I'm doing 23 things
I redeployed on 6 August 2011. Saw a lots of things and met a lot of people that will shape who I am for the rest of my life, and I’m grateful. In a strange way I’d like the opportunity to go back.
Janelle Sennert's Life List
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1. start a photo journal - take at least a photo a day to represent my life
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2. Make at least one person smile every day
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3. Go to church every Sunday for a month
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4. Never again rely on other people to provide me with happiness.
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5. give up soda
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6. Give blood
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7. Go for a month without spending any money (besides absolute necessities)
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8. Pray
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9. Solve an algebra problem a day
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10. Read the Bible
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11. Leave flowers on the grave of someone I don't know
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12. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
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13. Work on my cooking skills
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14. Become a hobby astronomer
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15. Write a book
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16. Get a Bachelors degree
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17. See the Kentucky Derby
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18. Visit a former concentration camp
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19. fall in love again
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20. Join the Peace Corps
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21. Start a garden
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22. Make my life count for something
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23. Find God
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How I did it
It made me
Relieved. 
How I did it: There truly is an enormous difference between "want" and "need." What I want to do in life is be happy, and that is also what I need to do. That's where the differences stop. For now, I am sure that I would like to get out of the Army and go to nursing school, then hopefully someday pay it all forward to people in need. To whom much is given, much is expected, and God has blessed me with the right amount of compassion and intelligence to … Read how I did it…
It made me
Warm and fuzzy.
How I did it: I need to stop posting such open-ended and subjective goals on here. I'm not quite as mean as I used to be and I'm slowly making progress each day. The secret mostly lies in not relishing the sarcasm as a primary source of wit but instead trying to look at life through the eyes of others. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I haven’t had a soda in about three days now and it feels pretty good. I’m past the point where I feel like I might harm someone for caffeine and I’ve been drinking a lot more water which in turn is improving my running. I’ll say this goal will be completed by 1 January 2011. Wish me luck! :)
I’m about halfway into the first chapter right now. It’s a little confusing but an interesting predicament Arjuna finds himself in. Hopefully I should be done with this goal by today.
