I'm doing 39 things
The end of regretting, that is. Haha. I do exactly the opposite of this goal. I live each day in the past, fixating on mistakes I’ve made, missed opportunities, fears that held me back from achieving my dreams (no matter how big or small they were)... I am constantly regretting. Even when I achieve something great, I minimize it’s importance. Forget about it’s importance to anyone else, but rather it’s importance to me and my life journey. I don’t see the positive in my personal achievements. I need to stop living in the past. I need to stop regretting missed opportunities because when I’m focusing on the past, I’m missing out on today’s opportunities! And that just fuels this cycle of regret, which is absolutely RIDICULOUS. I have to reprogram my mind, learn how to live for today, seizing the opportunities that today brings, forgetting about yesterday’s mistakes. Now is the time to change my outlook, because I absolutely cannot continue to live this way! This is not living.
milanO's Life List
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1. love unconditionally
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2. Brighten at least one person's day, everyday.
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3. Get more sleep
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4. save lives
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5. be HAPPILY single
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6. start my own non-profit organization
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7. Open an art gallery
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8. live abroad for a year or more
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9. write and publish a book
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10. Get on a random bus and get off at the last stop
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11. make wine at a vineyard in Italy
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12. adopt a child (maybe)
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13. swim with dolphins
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14. lobby for global warming prevention
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15. go on a spiritual fast for one week
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16. design and help build my own house
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17. spend a week alone on a private island with someone I love
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18. let more people in (be more uninhibited)
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19. experience mutual love at first sight (and fall in love only once in life)
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20. compete in a Major latin ballroom competition
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21. Never stop learning
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22. live passionately
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23. have a close relationship with Christ (as close as spiritually possible)
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24. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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25. have my art displayed at a prominent art exhibit
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26. marry my best friend
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27. run in a marathon
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28. be healthy, wealthy, and wise
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29. learn how to skateboard
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30. skydive! (and land safely!)
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31. age gracefully
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32. stop procrastinating
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33. Visit every city named "Milan"
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34. own my own island
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35. never go into debt
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36. be more vocal
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37. have a small, intimate wedding
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38. have my own darkroom
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39. write in a journal regularly.
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How I did it: I did not go into total seclusion. Rather, I was secluded from the people with which I normally associate. Thus, I was still around people during parts of the day, but not for a majority of it. Read how I did it…
How I did it: This is the best thing I have done for myself: learned how to live without regret. Here it is September, two months after I first set this goal and it has been achieved! I no longer live in the past. Instead, my sights are focused on who I am today and who I will be tomorrow. I embrace every good thing in life and strive to make better what I don't like about my life, rather than just sulk about it. Life is beautiful. Every mom… Read how I did it…
I do this! Not so much for recreation though, but for AP Lit class. It’s good though! However, i should stop saving the whole book until two days before the Analysis paper is due! Haha, like right now, i’m supposed to be reading b.c. my paper is due thursday! haha, but it’s all good, it’s all good =)
