I'm doing 43 things
We are cutting out HFCS.
Why is it in everything?!
lovepeaceinsanity's Life List
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1. keep a clean house
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2. get out of debt
5 entries . 4 cheers12,094 people -
3. graduate college
3 entries . 3 cheers3,031 people -
4. Be a better student, with better grades
5 entries . 5 cheers118 people -
5. join a gym
1 entry . 1 cheer611 people -
6. learn Yoga
1 entry . 4 cheers2,782 people -
7. eat healthier
4 entries . 2 cheers11,041 people -
8. walk to Rivendell
2 entries . 3 cheers18 people -
9. Read more books
2 cheers11,815 people -
10. Learn to Sew
1 cheer4,040 people -
11. Learn to Quilt
2 cheers338 people -
12. Learn Japanese
1 entry . 5 cheers10,617 people -
13. learn french
1 entry . 2 cheers12,437 people -
14. learn german
2 cheers5,235 people -
15. learn Chinese
3 entries . 4 cheers2,609 people -
16. learn arabic
1 cheer2,320 people -
17. get married
3 entries . 2 cheers20,992 people -
18. learn to knit
3,809 people -
19. Try colored contacts
1 entry . 1 cheer28 people -
20. learn calligraphy
1 cheer616 people -
21. Beat my depression
1 cheer1,945 people -
22. be more politically active
2 entries . 1 cheer229 people -
23. write a play
1 entry . 4 cheers662 people -
24. take art classes
3 cheers160 people -
25. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
7 entries . 2 cheers7,969 people -
26. Do NaNoWriMo
1 cheer652 people -
27. Finish Sims 2 Legacy Challenge
8 entries . 1 cheer184 people -
28. hurt whoever made world of warcraft
1 entry . 1 cheer32 people -
29. Save $10,000
2 cheers403 people -
30. learn to relax
2 cheers648 people -
31. Buy a House
13,859 people -
32. finish Final Fantasy X
1 entry . 1 cheer25 people -
33. Read The Wheel of Time Series
53 people -
34. build a website
654 people -
35. write a novel
2 cheers11,085 people -
36. Finish Final Fantasy XII
1 entry . 1 cheer28 people -
37. learn how to play the guitar
2 cheers988 people -
38. get a tattoo
1 cheer22,051 people -
39. have 4 kids
69 people -
40. improve my credit score
1 entry342 people -
41. Develop a One Year and a Five Year plan
1 entry80 people -
42. lose 40 pounds
1 entry1,858 people -
43. Complete the book list for The Well-Educated Mind
1 entry4 people
How I did it
It made me
Furfilled 
How I did it: I dropped out of college at 18 after being put on academic probation. I was an Anthropology/Asian studies major. I immediately applied to go to a local state college, but I got denied because of my low GPA. I moved out of my parents house, and enrolled in night classes for the following semester. I wasn't focused on these two classes I was taking, and did poorly, so I dropped the classes and didn't go back. A year later, I started t… Read how I did it…
It made me
Super! 
How I did it: I looked through every resource I had available - two or three newspapers, a weekly classifieds newspaper, and craigslist as often as possible. I made a list of possible apartments to go over with my boyfriend, and then I called the apartments. We actually got lucky. By the time we were in a position to actually get an apartment (We had started looking a month before, and then a little bit before then... but we realized quickly we had sta… Read how I did it…
It made me
RELAXED
How I did it: After getting off of maternity leave and getting my Dr's OK to go back to work in March, I continued my search for a job whole heartedly that I had started in February. I applied to several jobs online and went looking around the neighborhood. After a good start in March, I got four interviews and I got two job offers. I had to turn one offer down because the work schedule was not possible with established day care hours-- I should have l… Read how I did it…
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So, my used copy of WEM just arrived in the mail yesterday. Matt and I are looking forward to working on this together. :)
