leenaloveslife




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leenaloveslife's Life List

  1. 1. Make 2009 My Best Year Yet
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    107 people
  2. 2. Add entries to all of my goals
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    7 people
  3. 3. explore NYC
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    10 people
  4. 4. give up aspartame
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    14 people
  5. 5. Schedule my time better
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    16 people
  6. 6. Show the people i care about how much i love them
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    6 people
  7. 7. learn more about religions.
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    14 people
  8. 8. learn a new craft
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    10 people
  9. 9. clear up my acne
    1 entry
    173 people
  10. 10. Learn Spanish
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    15,507 people
  11. 11. improve my German
    1 entry
    484 people
  12. 12. investigate becoming a Quaker
    1 entry
    11 people
  13. 13. get promoted
    1 entry
    289 people
  14. 14. move
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    861 people
  15. 15. prepare for a possible layoff at work
    2 entries
    1 person
  16. 16. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
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    311 people
  17. 17. Weigh 115 pounds.
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    157 people
  18. 18. start a blog
    970 people
  19. 19. Read 20 books in 2009
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    67 people
  20. 20. do yoga
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    1,646 people
  21. 21. Practice Gratitude
    5 entries . 14 cheers
    80 people
  22. 22. Save up a moving fund
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    2 people
  23. 23. save up for a new computer
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    3 people
  24. 24. Read the Bible
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    3,231 people
  25. 25. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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    7,169 people
  26. 26. improve my knowledge of u.s. federal income tax regulations
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    1 person
  27. 27. bake bread
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    165 people
  28. 28. pay off my student loans
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    2,846 people
  29. 29. buy an apartment
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    274 people
  30. 30. read Paradise Lost
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    37 people
  31. 31. knit more
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    320 people
  32. 32. eat out less often and when i do, make sure it is something i love
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    1 person
  33. 33. Let myself be happy
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    8 people
  34. 34. Find new (to me) music I love
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    104 people
  35. 35. give up soda
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    171 people
  36. 36. learn Latin
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    1,885 people
  37. 37. keep up with current events
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    85 people
  38. 38. clean my apartment
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    371 people

How I did it
How to no new clothing until april 2009
It took me
6 months
It made me
richer


How to define a plan for my professional development
It took me
1 month
It made me
okay


How to cry less
It took me
10 years
It made me
happy


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Recent entries
clean my apartment
Suggested cleaning schedule 5 months ago

http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/cleaning/spring-cleaning-tip-10-make-a-cleaning-schedule-085958

Interesting, but what is the difference between quick-vacuuming and vacuuming one’s floors? Also, I have NEVER flipped my mattress! Do they mean rotate it, or actually turn it so the bottom side is on top?



