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Smiling to myself today...




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Smiling to myself today...'s Life List

  2. 1. make at least one person smile everyday
    8 entries . 457 cheers     		48 people
  3. 2. Identify 100 songs that make me smile every time they're played
    23 entries . 143 cheers     		33 people
  4. 3. Start a book of quotes that inspire me
    23 entries . 170 cheers     		139 people
  5. 4. Share 43 of my favorite websites
    21 entries . 68 cheers     		32 people
  6. 5. Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
    3 entries . 79 cheers     		128 people
  7. 6. receive 43 postcards from 43 different 43Thingers
    16 entries . 65 cheers     		33 people
  8. 7. become better acquainted with my neighbors
    2 entries . 129 cheers     		7 people
  9. 8. send postcards to people who don't expect them
    7 entries . 152 cheers     		91 people
  10. 9. make more friends
    2 entries . 115 cheers     		5,080 people
  11. 10. Find $100 in change
    21 entries . 61 cheers     		120 people
  12. 11. Have a dinner party
    2 entries . 119 cheers     		225 people
  13. 12. drink more water
    5 entries . 90 cheers     		18,977 people
  14. 13. use what I have already purchased, whatever it may be!
    1 entry . 102 cheers     		6 people
  15. 14. write a general plan for each week that will make my life more organized
    4 entries . 78 cheers     		5 people
  16. 15. build my online business enough I can quit work
    2 entries . 67 cheers     		4 people
  17. 16. open a used bookstore/coffee shop
    161 cheers     		14 people
  18. 17. drink 43 types of beer
    4 entries . 65 cheers     		14 people
  19. 18. get a second source of income
    20 cheers     		9 people
  20. 19. Make a quilt
    51 cheers     		1,091 people
  21. 20. Learn how to use my color printer to print photos
    1 entry . 19 cheers     		2 people
  22. 21. learn to weld
    56 cheers     		427 people
  23. 22. Start making homemade paper
    1 entry . 50 cheers     		16 people
  24. 23. heal my broken heart
    19 cheers     		125 people
  25. 24. organize my iTunes
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		226 people
  26. 25. redirect the love I had for him to love for myself
    15 cheers     		2 people
  27. 26. create a vision board
    15 cheers     		227 people
  28. 27. Find some friends--one or two close ones.
    17 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. Try 43 recipes for baking bread
    9 cheers     		3 people
  30. 29. Write and post 100 handwritten letters
    8 cheers     		2 people
  31. 30. Make my own pasta
    22 cheers     		15 people
  32. 31. create a cookbook
    5 cheers     		16 people
  33. 32. make a gynocologist appointment
    12 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. find my soulmate
    59 cheers     		3,088 people
  35. 34. Not go out to lunch at work
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. find a job I don't hate
    2 entries . 58 cheers     		9 people
  37. 36. Bring my own bags to the supermarket
    1 entry . 77 cheers     		32 people
  38. 37. Live The Secret
    1 entry . 27 cheers     		110 people
  39. 38. Start once a month cooking again
    10 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. Be debt free
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		2,035 people
  41. 40. take a glass-blowing class
    63 cheers     		20 people
  42. 41. Do 43 things before I turn 43
    7 cheers     		7 people
  43. 42. pay off credit cards
    31 cheers     		1,396 people
  44. 43. workout
    27 cheers     		167 people

How I did it
How to get up at 6 every morning
It took me
30 days
It made me
Yawn

How I did it: I have to get up for my job.  Initially when I started this goal, I did not have to get up so early.  But I wanted to get up earlier to get more things done around the house before I left for work.  So.....even though I get up before 6 every morning, I still don't feel I have accomplished anything......sadly. Read how I did it…

Aug 05, 07:13AM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


How to clean out my closet.
It took me
12 days
It made me

How I did it: I took everything out of the closet......absolutely everything.  I then vacuumed and dusted.I sorted through clothes, getting rid of about half, maybe more.  If it did not fit, was not really "me", or I had not worn it in over a year, it was gone.  I was ruthless. There was a small part that tried to say "Hey, I might need that", but I did not listen to that voice.  I donated everything to a local drop off location.I p… Read how I did it…

Apr 05, 12:28PM PDT | 2 comments | 6 cheers


How to go Kayaking
It took me
4 years
It made me

How I did it: This summer a friend and I took our kids to Beaver's Bend.  We rented a cabin right on the river.  I had been wanting to learn to kayak for many years, and it was much easier than I thought. I didn't flip once. Read how I did it…

Sep 14, 2008, 07:05AM PDT | 2 comments | 14 cheers


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Recent entries
Start a book of quotes that inspire me (read all 23 entries…)
Inspiration 1 month ago

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Christopher Columbus

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting”
- Elizabeth Bibesco

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”
- B. Olatunji

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
- Confucious

“Many of life’s failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up.”
- Thomas A Edison

Sep 26, 09:05AM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments


Find $100 in change (read all 21 entries…)
$4.26 2 months ago

found 4 pennies out in the street.

Sep 22, 05:08AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


receive 43 postcards from 43 different 43Thingers (read all 16 entries…)
Scanner still not working obviously.... 2 months ago

but I did want to give proper thanks to all who have sent me cards. I am not the most organized person in the world, so there may be a few out there I have missed.

WOWhow awesome it is that people I have never met send me cards, and it brightens my day every time I receive one!!!!

Thank you all.

:}

Sep 10, 06:58PM PDT | 1 comment


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The world wants to...

get my black belt Lose 150 pounds chloeeee wants to Keep my room clean learn ruby on rails brew my own beer be less jealous face my fears start a non-profit read all the books I have before buying even one more Read Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince get my ged online for free meet hilary duff in person and hang out, because i know i am her biggest fan no matter what anybody else says be a better dancer fix my back problems stop eating meat Go scuba diving make a difference in someone's life live in europe drink a pina colada Share and enjoy the pleasures of smoking cigarettes marytylermoore wants to learn to golf experience true love Build a Retreat Watch all the Sailor Moon Episodes, including movies, read all the mangas, watch Sera Myu and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Become more outgoing become a tv presenter Be more green
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