I'm doing 36 things
I’ve been working very hard to allow myself to enjoy the present moment and what I’m working on. It’s a lot of work to relax (paradoxically) but I can safely say I have accomplished this goal through habit, willpower, and discipline. I don’t let the anxious thoughts override the present moment and when those thoughts arrive, I let them rise and fall on their own.
inkrimer's Life List
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1. take a photo a day to document my life
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2. Add an entry to my journal daily
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3. Take pictures of the Avenue outside
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4. Worry less
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5. Create a budget and stick to it
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6. Watch less television
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7. Make gifts for others instead of buying them at the store
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8. Write a series of poems about the Avenue
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9. Take a yoga class
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10. Learn Spanish
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11. finish my short story
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12. Write a series of interlocking haiku that form one poem
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13. Start an art journal
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14. Go horseback riding
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15. Investigate grad schools for English
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16. Save up money for a trip for both of us
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17. Create a black and white film darkroom at home
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18. Start playing my guitar again
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19. Publish a chapbook of poetry
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20. Collaborate on a project with other artists
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21. Plan, create, and cook for a successful dinner party
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22. have better posture
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23. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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24. Learn how to make my own paper
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25. Learn how to bind a book
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26. Learn woodworking
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27. Read The Brothers Karamazov
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28. Read all of the 100 best novels listed at Modern Library (http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html)
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29. spend time among strong women
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30. start thinking positively
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31. implement GTD
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32. be more productive on the computer
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33. practice meditation
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34. Not let little things get to me
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35. Read ALL of Joyce's Ulysses
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36. take a belly dancing class.
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Recent entries
I learned how to do all three of these with my dear friend. It was a lot of fun. While I still have much work to do in order to be good or even coordinated, I did learn how to do these dances successfully! Once you tame those feelings of self-consciousness and performance anxiety, you can relax and have fun doing it.
Feelings of jealousy come from feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem. Whenever I started to feel jealous about my boyfriend hanging out with his friends, I focused on being productive or hanging out with my own friends. The fact is that when I was busy, I didn’t think those jealous thoughts. I gradually retrained my mind to focus on myself and my own issues instead of projecting my feelings of inadequacy.
