I'm doing 29 things
New Zealand, 2010!
Lisa's Life List
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1. Visit 25 different countries
5 entries23 people -
2. visit every continent
6 entries . 6 cheers1,926 people -
3. write in my journal every day
2 entries . 2 cheers256 people -
4. write a travel memoir
1 entry . 6 cheers3 people -
5. visit Tibet
4 entries . 5 cheers372 people -
6. have children
4 cheers4,517 people -
7. get a PhD
5 cheers2,973 people -
8. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
8 cheers518 people -
9. play jazz piano
4 cheers43 people -
10. Go on a retreat
1 entry . 1 cheer88 people -
11. meditate regularly
4 cheers795 people -
12. learn Chinese
1 entry2,655 people -
13. run a marathon
2 cheers12,814 people -
14. knit a sweater
3 entries . 4 cheers620 people -
15. Make my own t-shirts
402 people -
16. write a book about my teaching experiences
1 cheer1 person -
17. have a birthday party
1 cheer31 people -
18. learn to SCUBA dive
2 cheers2,711 people -
19. learn to play the harp
1 cheer279 people -
20. Send a postcard to Postsecret
3,003 people -
21. Create a budget
609 people -
22. use fewer disposable products
1 cheer3 people -
23. volunteer locally
14 people -
24. care less about what other people think of me
26 people -
25. buy an apartment
307 people -
26. learn how to be happy, no matter what life may throw at me
33 people -
27. get a better job
1,392 people -
28. ski a black diamond
7 people -
29. finish writing my novel
162 people
How I did it
It made me
gratified 
How I did it: I saved up a whole bunch of old plastic bags, and reusable grocery bags, and put them in accessible places both at home and at work. I'd often remember right AFTER leaving the room that I needed a bag, and made the decision to go back and get a bag rather than to save a few seconds and keep walking. I also started carrying a slightly larger bag when I went out for a little while, just in case I had the urge to buy something impromptu. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
It’s difficult on days when I’m extremely busy or very upset.
I’ve been reading through old journals and realizing that I really emphasized the negative. Now that time has passed, the negative is what I remember. Some of those events, if I hadn’t written them down, I would have forgotten them by now.
Maybe I’ll keep a journal but only write positive things? Or three positive things for every one negative thing?
