I'm doing 32 things
Should have seen my birthday party
2 years ago
Over a dozen people from all aspects of my life. There was food and singing and storytelling and everybody getting to know everybody else. It was AWESOME.
manycolored's Life List
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1. get my black belt in Aikido
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2. become a boddhisatva
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3. become an aikido instructor
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4. write and publish about sustainable living
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5. practice radical honesty
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6. learn to sing
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7. become a bellydancer and perform in public
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8. speak the truth, though my voice shakes/speak truth to power
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9. put food by (pickles, preserves, etc. in longterm storage)
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10. live in a foreign country
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11. make a bunch of internet bibliographies/pathfinders and get them promoted so they can be useful
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12. be self-supportingly job-free
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13. get an individual studies masters degree in sustainability and social/cultural change
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14. keep up to date on news about the environment and sustainable living
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15. live in Troy, NY
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16. visit Italy
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17. visit the British Isles
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18. weigh 160 pounds and be fit
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19. publish my poetry
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20. use positive, gentle, honest language
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21. be a trustful, responsive uke
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22. build a house using natural building methods and materials, and green technologies
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23. take an immersion course in Spanish
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24. get out of debt and start saving
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25. keep chickens for eggs
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26. early to bed, early to rise
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27. simplify, simplify - authenticity and small ecological footprint
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28. become patient, compassionate, gentle, and calm
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29. turn my fabric pile into clothes
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30. visit Japan
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31. visit China
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32. meditate, do chi gung, do Energy Medicine exercises, do SRI, and journal every day
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Recent entries
Focus
2 years ago
I just do not have the energy to save everything and everyone. I will do what I can with what comes to me.
Untitled
2 years ago
Move to a place with no carpet! DONE
Stop eating so much meat, dairy, and sugar. DONE
Be even more strict about cutting out preservatives and food additives. DONE
Switch from soy based creamer (ugh Monsanto) to some nice local, organic, free-range half and half. The calorie difference is not much of a big deal. SILK SOY CREAMER. DONE.
Do something about dish washer detergent. DONE
Nail polish and remover? C’mon, Sarah. DONE
Switch over gradually to better cosmetics. Maybe Body Shop or Burt’s Bees? DONE
Carpet cleaner? I’m appalled. DONE
Toothpaste: sodium laurel sulfate and fluoride free. DONE
Stop taking what’s offered if it contains something bad for me! DONE
Find a new GYN who doesn’t push hormonal b/c.
Clean out AC vents in home and car.
Wash all new clothes before wearing! DONE
Start making my own teriyaki sauce, ketchup, salad dressing, marinades, and other condiments and sauces so I don’t ingest so many additives, even the ones that don’t seem to bother me… yet.
