I'm doing 28 things
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hazeltov's Life List
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1. play guitar + write a song
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2. Detox for next 2 weeks, starting Monday
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3. love my work
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4. Ace the LSAT
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5. find my spiritual home and live there.
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6. lose 10 lbs + run 10 k + 100 cruches + 50 push ups
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7. clarify goals
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8. make connections with influential people who like me, value and respect my work, want me to succeed, and help me to do so in a concrete way.
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9. Claim my power
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10. use my bike as transit
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11. do what I love
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12. live with courage
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13. write a personal mission statement
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14. stand up for myself
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15. travel the world
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16. be authentic
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17. submit my poems to journals (monthly)
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18. touch the depth and the nature of my ground of being
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19. reach
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20. make a difference
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21. improve my french
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22. make my parents proud
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23. journal my dreams
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24. identify my strengths
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25. do the right thing
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26. learn to cook. Really cook.
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27. set up work space
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28. Online Coven
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How I did it
It made me
confident & free 
How I did it: Obviously, this is a life pracctice, and not something you can just say is "done". That said, I have learned alot thorugh making this a goal, and being more mindful about it. It really helped to clarify my values, and learn patience. I also learned to tolerate a greater degree of emotional pain, rather than switching to anger or depression. I just rode it out, or rather, wrote it out. Read how I did it…
It made me
feel sane.
How I did it: I tried alot of different "strategies", but it just got down to accepting myself. What else is there to say? Much of it wasn't pleasant, but this is true for eveyyone, unless they are a self-deluding, narcissistic freak. I know a few of those. They've made it rather difficult for me to accept myself, unconditionally, on account of their own phoney-assed presentation of flawless selfhood, and liberal sharing of criticisms… Read how I did it…
It made me
safe, happy & free 
How I did it: Negative feelings around my family inspired a true sense of appreciation for my own freedom and independence and feeling of safety that I have in my own home. My own home. I guess I never really considered what that meant until I looked around and realize: no, this isn't my dream home, but I sure do love it, because it's my home - my own space, to be my very own self in, to be safe in, to think what I want in, to be who I… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
It’s a funny thing also – my desire to do good in this world does not come from any kind of altruistic impulse. I thought I wanted to be a writer, because frankly, I’m pretty involved in the content of my own thinking. But I’ve come to realize that I need a point, a focus, an argument – and that I need to be engaged in something I think is worth fighting for. This is where I get my energy and inspiration, and anything else or less feels like a gigantic waste of time. So I need to get clear on what I believe is worth fighting for. This is my nature, and I don’t want to change it, and not only because I can’t. I just want to use it, apply it productively.
Well, I’m committed to becoming the best person I can be, my true self, my best self—and to use my talent and potential for good in this world. I want to be strong. And I want to use my mind – as in, apply it in a useful way. My goal is to refine my natural aptitudes and find my purpose, whatever that may be. It occurs to me, revisiting this site, that I’ve actually come a long way in certain areas – such as getting through some of the psychological stuff. I really needed these antagonistic encounters to sharpen my metal and get focused on who I am and what I want. Yes, I want to be challenged, in a meaningful way.
