At a certain point this goal would simply be about denying the actual past that really happened. I guess what I meant was give up letting resentments bother me, because what’s done is done. I also wanted to assert an empowering vision of my own life. So I think I’ve done that, but not to the point of denying reality and there is resentment, it’s simply a natural reaction to the things that have happened. So I’ll keep this on the list, and never check it off!
kari's Life List
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1. go hiking this summer
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2. become more social with interesting people
1 entry . 3 cheers107 people -
3. go to Africa
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4. Save money
2 entries . 4 cheers14,714 people -
5. drink more water
1 entry . 1 cheer18,976 people -
6. Give up having resentments
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7. pay off debt
1 cheer552 people -
8. know more classical music
2 cheers8 people -
9. re-learn french
1 cheer428 people -
10. play jazz guitar
1 cheer21 people -
11. become a teacher
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12. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
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13. go backpacking
514 people -
14. Fall in love
24,439 people -
15. Graduate
2,011 people -
16. try a raw food diet
43 people -
17. get a girlfriend
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18. Play guitar better.
402 people -
19. write those letters i've put off forever
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20. finish reading all the books I own
176 people -
21. go to a drum circle
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22. Write and record an album
1 cheer253 people -
23. learn a lot about something
1 entry6 people -
24. learn sign language
2 cheers7,691 people -
25. live passionately
1 cheer5,584 people -
26. see more live music
1 entry657 people -
27. clean my room
2,666 people -
28. write a novel
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29. Lose 10 pounds
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30. appreciate my life
3 cheers25 people -
31. stay alive
1 entry . 2 cheers50 people -
32. get in shape
9,381 people
How I did it
How I did it: This involved breaking an entire habit and way of life by changing my life completely, finding self, purpose and stability. It may be said simply to have run its course, the life of regret. but it didn't happen as simply as that In order to leave it all behind I had to go deeply into it, to sense it and feel it and relive all of it, all this suppressed frustration & self hate. I had to unpack everything I was carrying around with me, … Read how I did it…
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