I'm doing 27 things
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2 years ago
I am definitely going to do this…I used to run all the time, and for some reason I quit. So hopefully this site will keep me motivated. I’m off to the treadmill!
irised's Life List
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1. get into Johns Hopkins
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2. knit a scarf
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3. see the northern lights
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4. visit Russia
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5. be happy
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6. quit stressing out so much
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7. become a doctor
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8. get a perfect SAT score
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9. live instead of exist
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10. get the guy I want
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11. run everyday
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12. be a lead in a play
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13. make a difference to somebody
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14. be happy with who I am
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15. be a better tennis player
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16. finish learning French
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17. see the world
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18. fall in love
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19. live deliberately
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20. lose weight
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21. get into an Ivy league school
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22. publish a poem
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23. think about other people instead of myself
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24. volunteer
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25. read the Fountainhead
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26. improve my serve
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27. run everyday for two weeks
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to live deliberately...
2 years ago
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, to discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life…
~Henry David Thoreau
I had never read that before this year, but it essentially gave me a viewpoint. I want to be able to look at my life like that. I want to be able to know that I’m making the absolute most of every day, that I take everything that life can possibly offer me. I want purpose and meaning. I want excitement. I want so much more than what the people around me settle for. Perhaps what they do makes them happy, and if so, then they have all of my respect. But if not, why settle for the mediocre? Why not try again? Why not aim to make your life wonderful? I wish I could wake up every day and just think Carpe Diem.
