I'm doing 41 things
Cheers given: 6105.
Finally moving in the right direction!
Melissa B.'s Life List
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1. make 2011 my best year yet
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2. consciously create my day
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3. read 25 books in 2011
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4. Write every day
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5. master the law of attraction
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6. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
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7. learn how to thread my sewing machine
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8. run a marathon
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9. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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10. volunteer at an animal shelter
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11. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
3 entries . 68 cheers256 people -
12. read all of Jane Austen's novels
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13. learn french
3 entries . 66 cheers12,436 people -
14. write a sonnet
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15. Grow my hair as long as possible
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16. learn sign language
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17. learn to sew
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18. Learn Spanish
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19. go on a cruise
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20. sell a screenplay
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21. win an oscar
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22. Write a poem that's also a palindrome
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23. Read the Bible
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24. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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25. Write a book (nonfiction)
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26. meet new people
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27. Write a Sestina
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28. go camping
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29. read A Clockwork Orange
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30. read Catch-22
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31. publish a short story
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32. find a good used bookstore
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33. Read more non-fiction
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34. get a passport
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35. be happy
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36. invent something
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37. Give 10,000 cheers
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38. go to the library more often
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39. pay off my mortgage
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40. write more letters to my grandma
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41. move to Las Vegas
5 cheers83 people
How I did it
It made me
Relieved 
How I did it: As I went through the process of building my page, inviting friends (and "friends"), accepting invites, responding to stuff posted on my "Wall," made polite posts on other peoples' Walls, and generally checked out the website . . . I realized pretty quickly how easily the site could become an incredible time sink. Facebook seemed built to keep you busy playing games, "liking" things, posting messages without much actual content, and… Read how I did it…
It made me
Connected
How I did it: I can't say enough about how great this program has been for me. I sound like a commercial advertisement, but I swear I am not getting paid haha!My husband had Skype for a while and talked about how neat it was, but I didn't really know what it was all about until he deployed. He insisted I get it; I thought it might be an annoying process or require money but lo and behold it is downloadable for free. Skype to… Read how I did it…
It made me
Giddy
How I did it: When my husband deployed, the appeal of the game went way down. Playing with him was a lot of the fun. I got increasingly bored with it. The other players were annoying and offensive. Anyone who has read "Trade Channel" knows what I mean.I kept thinking "I just played for an hour. What else could I have done with that hour that would have been better?" Answer: Pretty much anything!I played less, d… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I stopped working on this for while, but as part of some improved motivation I have been enjoying lately, I am listening to my French lessons again. I have a set of “Learn in Your Car: French” CDs that I uploaded to my MP3 player so I can listen to the lessons while I am doing other things. I’ve been listening to the lessons for the past few weeks while doing yardwork. Repeating the words and phrases out loud helps me to remember them. I’d worry that my neighbors will think I’m crazy, but I’m pretty sure that they already do, so it doesn’t matter. :)
Currently, my hair hits my back just below the bra line. It would be longer, but I cut off a few inches that looked a little old and tired; surely the result of some chemical processes I did some years ago. More specifically, the “OMG I want to be a redhead a la Julianne Moore/Ginny Weasley” exphairiment that went horribly wrong. Closest I’ve ever felt to shaving my head, lol.
