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Melissa B.

is a "Newness-seeking Self-improving Tree Hugger" . . . or is she? :)



I'm doing 43 things
  

Melissa B.'s Life List

  2. 1. Make 2009 My Best Year Yet
    1 entry . 57 cheers     		110 people
  3. 2. consciously create my day
    4 entries . 113 cheers     		51 people
  4. 3. Write every day
    5 entries . 194 cheers     		873 people
  5. 4. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
    45 cheers     		111 people
  6. 5. learn how to thread my sewing machine
    2 entries . 54 cheers     		4 people
  7. 6. run a marathon
    17 entries . 115 cheers     		10,407 people
  8. 7. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
    4 entries . 37 cheers     		5,506 people
  9. 8. Save money for a car.
    3 entries . 36 cheers     		53 people
  10. 9. write a short story.
    1 entry . 73 cheers     		1,002 people
  11. 10. Send a postcard to Postsecret
    3 entries . 41 cheers     		2,837 people
  12. 11. volunteer at an animal shelter
    1 entry . 81 cheers     		521 people
  13. 12. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
    3 entries . 37 cheers     		214 people
  14. 13. read all of Jane Austen's novels
    1 entry . 67 cheers     		155 people
  15. 14. learn french
    1 entry . 44 cheers     		10,555 people
  16. 15. write a sonnet
    1 entry . 49 cheers     		25 people
  17. 16. Grow my hair as long as possible
    4 entries . 43 cheers     		138 people
  18. 17. learn sign language
    1 entry . 67 cheers     		7,658 people
  19. 18. learn to sew
    2 entries . 49 cheers     		3,631 people
  20. 19. Learn Spanish
    1 entry . 39 cheers     		15,444 people
  21. 20. go to Disneyworld
    1 entry . 48 cheers     		209 people
  22. 21. go on a cruise
    2 entries . 33 cheers     		4,091 people
  23. 22. sell a screenplay
    1 entry . 42 cheers     		152 people
  24. 23. win an oscar
    1 entry . 28 cheers     		286 people
  25. 24. Write a poem that's also a palindrome
    1 entry . 55 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. Read the Bible
    2 entries . 35 cheers     		3,217 people
  27. 26. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    1 entry . 20 cheers     		557 people
  28. 27. Write a book (nonfiction)
    1 entry . 34 cheers     		96 people
  29. 28. meet new people
    1 entry . 66 cheers     		4,117 people
  30. 29. Write a Sestina
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		20 people
  31. 30. go camping
    1 entry . 33 cheers     		2,507 people
  32. 31. Edit my most recent script and send it into this year's Nicholl Fellowship
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		1 person
  33. 32. Watch all of Woody Allen's films
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		118 people
  34. 33. read A Clockwork Orange
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		62 people
  35. 34. read Catch-22
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		48 people
  36. 35. Read 50 books in 2009.
    21 cheers     		247 people
  37. 36. publish a short story
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		317 people
  38. 37. quit world of warcraft
    1 entry . 28 cheers     		49 people
  39. 38. Cancel my Newspaper Subscription (Go Paperless)
    3 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. revamp my wardrobe
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		236 people
  41. 40. read the Chronicles of Narnia
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		218 people
  42. 41. find a good used bookstore
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		2 people
  43. 42. do NaNoWriMo 2009
    8 cheers     		25 people
  44. 43. Give 5000 cheers
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		9 people

How I did it
How to clean and straighten my house enough that if someone pops over I don't feel required to apologize for the state of my living space
It took me
1 month
It made me
Content

How I did it: I deep cleaned and straightened up in stages, focusing on different areas at a time.  If someone came over today, I'd feel good about the look of my house.  Now the challenge is making it not fall to pieces. Read how I did it…

Feb 03, 09:55PM PST | 1 comment | 7 cheers


Recent entries
Send a postcard to Postsecret (read all 3 entries…)
Finished the Card 2 weeks ago

I spent a good portion of this morning making my PostSecret postcard. I worded the secret, planned where/how to write it onto the card, arted and personalized the card, addressed it, stamped it . . .

Now all that is left is to mail it. I usually send out-going mail via my home mailbox, but in this case, I feel the need to make a trip to my local post office. It is close enough that I can walk there if I have to.

Oct 24, 11:28AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments


find a good used bookstore
Books 1 month ago

I am so unhappy with Amazon. What happened to nicely-priced paperback books? All the titles I looked up were sold out/out of print in affordable paperback or the prices have been raised. It is ridiculous for a paperback book to cost $1 less than a hardback.

I’ve been meaning to look for a good used bookstore, preferably near my house, and now I have to get going on this or I’m going to run out of books to read (besides library books; I kinda hate library books – I have to be so, so careful with them and I’m a natural clutz).

Sep 17, 09:10AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


revamp my wardrobe
I Look Into My Closet . . . Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz . . . 1 month ago

Most of my clothes are so boring. Solid colors. Plain styles. Blah, blah, blah.

I’ve already started on this goal; got some new pieces with actual designs on them and stuff. I bought a few dresses that are more daring than I usually wear, and by daring I don’t mean sexy or that kind of thing, I mean stylish/current/interesting.

I have a long way to go, though. I’ve had some of my clothes since High School, and my 10-year High School reunion was a few years ago so . . . that’s pretty bad.

I’m trying to convince myself it is okay to, every coupla decades, spend some money on myself. I still feel a bit twitchy about it.

Sep 17, 08:57AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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I want to:

The world wants to...

learn Russian Hermes13 wants to Participate in PostCrossing buy more clothes marry the one I love be successful stop worrying so much Run a marathon - again build my own website take a transatlantic cruise hug a tree walk in the rain Find my abs look at the stars Figure out my major Tidy my room and keep it that way Learn Flemish get a tatto make my grandmother proud myrawska wants to read a new book every week start my own clothing line age photos of people finish learning Japanese record my own cd Become Financially Independent save a life have a rock band Natoko wants to write a book and have it published Prague
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