I'm doing 38 things
This one has been hanging out on my list for a long time because I guess I have no way to measure it. Is it mended? The part that the relationship ripped open is more or less healed but it did manage to reveal other tears that I can’t ignore anymore. Deeper issues. Can I consider it completed? I think I”m going to check it off as a sign to myself.
katie_marie's Life List
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1. find a career that I love
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2. scuba dive
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3. write a letter to the editor
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4. make a pinhole camera
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5. Take more photos
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6. 10 pushups
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7. Commit a poem to memory
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8. get a cat
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9. pay off student loans
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10. go to India
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11. See a play at Stratford
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12. make cheese
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13. become multilingual
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14. participate in a flash mob
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15. live simply
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16. work on a crisis helpline
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17. see Dave Matthews Band live
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18. Sew one of my designs
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19. learn how to drive stick-shift
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20. master the comma
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21. Get organized
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22. donate bone marrow
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23. Learn to play a musical instrument
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24. study physics
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25. shave my head bald
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26. show up at the airport with a bag & a passport & take the first flight available.
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27. Have a baby
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28. have a photo published
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29. use cloth diapers
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30. get laser hair removal
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31. learn html and css
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32. Crochet a sweater
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33. Learn how to use an abacus
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34. Become a member of The Travelers’ Century Club
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35. Run a half marathon in every Canadian province
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36. live next to the ocean
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37. Attend a Massey Lecture
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38. be a tour guide
1 cheer11 people
How I did it
It made me
Proud 
How I did it: After an undergrad in business that I quickly learned was not for me I took a year to decide what I wanted to do with my life. After shadowing an SLP and doing more research I decided that I could see myself in this profession. The problem was that my undergrad didn't provide all of the prerequisite courses for the masters program needed to practice in Canada. I signed up for an extra year at a university and fulfilled t… Read how I did it…
It made me
terrified 
How I did it: We went from jinja, Uganda (reached by bus from Kisumu, Kenya). There is a hostel called Nile River Explorers Backpackers - you can go directly there and they book any kind of adventure you can imagine. They have grade 3 rapids and grade 5 rapids. Since I had never gone rafting I tried to sign up for the grade 3 rapids but they informed me that it was for children lol. So grade 5 it was. It was insane. … Read how I did it…
It made me
Super happy
How I did it: The flight I booked to Nairobi from Toronto stopped in Doha, Qatar. It was the cheapest fight available and happened to be on Qatar Airways. We got in at 6pm their time and had 13 hours to kill. The airport duty free shop stays open all night and that is all they have to offer. We planned ahead and found out through couchsurfing that it was very safe so we decided to try to leave the airport. For $30 we had a… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Basically I realized that I hated the taste of aspartame in everything except diet pop to which I was hopelessly addicted. Then came africa: diet pop is not common there and it is hot and you can’t get tap water so if you’re going to pay for a drink it might as well be pop, right? Ok, maybe faulty reasoning but in Africa 1) got fat, 2) got over my diet pop addiction. Now I drink regular pop and I have much less pop period. Hopefully I can keep this up but with the addiction terminated I’m counting this as done!
Got my first paycheck this weekend so I made my very first loan payment! I have a chunk that I owe to the Ontario government and another more-sizable chunk for my parents. Since the OSAP one has interest on it I plan to pay it off as fast as possible. Anything I pay between now and March will come directly off the principle! Booyah. I should stop eating out so much….
