So far I’m at 27, which is—decent… but a bit behind, though I’ve been speeding up over the past month or so. I’ve tried to do this for the past couple of years and failed by a fair bit. But I still think it’s possible!!
merillupin's Life List
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1. Read 50 books in 2009.
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2. be a more conscious consumer
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3. eat healthier
4 entries . 6 cheers10,142 people -
4. get rid of my acne
5 entries . 6 cheers563 people -
5. Floss Every Day
5 entries . 4 cheers1,231 people -
6. get rid of unnecessary possessions
2 entries . 2 cheers808 people -
7. write a screenplay
1 entry2,198 people -
8. write a book and have it published
3 cheers2,705 people -
9. Learn to play the drums
1 cheer1,939 people -
10. find out what my blood type is
1 entry . 3 cheers1,318 people -
11. learn to play bass guitar
2 cheers616 people -
12. go to a rob thomas concert
1 entry4 people -
13. make a smaller ecological footprint
1 entry . 5 cheers1,042 people -
14. Go to San Diego ComicCon
1 entry . 1 cheer25 people -
15. Go to The One Ring Celebration
1 cheer1 person -
16. Be an extra in a movie
1 entry . 1 cheer1,428 people -
17. bungee jump
1 entry3,437 people -
18. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
1 cheer7,170 people -
19. get contacts
1 entry . 1 cheer283 people -
20. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
1 cheer18,607 people -
21. learn to touch type the number keys
2 cheers31 people -
22. plant a tree
1 entry . 7 cheers1,066 people -
23. try yoga
1 cheer318 people -
24. learn photoshop
1 entry1,471 people -
25. stretch every day
2 cheers543 people -
26. take a photography class
1 cheer1,559 people -
27. go horseback riding
1 entry . 4 cheers558 people -
28. meditate daily
1 entry . 3 cheers3,984 people -
29. learn about buddhism
3 cheers395 people -
30. watch every episode of Jeremiah
1 entry26 people -
31. see a broadway play
2 entries . 4 cheers237 people -
32. Buy a motorcycle
1 entry902 people -
33. exercise regularly
1 cheer10,559 people -
34. go to a Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert
1 cheer70 people -
35. go bunjee jumping in New Zealand
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36. Read 15,000 pages in 2007
1 entry1 person -
37. see Rufus Wainwright in concert
19 people
How I did it: This November I finally hit the 50,000 word goal to win NaNoWriMo, during my first term at university. I would not have been able to do it without writeordie.com - it was a super super super useful tool for hitting the daily goal! I would definitely recommend trying to go over the goal EVERY day, for example, try to hit 2000 words a day instead of 1667, because inevitably there are a couple of days when you write nothing, which can really… Read how I did it…
How I did it: After I finished high school, I knew that a lot of things in my life were going to change. I had thought about being vegetarian for ages, so without really thinking about it, I just took the plunge. I read part of Becoming Vegetarian by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis. I added some fake meats to my diet, as well as things like nuts, and I began to cook a lot more. Read how I did it…
I would have to say that I do still buy things that I don’t need. Nobody needs DVDs, CDs, or that extra pair of pants. But I think that purchases like those are alright, as long as they are extremely limited, and you know you will use the items that you have bought!
9. Valentine Princess by Meg Cabot 2/27
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 3/26
11. Emma by Jane Austen 4/5
12. Storm Front by Jim Butcher
13. Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares 4/9
14. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik 4/16 <—took me long enough! so good!
15. High Stakes by Erin McCarthy 4/20
16. Sam Samurai by Jon Scieszka 4/21
