hollyiswhere

loves opportunity.



I'm doing 40 things
 

hollyiswhere's Life List

  1. 1. Become a Certified Professional Editor (CPE)
    2010 resolution . 7 entries . 33 cheers
    7 people
  2. 2. Get my next great job!
    2010 resolution
    1 person
  3. 3. update my website
    1 entry . 10 cheers
    298 people
  4. 4. Use up my yoga pass
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. Create social history site
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 20 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. host a mojito and wii party
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 120 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. go to japan
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 45 cheers
    3,334 people
  8. 8. pay off the wedding
    1 entry . 77 cheers
    2 people
  9. 9. Hike the West Coast Trail
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 9 cheers
    92 people
  10. 10. Take another creative writing class
    2010 resolution . 10 cheers
    2 people
  11. 11. Send in my story query
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. Walk the Camino de Santiago
    1 entry . 27 cheers
    165 people
  13. 13. teach my dog to do agility
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 22 cheers
    19 people
  14. 14. teach a class
    1 entry . 54 cheers
    152 people
  15. 15. do a kayak trip
    1 entry . 43 cheers
    9 people
  16. 16. send a letter in a bottle
    1 entry . 34 cheers
    8 people
  17. 17. sing in a choir
    1 entry . 31 cheers
    93 people
  18. 18. win a writing contest
    1 entry . 29 cheers
    42 people
  19. 19. meditate
    1 entry . 48 cheers
    2,762 people
  20. 20. learn to kayak
    1 entry . 42 cheers
    379 people
  21. 21. row a dragon boat
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    2 people
  22. 22. master the tango
    1 entry . 38 cheers
    2 people
  23. 23. learn to take better photographs
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    61 people
  24. 24. Be a better blogger
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    1,460 people
  25. 25. be a mother
    1 entry . 25 cheers
    577 people
  26. 26. ride in a hot-air balloon
    1 entry . 17 cheers
    72 people
  27. 27. go to vegas
    2010 resolution . 1 entry . 15 cheers
    411 people
  28. 28. finish reading all 100 of The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
    1 entry . 18 cheers
    5 people
  29. 29. observe Lent
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    8 people
  30. 30. Win the Nobel Prize for Literature
    1 entry . 21 cheers
    14 people
  31. 31. write in my journal daily for a year
    2 entries . 20 cheers
    7 people
  32. 32. go on a silent retreat
    1 entry . 32 cheers
    90 people
  33. 33. learn CPR and First Aid
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    19 people
  34. 34. improve my handwriting
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    868 people
  35. 35. Go back to Tai-Chi classes.
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    5 people
  36. 36. Try Stand Up Comedy
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    18 people
  37. 37. watch a TED video every day
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  38. 38. Watch 50 movies on my list by Dec 2010
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. attend an international book fair
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    2 people
  40. 40. Attend at least one networking event a month
    1 cheer
    2 people

How I did it
How to explore Career Options
It took me
2 months
It made me
confident


How to see U2 in concert
It took me
3 months
It made me
happy


How to go to the Netherlands
It took me
2 days
It made me
worldy


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Recent entries
Become a Certified Professional Editor (CPE) (read all 7 entries…)
Next exam tomorrow! 8 hours ago

In 12 hours I’ll start the exam to be a certified professional proofreader - it’s the first of three that I need to complete. Monday is the big one, Structural and Substantive Editing. The last course has a 30% pass rate - I’m a bit scared.

But realistically, I’ll never be readier than I am after working on these skills 40 hours a week for a year!



read 25 books in 2009 (read all 17 entries…)
18 -- Magic Pudding 2 weeks ago

This is a child’s book, but it was long and apparently a classic of children’s literature. Maybe you need to be a child to enjoy?



read 25 books in 2009 (read all 17 entries…)
17- The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher 3 weeks ago

This was the story of the first real life Victorian detective, what Sherlock Holmes et al was based on. I hoped it would be more fictionalized—rather than all the facts of the first popular case talked about again and again…



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