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Right, so I seem to have a rather good freestyle now. My arms are doing great, and so is the breathing. I can even do it for ages without stopping. The thing I have a problem with is my legs… When I use a kick board I do fine, but actually putting it with the strokes aswell, my legs are just useless. Got to get it together more. Any advice??
elissa1979's Life List
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1. Get in shape
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2. Perfect my freestyle
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3. Get into photography
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4. Travel to New York
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5. Learn Spanish
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6. improve my typing
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7. Drink more water
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8. Learn how to play a musical Instrument
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9. Buy a house or flat
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10. Milk a cow
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11. Learn how to read the stars
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12. See an active volcano
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13. Master the Karma Sutra
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14. learn to be more patient
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15. See the Aurora Borealis
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16. Travel to Florence
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17. Float on the dead sea
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18. Get a Masters
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19. Swim with dolphins
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20. Own a Pontiac Firebird TransAM
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21. Stand on the International Date Line
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22. run my own restaurant
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23. drive a Ferrari
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24. Learn to fly a plane
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25. fly in a jet
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26. Travel into outer space!!!
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How I did it
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How I did it: I trained for about 3 months, running in the mornings before work and sometimes doing a workout in the evening too. Eating very healthy is important and I actually lost about 20 pounds in the process! I ran about 2-3 miles most days and always warmed up before every work out and did some stretches after. Read how I did it…
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Ok, so my typing speed is around 45 wpm. However, I can’t touch type. If I try touch typing my WPM is around 30. This is bad as I really don’t think it looks good and having recently been looking for a job (I now have one) I noticed how this is quite important to a lot of employers.
I have just bought ‘Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing’ – a CD ROM which i’m hoping is going to help. I have been doing a few free online typing lessons but it’s time to take it seriously and do a little every day.
My goal is to get to about 70 WPM.
I have decided to do this as I think it’s important to learn another language. The fact that I don’t speak anything but English is really not good enough. I also feel that in today’s society employers look favorably on people who can speak another language.
I did start learning Italian a few years back but I feel that Spanish would be more useful, especially as I now live in the U.S.
I have decided to try to learn it on my own. I am thinking of using the Michael Thoas method. Some research is needed first.