Compose a list of 100 things about me
100 things about me 5 months ago

1. I live in New York City.
2. I am 25 years old (almost 26!)
3. I don’t have any pets.
4. I want a parakeet but can’t have one because of my lease and because I am not home enough.
5. I work as a tax accountant.
6. I am a CPA (certified public accountant).
7. I work a lot of overtime for my job, and am usually not that happy about it.
8. I have a boyfriend, who I’ve been seeing on and off for almost 2 years.
9. I am 5’6” tall.
10. I weigh about 122 pounds currently.
11. I try to work out 3 times a week.
12. I am a vegetarian.
13. I’d love to go vegan, but I’m not sure if I have the commitment.
14. My commute to work is 50 minutes each way.
15. I have a roommate, but
16. I’d really like my own place.
17. I love to cook.
18. I don’t enjoy baking as much, but it’s fun on occasion as well.
19. I voted Democrat in the past two presidential elections.
20. I have mad Microsoft Excel skills.
21. I want to retire really early, like 40-50 years old. (Not sure if that’s going to happen).
22. I am an atheist.
23. My parents don’t know #22, and I’m not going to ever tell unless they specifically ask.
24. I was in the church choir all through high school.
25. I was also a Girl Scount all through high school.
26. I’m not really all that interested in having sex, but..
27. I’m not a virgin.
28. I don’t want to have kids, for various reasons.
29. I have one brother, whom I almost never see/speak to.
30. I can’t really speak any languages other than English.
31. I scored a 1550 on my SATs in high school.
32. I’m pretty nuts about spelling/grammar.
33. I don’t really enjoy traveling and I think it’s some kind of conspiracy that everyone has to act like they enjoy it a lot.
34. I think I’m a feminist.
35. I didn’t date until college.
36. I went with three people to my high school dance.
37. I hate talking on the phone, but
38. I’m an IM addict.
39. I don’t really see what the big deal is with Twitter.
40. I also think people need to stop updating their Facebook status every half hour.
41. I don’t have television, but
42. There are a few shows I catch online, so I do still watch TV.
43. I am a sci-fi nerd, although…
44. I don’t enjoy video games, and
45. I am not (particularly) savvy with computers.
46. My parents are still married.
47. I worry that when I get married, it will end in divorce.
48. I hate cigarettes – they killed my grandfather.
49. I can’t draw to save my life.
50. I also can’t dance at all.
51. I played the viola in high school. I was okay.
52. I sort of know how to knit but I haven’t done it in a while.
53. My favorite band is R.E.M.
54. Reading used to be my favorite thing ever, but I don’t do it enough anymore :(
55. I don’t like summer.
56. Fall is my favorite season, followed by winter, and then spring.
57. My favorite color is teal.
58. I hate clothes shopping.
59. I have a minor obsession with Trader Joe’s grocery store.
60. I love my bed – it’s like a cloud. It was my first major purchase after college.
61. If I ever move in with my boyfriend, we will have our first big fight over whose bed to use. (Mine is SOOOO much better!!)
62. I still have bad acne breakouts.
63. I think it’s genetic and maybe also a little too much sugar.
64. I don’t see the appeal of chili. I know veggie chili is a classic vegetarian dish but I don’t really get it.
65. Cantaloupe is the only fruit I don’t like.
66. I like cheese but I can’t eat most cheeses by themselves – they need to be on or in something.
67. I’m pretty useless if I get less than 7 hours a sleep a night.
68. I drink coffee, but only on workdays.
69. I like tea a lot better than coffee.
70. I wear glasses sometimes.
71. I hate flavored chips (flavored by anything other than salt).
72. I almost never carry cash.
73. I am what a lot of people would consider to be “cheap”.
74. I am still paying off student loans.
75. I was in a sorority in college, but barely speak to any of them anymore.
76. I don’t speak to anyone from high school.
77. I don’t like to clean.
78. I’m very afraid of needles.
79. I am also afraid to light a match or lighter (unless it’s one of those BBQ lighters).
80. I have had 19 roommates/housemates in my life (obviously not all at the same time…)
81. I think it would have been really fun to be homeschooled.
82. I was a C-Section baby.
83. I’ve lived in 3 states.
84. I lived in the same house for the first 18 years of my life.
85. I think McDonald’s Dollar Menu ice cream cones are the best thing ever.
86. My family didn’t have a lot when I was growing up but I thought we were rich.
87. I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket.
88. I don’t drink and drive.
89. I do drink, however, but not too often.
90. I don’t understand the fascination with wine – it’s okay, but not amazing.
91. Malibu and coke (or diet coke) is my favorite alcoholic beverage.
92. My boyfriend lives in a different state, so we only see each other on weekends :(
93. I think spitting in public should be a crime.
94. I met my boyfriend on the Internet.
95. I own a car, but I’m selling it soon (to my dad).
96. I think I would be okay if I never got married (but I want to).
97. Weddings/wedding planning/the wedding industry scare me. I just want to get married at City Hall and serve ice cream cake afterwards.
98. I got some minor orthodontic work done as a kid.
99. Because of #98, I had a bit of a speech problem until I was an older teen. I was pretty self-conscious.
100. I have foot problems, so I try to wear athletic shoes anywhere I can get away with it (not at work, but pretty much anywhere else).



improve my knowledge of u.s. federal income tax regulations (read all 2 entries…)
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Getting better but I still have SO much to learn!



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