so much fabulosity is happening in detroit. i was accepted to the program, but i have decided to stick around where i am a bit more. i think it will be quite beneficial in the long run.
erinmariem's Life List
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1. build a website
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2. Get organized
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3. make a concious effort to live each day like its the first day of my life
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4. Learn how to silkscreen
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5. knit a pair of socks
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6. be an intellectual/cultural magpie concerned with horizontal and vertical growth
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7. join Toastmasters
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8. win a fellowship to Oxbow summer '08
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9. manage my time better
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10. cook 3 meals per week
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11. Speak French fluently
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12. spend time doing self directed study daily.
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13. be mindful
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14. write haiku on fridays
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15. Grow a Chia Pet
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16. take out all the metaphorical trash
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17. grow sunflowers
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18. Take more pictures
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19. get a masters degree
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20. Ride a mechanical bull
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21. mail a banana
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22. learn to meditate
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23. Skydive
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24. Complete "The Artist's Way"
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25. brush my teeth twice a day
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26. Learn to play the piano
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27. have an herb garden
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28. Learn to drive a stick shift
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29. learn to dance flamenco
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30. Attend Stratford Festival
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31. Work on an archeological dig
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32. teach english in Korea
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33. exercise three times a week
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34. list 43 ways I can feel more alive
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35. promote human rights
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36. trust
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37. have faith
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38. watch the imdb 100 best movies
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i was in counseling for 4.5 years. went through the whole abusive family, disabled brother, culture-shocking, teen-age-angst, and molested adolenscene crap. then suprisingly made it out on the other side of an incredibly deceitful, emotinally and physically infideility in a three year relationship (of the long-distance variety).
i stopped seeing my counselor. and for the first time it was because i was and am healthy and stable. its taken a few years. but i think i have acheived innerpeace. i am happy with life because it may not be much but its all i have.
my friend always says
life is hard.
suffering is optional.
choose.
i think i made my choice.
really carrying a nalgene bottle helps so much with this goal. i drink about 2liters of water a day now.
and i do feel better.
