I'm doing 36 things
The New Yorker – 3 editions – not interested anymore, they’re so old
Runner’s World – 4 editions – read them all
Yoga Journal – 5 editions – down to just these, yay!
germander's Life List
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1. Never never never give up
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2. Take good care of myself
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3. Visit Barcelona, Spain to see the works of Antonio Gaudi
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4. Learn Spanish
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5. Learn French
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6. Reduce my grocery bill
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7. Watch all the movies in Roger Ebert's "The Great Movies II"
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8. Read from the New Lifetime Reading Plan books on Sundays
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9. Write essays on topics that interest me
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10. Read all the Spanish books I own
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11. Learn Farsi
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12. Watch, read, or listen to all of Shakespeare's plays
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13. Write a book
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14. Read all the books I own
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15. Learn guitar
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16. Learn music theory
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17. Begin my entomology collection
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18. Build my Red Dawn Adventure Kit
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19. Decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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20. Investigate Careers
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21. Save First
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22. Master my relationship with money
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23. Pay off my student loans
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24. Meditate
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25. Do yoga
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26. Reawaken my dream life
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27. Have fun
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28. Have a place for everything, and put everything in its place
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29. Be on time
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30. Try hand sewing
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31. Have pretty arms
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32. Create a second stream of income somehow
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33. Write a will
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34. Write a living will
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35. Write an advanced directive
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36. POTUS Project: 44 Presidents, 44 Books
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How I did it
It made me
Oh wow! 
How I did it: I have Google Reader RSS feeds and found this article, which mentions a Jon Stewart interview of Elizabeth Warren so I found that here and in her interviews on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she talks about the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which has a page called the Student Debt Repayment Assistant here so I went through it and it has a link for the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) - and … Read how I did it…
It made me
more secure 
How I did it: . I clip coupons. I record how much money I spend every month and know the amounts of my recurring bills. I budget amounts to save each week, and I try to keep extra spending to a minimum. With all of this, I have been able to earmark the money for my checking floor as non-spendable money. If I have to live paycheck to paycheck, at least my low point won't be zero! Read how I did it…
It made me
turkeylicious
How I did it: I found a local Turkey Trot online and registered there. For the 9 or 10 weeks prior to the race, I jogged 4 days per week, increasing my mileage slowly and taking easy weeks twice. My clothes aren't fancy and my shoes aren't pretty, but the running is good for me, and the race was very exciting and fun. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
If I write down what’s there I may plow through this goal by convincing myself that it is finite:
*The New Yorker – 3 editions
*Runner’s World – 4 editions
*Yoga Journal – 5 entries
I think I have a very good list here:
•Zest a lemon
•Visit with my heroes, idols, and favorites
•Read in bed until I feel better
•Sit quietly on the porch in the early morning, drinking coffee or not drinking coffee
•Weed the yard or don’t weed the yard
•Run to the stream
•Turn and face it
•Listen to one of my favorite songs
•Re-read something I love
•Watch one of my favorite films again
•Dance around, all by myself, until my mood lifts
•Think of the piano I’ll have someday
•Remember the good times
•Picture a goal, accomplished
•Come to now, it’s nice here
•Go poem hunting
•Write Postcrossing postcards and send them
Yay!
