Best of 2005 list in 2006
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16. Write a good book
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17. read Catcher in the Rye
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18. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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19. eat at one of Google's cafeterias
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20. swim a mile
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21. Have a one word resolution for 2010
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22. send good thoughts and prayers to purple_girl
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23. Knit six pairs of socks in 2009
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How I did it
It made me
Happy and relieved 
How I did it: After realizing this project was bigger than I thought, I found it most useful to set a goal of working on it every day. Even so, it required patience and fortitude I didn't know I had in me. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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