lalasparkles

~feelin' fine in 2009



I'm doing 39 things
 

lalasparkles's Life List

  1. 1. figure out what to do with my life
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    479 people
  2. 2. find a job i love
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    1,939 people
  3. 3. buy a car
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    2,803 people
  4. 4. volunteer more
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    1,202 people
  5. 5. Have my first kiss
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    1,243 people
  6. 6. fall in love
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    24,513 people
  7. 7. become a mother
    353 people
  8. 8. Stop comparing myself to other people
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    696 people
  9. 9. write a short story.
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    1,008 people
  10. 10. publish an article
    161 people
  11. 11. be on the New York Times Best Seller List
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    2 people
  12. 12. Learn to speak Spanish
    2,412 people
  13. 13. go on a cross country road trip
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    48 people
  14. 14. learn to play guitar
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    4,293 people
  15. 15. plant a garden
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    1,843 people
  16. 16. volunteer in Africa
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    547 people
  17. 17. make a new friend
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    685 people
  18. 18. take an art class
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    343 people
  19. 19. Slow dance
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    54 people
  20. 20. Swim with dolphins
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  21. 21. make a documentary film
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    550 people
  22. 22. eat gelato in Italy
    31 people
  23. 23. open my own bakery
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    32 people
  24. 24. Visit Las Vegas
    259 people
  25. 25. read every book I own
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    2,121 people
  26. 26. pay off my student loans
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    2,845 people
  27. 27. go on a picnic
    131 people
  28. 28. Go on a date
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    679 people
  29. 29. go to the doctor
    151 people
  30. 30. Fly First Class
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    1,132 people
  31. 31. get professional pictures taken
    8 people
  32. 32. take a vacation
    471 people
  33. 33. learn sign language
    7,691 people
  34. 34. read the whole Bible
    717 people
  35. 35. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    7,170 people
  36. 36. get a passport
    1,755 people
  37. 37. learn french
    10,613 people
  38. 38. Go on a missions trip
    183 people
  39. 39. exercise more
    5,134 people

How I did it
How to find a new apartment
It took me
1 month
It made me
Grateful


How to quit my job
It took me
6 months
It made me
Free


How to visit the Statue of Liberty
It took me
20 months
It made me
Awed


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Recent entries
find a new apartment
New apartment...old roommate 5 months ago

So – I returned to my hometown and moved into a new place with a former roommate. For the past month I’d been living with her and her sister in a tiny little hide-away with one bathroom, no dishwasher and no central heating and air. It wasn’t quite a nightmare – but it was challenging enough. I knew that she wanted to move – so I really didn’t try to make our tiny little house into a home.

Just two weeks ago we found a new place not far from our old place – and it is a dream come true. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a patio and tons of sunlight. It’s just the place that I had been dreaming of while I lived in another tiny little hide-away in the middle of New York City. So we filled out an application, got approved and now we are getting all settled in.

Sigh....

My new place is so spacious and beautiful – I’m just so grateful that I live here now!



join (and go to) a gym (read all 3 entries…)
Those exercise DVDs are collecting dust 8 months ago

...and I still need to work out. I do have fitness goals and I would like to lose weight – but truly it’s more about being healthy. In NYC – I can’t help but exercise – I have to walk everywhere. Everyday. I know that I don’t want to go back to a completely sedentary lifestyle once I go back to my hometown – where everyone drives everywhere instead.

My mom was telling me about the low rates one of the local gyms has – so I’m going to check that out. Time to get it together before the summer!



volunteer more
Looking for another project 8 months ago

Now that I’m moving back to my hometown – I definitely want to find a volunteer project to commit myself to. I’ve been doing some research online – and I’m checking out two projects. One involves boxing and delivering food to the elderly in the community who cannot afford groceries – the other is The American Lung Association. I’ve been waiting to get involved in my hometown for a long time and there’s no time like the present.



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