I'm doing 36 things
The more risks you take and the more often you step outside your comfort zone, the easier it gets. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t but it’s always worth it. I’m not taking it off my goals because I want to continue to make this a priority each and every day.
kikimasu's Life List
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1. Visit a monastery
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2. Finish writing at least one book by the end of next year.
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3. Learn Spanish
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4. Create a circle of true, close friends
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5. Pay off all my debt
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6. learn to ice skate
2 entries . 18 cheers544 people -
7. start drawing again
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8. Learn French.
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9. learn to tango
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10. Learn to play a string instrument
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11. Travel around the world.
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12. Have a book published
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13. Learn to scuba dive
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14. Visit Ireland
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15. Visit Lily Dale
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16. Take a ride in a hot air balloon
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17. Post poems I love regularly.
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18. Do more of what I WANT to do and less of what I think I'm supposed to do.
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19. go to graduate school and get my MFA
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20. Step out of my comfort zone
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21. couchsurf
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22. take a class
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23. find a new volunteer job I love
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24. Have adventures
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25. teach a class
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26. Go Kayaking
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27. create my own Happiness Project
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28. travel every chance i get
1 entry . 1 cheer3 people -
29. Lose 20 pounds
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30. Pose nude for an art class
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31. get my butt out of bed by 5:30 every morning and exercise
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32. visit Memphis
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33. go on a Buddhist retreat
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34. ride in a gondola down the Grand Canal in Venice
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35. Spend at least two weeks in Paris
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36. Spend a weekend in Hocking Hills.
1 person
How I did it
It made me
Proud. 
How I did it: Months of training walks. Start slow and work your way up. Find a really great pair of sneakers (or two). Go to a running store for this. They're great at finding the perfect fit for your feet/gait.Raising money is the hardest part. I think it would have been easier if I had been a part of a team instead of doing it solo (form a team if you can). Mostly you just need to ask everyone you know and then ask them to ask everyone they know. Yo… Read how I did it…
It made me
surprised 
How I did it: When I set this goal it was because I was ending a very long, very unhealthy relationship. I was feeling lonely and empty and lost and angry. I wrote this thinking about the fairy tale, the happily-ever-after we're often searching for but rarely (if ever) finding.Over the past few months, as I've spent time talking to a homeless man on the street, as I've worked with a lonely older woman who is only just learning how to live again after y… Read how I did it…
It made me
Proud of myself.
How I did it: I did some research on classes that were relatively close to home because I didn't want any excuses not to go (ie it's too far, traffic's too heavy, etc). I found a few dance classes and one martial arts class that interested me. I decided to go with the belly dance class that's held in the neighborhood adjacent to mine. It's one night a week. I can walk there if I want to (it's about 1.5 miles from my house) and I'm more likely to … Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
GRE is complete (aced it), portfolio is mostly done (I will never be satisfied with it), recommendations received, applications to five MFA creative writing programs in progress! First app is due by the end of next week. Other four are due between Dec 31 and Feb 1st. Keep your fingers crossed!
I’ve decided I’m definitely going to do this in 2011. It’s another part of “stepping out of my comfort zone”. The idea of doing it terrifies me and I like that. We should all do more things that terrify us. I don’t even like being naked at home by myself so this should definitely be interesting.
My goal is to do it late spring or early summer. Warmer days are better for being naked!
