Douglas

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I'm doing 39 things
 

Douglas's Life List

  1. 1. Do my Magic Bullet Exercises daily for 21 days
    2 entries . 50 cheers
    1 person
  2. 2. Recognize Friendship
    1 entry . 162 cheers
    4 people
  3. 3. question each expenditure of time and/or money, as often as possible, asking myself, "Does this choice make me closer to or more distant from who and what I want to be?"
    1 entry . 141 cheers
    21 people
  4. 4. Name Songs that I find particularly Moving or Beautiful
    25 entries . 114 cheers
    3 people
  5. 5. Be the best dad I can be.
    1 entry . 219 cheers
    17 people
  6. 6. raise my daughter to believe in herself
    3 entries . 351 cheers
    61 people
  7. 7. Say Hello to 43 Beautiful Women
    25 entries . 133 cheers
    1 person
  8. 8. live with integrity
    5 entries . 121 cheers
    213 people
  9. 9. My List of 3 Questions
    1 entry . 27 cheers
    2 people
  10. 10. Do my Inner Boundaries Follow-Up
    1 entry . 43 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. Start my own Restaurant.
    4 entries . 113 cheers
    11 people
  12. 12. See the best in everyone
    1 entry . 142 cheers
    14 people
  13. 13. Treat everyone with respect
    3 entries . 113 cheers
    2 people
  14. 14. Improve My Memory
    2 entries . 54 cheers
    1,325 people
  15. 15. Attend the National Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival at least twice
    2 entries . 17 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. Get my house organized
    2 entries . 59 cheers
    80 people
  17. 17. Plan and prepare for a piano recital
    8 entries . 38 cheers
    2 people
  18. 18. Have a relationship with a beautiful woman.
    10 entries . 37 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. Live my life without regret
    2 entries . 84 cheers
    16 people
  20. 20. Learn Italian fluently
    1 entry . 51 cheers
    82 people
  21. 21. Brush up on my spanish
    1 entry . 25 cheers
    69 people
  22. 22. Shred at least 7 pieces of papers a day for 30 days
    2 entries . 41 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. Live in the Present Moment
    3 entries . 40 cheers
    44 people
  24. 24. Do a helpful/pleasant/cheerful thing for someone every day
    1 entry . 61 cheers
    4 people
  25. 25. Give one of my cheers each day to someone who's never been cheered.
    1 entry . 49 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. make my own clothes
    2 entries . 41 cheers
    2,322 people
  27. 27. Be debt free
    2 entries . 71 cheers
    2,260 people
  28. 28. What other people think of me is none of my business
    1 entry . 48 cheers
    2 people
  29. 29. learn to sew
    2 entries . 50 cheers
    4,061 people
  30. 30. Be resolved that nothing and no one will stand in the way of my dreams
    2 entries . 41 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. Be the best Partner I can be
    6 entries . 27 cheers
    6 people
  32. 32. work at least 15 minutes every day on 4 things that I need to get done
    1 entry . 40 cheers
    5 people
  33. 33. Claim a Woman in my Life
    2 entries . 23 cheers
    1 person
  34. 34. Live my life with kindness and compassion
    1 entry . 79 cheers
    8 people
  35. 35. Prioritize, Focus & Follow-Through
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    77 people
  36. 36. Collect quotes and sayings.
    7 entries . 3 cheers
    80 people
  37. 37. 43Things Secret Santa 2012
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    0 people
  38. 38. Photography talk ~ somewhere to ask some questions or just talk
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    3 people
  39. 39. Life's Wisdom
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person

How I did it
How to learn how to use 43 Things
It took me
2 years
It made me
Okay.


How to make Life Decisions that Resonate with my Heart and Spirit
It took me
56 years
It made me
Ceneterd.


How to do my Getting Real Follow-Up
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
Yawn.


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Recent entries
Life's Wisdom
7 %

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short – enjoy it..

4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.

9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

10. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

11. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

12. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it…

14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

15. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.

16. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

17. It’s never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

21. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

22. The most important sex organ is the brain.

23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’

25. Always choose life.

26. Forgive but don’t forget.

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does..

31. Believe in miracles.

32. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

33. Growing old beats the alternative—dying young.

34. Your children get only one childhood.

35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.

39. The best is yet to come…

40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

41. Yield.

42. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”

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Collect quotes and sayings. (read all 7 entries…)
The secret of getting ahead

is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.

~ Mark Twain



Do my Magic Bullet Exercises daily for 21 days (read all 2 entries…)
Starting Again

So here are the Exercises

1. Am I putting Thought into action?

2. Am I setting S.M.A.R.T goals?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

3. Am I Visualizing my goals?

4. Am I stretching my comfort zone?

5. Am I happy with what I’ve got?

6. Am I engaging in positive self talk?

7. Am I a positive force for others?

8. Are my actions consistent with my values?

9. Am I staying in Balance?

10. Am I Focused and Persistent?



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