I'm doing 36 things
So that’s progress! The bad news is, my family is so unsettled now – sister applying to new jobs, trying to become preggers, brother-in-law with crazy work hours, etc. – that we’re not sure they will be able to join us. As crappy as that would be, at least we are still maintaining the momentum of having at least one family vacation. They can make it next year if not this year. My mom is always a big baby if she doesn’t get to go to the beach at least once during the summer. The whole family has to hear about it for the next several months. So this will take care of that little problem. And, hell, at 72 years old, the woman deserves to get a vacation each year. We all do. So I’m glad we have the place reserved and we can all plan accordingly.
loverstreet's Life List
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1. be here now
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2. be adequate and finish things, try not to be perfect
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3. submit my dissertation work for publication
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4. Regularly Question The Universe, And See What It Really Has To Say For Itself
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5. discover more good music
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6. don't lose my sense of wonder
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7. Clearly Envision a Better Life
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8. List my 43 favourite words
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9. make Love my purpose (not my goal)
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10. meditate for awareness (rather than medicate for obliviousness)
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11. Stop apologizing conversationally
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12. unwind my mind
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13. Pay it Forward
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14. drink more water
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15. run 5k in 30 minutes
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16. Use metric units and convert back and forth with English units readily
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17. Remember numbers with greater accuracy
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18. Improve my geography
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19. take more social initiative and become better about reciprocating social invitations
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20. Perform research on myself until I have a better sense of direction
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21. Get an NRI grant funded
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22. be published in Science
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23. stop using plastic bags
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24. Mend and make do.
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25. share my Myers-Briggs personality type with other 43Ters
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26. learn to lindy hop
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27. take ballroom dancing lessons
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28. Place garden gnomes in conspicuous areas of my friends' yards while they're on vacation
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29. Give my house a sarcastically pretentious name
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30. Stop speaking in cliches
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31. Understand existentialism
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32. touch my feet to my head in scorpion pose (vrishchikasana)
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33. understand string theory
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34. adopt a child
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35. support local artists
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36. Start NOW, making plans for this summer
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How I did it: I learned who I can depend on and who I can't. As a bonus, I became a better judge of character. Good friends and a loving partner are the luxuries that make life wonderful, and if you have friends and a lover, you're incredibly fortunate. But in the final analysis, you can really only depend on yourself. So the challenge is to become someone that you can depend upon. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I finally found a class that meets at a time that I can commit to. For me, that's evenings. This class meets from 8-9pm on Tues. and Thurs. I can put away my to-do list at that point of the evening and give myself the rest of the night off. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I don't really care if you cover your body with ink or kiss in the rain. Good for you that you have somebody to kiss. And your tattoos are your business, not mine. The swimming with dolphins thing still galls me a little, but I guess it doesn't hurt anyone. Do what you want. Read how I did it…
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I ran about 5k two weeks ago in just over 25 minutes. Not a land speed record, but not too bad and I felt good afterwards. Today I ran again. Ugh. Not good. I was riled up thinking about this jerk that I work with. The running was more of a means of releasing pent up aggression than exercise. I ran hard, but only for about 15 minutes. I was pretty winded by the time I got back to my starting spot. Not a good run. But it was a good analogy. I really need to learn to pace myself, plan my work and stick with my plan; not worry about the shortcuts other people are taking. So…calm down, slow down, and pace yourself. That’s my new running and working mantra.
This was my gift to myself for giving a good presentation at a conference last week. I can’t wait to load it up with my old songs and a few cool apps I’ve heard about. Yeaaaaa!!!!! I’ll post any good new tunes I discover as I navigate through iTunes. I’d like to buy more music from Amazon, but I need to find out how to get it loaded onto my iPod. They haven’t different formats, so I think they must need to be converted to get them to load onto my iPod. Tricky tricksters at Apple aren’t making that so easy for me.
