Now that the heat in DC is its usual summer-epic proportions, I’ve started running the hills as early as I can possibly get up. The woods outside my apartment are teeming – squirrels, birds, rushing water, everyone getting their business done for the day. Only the people are slow on the uptake and make it outside by 8:30.
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1. run a marathon
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2. learn french
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3. consider a round the world trip
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4. dress like I mean it
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5. pay attention when people are talking.
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6. make a smaller ecological footprint
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7. publish
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8. go out every saturday night in 2007
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9. learn the basics of design so i can have interesting, constructive conversations with the creative people i work with
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10. learn more about jazz
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11. eat my veggies
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12. be not afraid
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13. help improve the dc public schools
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14. make my home a beautiful, welcoming place
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15. practice non-violent techniques
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16. volunteer more often
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17. send more mail to Drew
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18. be thankful
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19. green up my kitchen
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20. go to SXSW
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21. Write a will
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22. be more creative
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23. post really, really, really short stories.
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24. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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25. Take more pictures
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26. learn to work a room
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27. seek to console
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28. exercise every morning
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29. start playing violin again
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30. be a better friend
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31. be fluent in Spanish
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32. practice yoga once a day
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33. build a successful business
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34. write a great short story
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35. become a better photographer
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36. put 200 posts on my blog before the end of the year
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37. find my calling
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38. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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39. find true love
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40. surround myself with good people
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This goal is to general to me… although it’s rare that I throw in the towel. I think this is more a part of my DNA.
headed to Provence at the end of the month for some crash course in all the things that matter… eating, lying around in the sun.
