I'm doing 32 things
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4 months ago
I can do them on the right, but not very consistently. My left side is a joke.
le_deener's Life List
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1. Have a baby
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2. stop saying "like"
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3. Be a better housekeeper
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4. go to bed earlier
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5. wake up earlier
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6. make more art
483 people -
7. Dress better
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8. overcome phone phobia
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9. buy a new bike
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10. do a backbend
65 people -
11. do a handstand
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12. Conquer Bakasana (Yoga Crow Pose)
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13. do triple pirouettes
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14. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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15. Get up when my alarm goes off
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16. stop touching my face
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17. take ballet
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18. Be a better friend
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19. become better at small-talk
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20. Learn how to remember peoples' names
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21. keep in touch with old friends
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22. Go on a road trip
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23. leave my city once a month, leave my country once a year
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24. meditate
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25. draw more
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26. read 12 novels this year
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27. landscape my yard
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28. redecorate
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29. SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME
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30. Keep my room clean
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31. have more sex
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32. Do the teaser (pilates exercise) without modifications.
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How I did it
It made me
proud and relieved 
How I did it: Using Mint.com to see track my spending and see where I could cut back. I've been shopping a lot less, packing a lunch a bit more often ( I could be better about this). If I'm tempted to buy something inesssential (like clothes, shoes) I make myself wait a day or two to make sure I still want it. The tanking economy made me a little fearful of losing my job... that was the incentive I needed to get really serious about saving. My savings … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
helpful websites
22 months ago
Two websites that have ben helping me keep track of what I’m spending: www.wesabe.com ( which allows you to upload and track your bank and credit accounts in one place) and xpenser.com. Both are free. The coolest part, through www.jott.com, I can call a number, speak the details of a recent purchase into my cell phone (where purchased, amount spent) and it automatically uploads the purchase to my xpenser account.
Definitely worth checking out if you have trouble tracking all the little purchases that add up.
Maybe this Spring
22 months ago
I love my hybrid bike, but all I really use it for is commuting to and from work and friend’s houses. I think it’s time for a road bike. But I also want to be better about budgeting, so this means saving up if I want to buy a new bike.
