I'm doing 28 things
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5 months ago
i already “run” but i want to RUN! am aiming for a marathon by the end of next year…London 2010? Edinburgh 2010?
for now, i’ll stick to London 5 and 10Ks (hopefully ready soon)!
jenfur91's Life List
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1. write
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2. figure out what i want to do with my life
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3. become fluent in spanish
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4. Make the most of my 20's
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5. learn to play the bagpipes
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6. read 52 books in 52 weeks
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7. Take a wine tasting class
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8. Teach overseas
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9. own a coffee shop
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10. get my Phd
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11. become a travel writer
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12. watch a volcano erupt
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13. sleep on the beach
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14. take a photography class
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15. do a back handspring
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16. Take ballet
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17. get EU citizenship
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18. live on a sailboat
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19. leave poems/quotes in public
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20. sleep more
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21. team up with other New Yorkers in adding fresh, original content to 43Places's New York City Locals page
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22. pay off my student loans
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23. improve my windsurfing skills
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24. learn more constellations
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25. Daily: Smile at and/or say hello to a stranger at least 1x (Happiness Manifesto Declaration #6)
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26. learn to make sushi
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27. journey down a canal
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28. run
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lately
20 months ago
i finished my MA about eight weeks ago and have snuck some personal reading into my mix of things (this list is from the last five months, NOT the last eight weeks!). It seems having an academic institution push you to read makes things go a lot faster. here goes:
*A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
*Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell
*Maps by Nuruddin Farrah
*Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
*Texao by Patrick Chamoseiu
*King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
*Cuzcatlan by Manlio Argueta
*Animal Farm by George Orwell
*A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
*Saturday by Ian McEwan
*Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
*Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
*The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
*Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
*Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
*Skelling by David Almond
*Under the Tuscan Sun by France Mayes
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
*Man and Wife by Tony Parsons
*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
*On the Way Down by Nick Hornby
*Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
*Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman
*Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood
*A Year in the Merde by Steven Clark
*The Kite Runner by Khaled Hoisenni
*Life of Pi by Yann Martel
some were better, way better, than others. i’d highly recommend Under the Tuscan Sun, A Fine Balance and Never Let Me Go. i’m thinking i should find a book club too…
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1 year ago
okay so though it doesn’t seem quite “overseas and faraway” to most people (myself included since i won’t actualy be teaching english language), i’ve accepted a teaching position in England. I’ll be teaching 11-15 year olds English literature at a school outside of Birmingham.
so excited!
so scared!
and i completely miss life in new york. am also still thinking about a faraway overseas teaching position for the year after!
