I'm doing 26 things
Well, it’s been four years since I started college and put on the freshman 15…or 20…whatever. But I finally decided it was time to stop looking like a chubby 16 year old (seriously, I did) so I’ve been exercising and dieting for the past two weeks-and I’m 10 lbs. lighter! I’ve got a ways to go, but I’m finally starting to reclaim my curves as my own instead of despising them as foreign objects that don’t belong on my body. It’s not easy, especially since food is often one of my biggest comforts during these crazy semesters, but I’m determined this time and I’m never going back!
Joleen's Life List
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1. Find someone
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2. Learn the Napoleon Dynamite dance
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3. Learn to cook
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4. Walk on the Great Wall of China
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5. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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6. see the northern lights
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7. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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8. get a passport
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9. dance with someone in the rain
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10. fly a kite
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11. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
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12. lose weight
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13. learn to SCUBA dive
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14. get surgery so I can see 20/20 w/o glasses
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15. travel the world
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16. Fall in love
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17. live in london
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18. find a job that doesn't feel like a job
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19. Read all the books in my "must read" pile
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20. take pictures
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21. Travel anywhere and everywhere
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22. speak 5 languages
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23. work abroad
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24. have a picnic in the alps while singing the sound of music
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25. finish school
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26. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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Recent entries
It’s been my goal for a few years now to go work for a year or so somewhere in the UK after I graduate, but it seems like the more I talk about it with family/friends, the crazier they think I am. They think that I’ll be lonely, that the culture shock will kill me, or that I just won’t find what I’m looking for (whatever that is). Even if that’s all true, I still want to do it-I need to know what it’s like to be somewhere other than here, and even if that isn’t easy, I really want to try. The closer it gets, the more determined I become. Any thoughts?
Even if I don’t go anywhere for a while. Just so I can have it, to remind myself that someday I’ll be able to use it. Hopefully sooner rather than later!
