I'm doing 26 things
I loved Book One (the first season). I don’t know when the second season is coming out, but I’m looking forward to it!
On seas less hideously serene's Life List
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1. clean my bedroom
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2. organize my bookshelves
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3. leave nothing on my closet floor for more than 24 hours for two months
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4. peel the stuff off my closet door
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5. make 1001 lists on Listography
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6. try fifty new recipes
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7. eliminate unnecessary uses of "like" from my speech
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8. lose 14 pounds
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9. wash my sheets once a week for three months
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10. finish reading The Midnight Disease
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11. finish reading getting things done
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12. enter every debit card payment I make into my checkbook for three months
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13. do a weekly review of my goals
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14. Clean up my goals
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15. start using Remember the Milk religiously
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16. buy no candy or soda for the rest of June 2012
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17. save up $2,600 for a 7-day Extreme Tornado Tour
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18. watch Legend of Korra
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19. say "because" instead of "'cause"
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20. say "until" instead of "till"
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21. learn how to sew
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22. learn how to grill on a charcoal grill
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23. Read 50 Books in 2012
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24. hear what i say
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25. Donate two gallons of blood
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26. practice mindfulness
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How I did it
It made me
very happy. 
How I did it: I went back to college this fall. I took two courses at a local community college: Interpersonal Communication and Business Computer Applications. In the former I learned about communication (but not necessarily how to communicate better interpersonally) and in the latter I learned how to use Microsoft Office 2010.Today was the last class. I don't have my final grades back yet, but from what I've seen online, I'm going to pass with a good… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel good.
How I did it: After my first few donations, I made a commitment to going back when I had the chance, and so I kept giving. I got pretty good at it after a while: I knew the routine and I knew what to expect. I didn't get nervous anymore except to worry that my hemoglobin would be too low.Today was my tenth donation. (It's my eleventh if you count last time when they couldn't fill the tubes, but I'm not counting that.) I can feel good about helping othe… Read how I did it…
It made me
rich!
How I did it: Once I made up my mind, which was on the sixth of September, I just decided that I had to do as I promised. (Putting it as a personal challenge here certainly helped that!)However, I had to come up with something for myself to eat when I was going to class, since I would be away from home between 10:30AM and 4:30PM. I didn't want to buy myself lunch either because that's also wasting money. So I chose two kinds of granola bars at the groc… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I worked on this a few weeks ago and made quite a bit of progress. I gave away a garbage bag full of clothes and donated a large box of books to the library’s used-book store. Then I threw away three more bags of stuff. My bedroom looks very different now, but there’s still plenty to do!
