I'm doing 28 things
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 touching my face
46 people -
3. stop saying "like"
286 people -
4. Be a better housekeeper
105 people -
5. go to bed earlier
1,772 people -
6. wake up earlier
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7. make more art
506 people -
8. do a backbend
74 people -
9. do a handstand
508 people -
10. Conquer Bakasana (Yoga Crow Pose)
5 people -
11. do triple pirouettes
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12. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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13. Get up when my alarm goes off
421 people -
14. take ballet
55 people -
15. have more sex
1 cheer1,007 people -
16. Be a better friend
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17. become better at small-talk
1 cheer2,064 people -
18. Learn how to remember peoples' names
1,715 people -
19. keep in touch with old friends
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20. Go on a road trip
3,803 people -
21. leave my city once a month, leave my country once a year
618 people -
22. draw more
2,327 people -
23. read 12 novels this year
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24. landscape my yard
305 people -
25. redecorate
58 people -
26. SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME
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27. Keep my room clean
1 cheer2,661 people -
28. Do the teaser (pilates exercise) without modifications.
2 people
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
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.
