eattulipswithspoons




I'm doing 42 things
  

eattulipswithspoons's Life List

  2. 1. build a website for my art
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  3. 2. Use fewer plastic bags
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  4. 3. adopt a child
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  5. 4. learn self-defense
    		91 people
  6. 5. blow glass
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  7. 6. Spend more time with my parents and grandparents
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  8. 7. be self sufficient
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  9. 8. show love daily and don't sweat the small things
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  10. 9. produce less garbage
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  11. 10. sell my art
    2 cheers     		654 people
  12. 11. Create a personal recipe book
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  13. 12. dream lucidly
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  14. 13. visit the CoSM
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  15. 14. Save money
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  16. 15. get a full-time job with benefits
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  17. 16. be a better girlfriend
    1 cheer     		667 people
  18. 17. become an activist
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  19. 18. give up high-fructose corn syrup
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  20. 19. make a quilt out of my old t-shirts
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  21. 20. hike the appalachian trail
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  22. 21. grow my own food
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  23. 22. start a revolution
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  24. 23. road trip to Grand Canyon
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  25. 24. Learn to weld
    1 cheer     		452 people
  26. 25. Go skydiving
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  27. 26. be more proactive about gay rights
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  28. 27. get my work in a real gallery
    1 cheer     		1 person
  29. 28. visit South America
    1 cheer     		320 people
  30. 29. Run an entire 5K
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  31. 30. Get my Master's Degree
    1 cheer     		1,206 people
  32. 31. learn to salsa dance
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  33. 32. drink more water
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  34. 33. Simplify.
    		707 people
  35. 34. power at least part of my home with solar panels
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  36. 35. cure my migraines
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  37. 36. get another tattoo
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  38. 37. drink wine at the Biltmore
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  39. 38. move somewhere with bigger trees
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  40. 39. build and live in an earth-sheltered home
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  41. 40. Trace my family tree
    		3,049 people
  42. 41. experience zero gravity
    		206 people
  43. 42. join a commune
    		41 people

How I did it
How to stop biting my nails
It took me
22 years
It made me

How I did it: The reason why I never succeeded up until now is because I would break or chip or otherwise mess up one nail and then give up on the whole thing.  It was actually becoming vegan that taught me not to beat myself up if I "fall off the wagon".  Giving up meat and dairy taught me to not even think about it- to just keep going.  If you want to give up a bad habit, the most important thing is mindset.  You have to… Read how I did it…

Apr 13, 2012, 06:30PM PDT | 1 comment | 5 cheers


How to start composting
It took me
4 months
It made me
less wasteful

How I did it: We moved from our apartment into a little duplex, so now we have a backyard.  I had some leftover chicken-wire from a sculpture I did (but it's cheap anyway), so I rolled it into a wide cylinder and twist it a few inches into the ground.  Throughout the day, we keep our food scraps in a bowl in the fridge, and when it gets full we simply go out and dump it into the bin!  It's good to stir it once in a while, but not necessa… Read how I did it…

Jan 25, 2012, 09:56AM PST | 0 comments | 12 cheers


How to become vegan
It took me
14 days
It made me
love life

How I did it: I didn't go cold-turkey.  I'd recommend taking it slow so that it sticks.  I was a pescatarian for about 6 months before becoming vegan.  As a vegetarian, I never intended on becoming vegan.  There just came a point where I had heard enough upsetting information about how eating dairy hurts your body, the environment, and the cows.  In my experience, when you learn enough and stop disassociating the information wi… Read how I did it…

Apr 29, 2011, 07:25PM PDT | 1 comment | 6 cheers


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Recent entries
Swim in a bioluminescent bay
such a cool experience

the glowing was powered by kinetic energy, so wherever we walked, or waves crashed, it would glow. we stumbled upon it by accident one night at a beach we go to often, and were a little scared at first, but soon figured out it was harmless. nature is pretty awesome.

this was in Naples, Florida at the Pier during a full moon.

May 23, 2010, 01:01PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments



 

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