energy

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I'm doing 43 things
 

energy's Life List

  1. 1. remember that I am free and alive
    111 cheers
    3 people
  2. 2. spend less time online
    11 entries . 60 cheers
    610 people
  3. 3. be excellent at my job
    3 entries . 30 cheers
    4 people
  4. 4. Develop an exercise routine that works with my new schedule
    5 entries . 27 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. stop drinking alone
    12 entries . 63 cheers
    7 people
  6. 6. figure out my life
    6 entries . 26 cheers
    72 people
  7. 7. ask for what I want
    30 entries . 76 cheers
    21 people
  8. 8. Think of all the things I would do if I won the lottery, and then look for ways to work towards them now, even without a multimillion dollar bank account
    9 entries . 58 cheers
    9 people
  9. 9. Practice generocity
    10 entries . 9 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. be more frugal
    16 entries . 28 cheers
    134 people
  11. 11. get out of this funk
    9 entries . 29 cheers
    18 people
  12. 12. Go to bed by 10:30 on weeknights
    14 entries . 76 cheers
    67 people
  13. 13. have better posture
    9 entries . 61 cheers
    8,159 people
  14. 14. practice meditation
    7 cheers
    207 people
  15. 15. move to Portland
    13 entries . 31 cheers
    270 people
  16. 16. Give up each of my vices for one week on a rotating schedule in effort to teach myself how to avoid them
    52 entries . 21 cheers
    2 people
  17. 17. fix my bike
    4 entries . 3 cheers
    124 people
  18. 18. get better at mountain biking
    6 entries . 2 cheers
    4 people
  19. 19. train my cat
    23 entries . 8 cheers
    13 people
  20. 20. reduce my bills
    16 entries . 28 cheers
    4 people
  21. 21. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
    19 entries . 48 cheers
    7,713 people
  22. 22. learn the constellations
    1 entry . 20 cheers
    598 people
  23. 23. picnic
    4 entries . 20 cheers
    14 people
  24. 24. learn to identify trees
    13 entries . 76 cheers
    20 people
  25. 25. construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it
    4 entries . 77 cheers
    56 people
  26. 26. replace the kitchen floor
    5 entries . 8 cheers
    3 people
  27. 27. read some books about feminism
    5 entries . 29 cheers
    2 people
  28. 28. learn how to drive stick-shift
    3 entries . 15 cheers
    4,582 people
  29. 29. learn about buddhism
    7 entries . 16 cheers
    397 people
  30. 30. Volunteer often
    11 entries . 35 cheers
    5 people
  31. 31. see fireflies
    1 entry . 88 cheers
    56 people
  32. 32. get my hearing checked
    1 entry . 12 cheers
    9 people
  33. 33. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
    20 entries . 17 cheers
    70 people
  34. 34. Get all my music off my old computer and get rid of it
    5 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. learn about beer
    25 entries . 37 cheers
    4 people
  36. 36. Go skydiving
    2 entries . 11 cheers
    7,329 people
  37. 37. do the 2010 TBR challenge
    2010 resolution . 3 entries . 3 cheers
    14 people
  38. 38. Do an energy audit on my home
    1 entry . 16 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. avoid high fructose corn syrup
    6 cheers
    124 people
  40. 40. Bowl over 200
    14 entries . 14 cheers
    24 people
  41. 41. implement GTD
    3 entries . 1 cheer
    459 people
  42. 42. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    489 people
  43. 43. 20 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Sunday
    1 cheer
    40 people

How I did it
How to finish that project for grandma
It took me
3 months
It made me
unbelievably excited


How to learn to meditate
It took me
2 months
It made me
ohm


How to do something special for my 30th birthday
It took me
1 day
It made me
emotional


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Recent entries
Think of all the things I would do if I won the lottery, and then look for ways to work towards them now, even without a multimillion dollar bank account (read all 9 entries…)
Hotels 3 days ago

I FINALY signed up for rewards memberships with a couple hotel chains. Should have done that ages ago!



Get all my music off my old computer and get rid of it (read all 5 entries…)
photos 6 days ago

Got the photos off. Nothing left now but to figure out what to do with it!



ask for what I want (read all 30 entries…)
this is hard 1 week ago

I just figured out what is so hard about this: I don’t know how to describe what is upsetting me without being really rude or at minimum usually hurting someone’s feelings. I know this, so I stay quiet.

How do you say: “your house is a filthy pigsty and I’m sick of being in the same room with your slimy greasy unwashed dishes and the ants are giving me the creepy crawlies and I’m worried you’re going to end up like one of those people on the news who is killed by an avalanche of newspapers” without being a bitch?



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