monicak13

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  1. 1. do volunteer work
    6 entries . 14 cheers
    537 people
  2. 2. write anonymous, loving post-its for strangers to find
    2 entries . 13 cheers
    867 people
  3. 3. Become Financially Independent
    3 cheers
    5,401 people
  4. 4. spend a night sleeping under the stars
    8 cheers
    34 people
  5. 5. sponsor a child at St.Jude's
    2 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. take a ride in a small plane over Beirut
    4 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. fly a kite at the beach
    2 cheers
    5 people
  8. 8. Die knowing that I've lived
    2 entries . 8 cheers
    10 people
  9. 9. go on a Great American Road Trip
    3 cheers
    10 people
  10. 10. go hiking
    5 cheers
    582 people
  11. 11. travel all over the world
    2 entries . 5 cheers
    566 people
  12. 12. knit a scarf
    4 cheers
    518 people
  13. 13. identify 100 things that make me happy.
    5 entries . 1 cheer
    2,253 people
  14. 14. learn the constellations
    1 cheer
    565 people
  15. 15. practise Kaizen more often
    3 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. read books by authors of 43 different nationalities
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    3 people
  17. 17. write a book/start my life journal asap!
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  18. 18. learn to play the drums+tambourine
    1 person
  19. 19. fall in love again
    4 cheers
    1,729 people
  20. 20. take dance classes
    3 cheers
    355 people
  21. 21. let go
    2 cheers
    948 people
  22. 22. remember that I am free and alive
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    2 people
  23. 23. limit myself to 20-30 minutes of exercise daily
    2 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. make someone happy
    1 cheer
    675 people
  25. 25. Act today to live better tomorrow
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    2 people
  26. 26. meet Bob Dylan
    81 people
  27. 27. ride a motorcycle
    759 people
  28. 28. Since life is so precious I want to tell everyone that is important in my life that I love them and I am thankful for them
    2 cheers
    6 people
  29. 29. open up my own shop
    1 cheer
    9 people
  30. 30. go out more
    1 entry
    578 people
  31. 31. join my local prayer group/pray more
    1 cheer
    1 person
  32. 32. quit smoking once and for all...
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    23 people
  33. 33. Get married in Las Vegas
    67 people
  34. 34. travel to morocco
    59 people
  35. 35. draw out a 5-year life plan and get to work on it NOW
    3 cheers
    2 people
  36. 36. connect with my dad, cheer mom up and make my brother happy
    1 person
  37. 37. grow my hair out real long, keeping it red
    1 person
  38. 38. make tee-shirts+jewellery just because i want to!
    1 person
  39. 39. learn to sculpt
    1 cheer
    68 people
  40. 40. work on my portfolio to finally clean up my computer!
    1 cheer
    1 person
  41. 41. Paint/draw again
    2 cheers
    2 people
  42. 42. learn web design properly to get my certification, learn new software to improve myself as a designer!
    1 entry
    1 person
  43. 43. eat healthy, organic, natural stuff
    1 person

How I did it
How to become emotionally independent
It took me
12 months
It made me
stronger!


How to have more self discipline
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
love me more


How to live off of freelance work for a year
It took me
1 day
It made me
superhappy, free!


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Recent entries
do volunteer work (read all 6 entries…)
Resident volunteer is having a blast! 13 hours ago

Updates…
So,last weekend I learned Uno, coloring outside of borders, and playing clown to a bunch of amazing children!
Thinking of crafts to make since independence day is coming up…

I’ve realized that making other people happy is never about yourself, but about giving of yourself honestly.
Doing something for someone out of real affection, no matter how small, is like growing flowers in your soul.

Bit by bit, love given is love received, I’m starting to make heartfelt friends whose faces I know without knowing their names or religions or…
Or any other useless information!!!
I’m just there, and children are the greatest teachers…
If you’re happy, laugh your ass off, and if you’re sad, just cry and get it over with.
Then go on playing and laughing asap!



Die knowing that I've lived (read all 2 entries…)
Contemplating this one more and more... 20 hours ago

Lately I’ve been volunteering more and being more attentive to my actions, words and their repercussions on the people I care about and love. Giving of yourself came to me after a lot of me-years fuelled with unhappiness…but I’m happy to have gotten to the point where its not about me anymore, and I’m not the center of the world.
Shedding silly notions finally.

And the more I think of this goal, the more I realize its really not about being selfish in life and wanting more to say I’ve lived, but making the most of today, and tomorrow, if given the chance.

I think I’ve come to a clear perspective about this one: to die knowing I’ve lived isn’t just about the places I might travel to, or the people I might meet, or the things I might acquire.
Its not about stuffing the piggy bank of experiences to boost about, but stuffing it with more worthwhile experiences.

I know if I think with my heart and choose to make the best of what’s given to me in life, take care of the people I love, make people happy because i have love to give not out of personal gain but because to give is to receive naturally, I think that would be enough.
Make a positive dent in time in the place I’m in, with the people I know, or love or will get to know.

Thinking that you never know when you’re out of here, making positive changes with the time now is already a great leap forward for me!



QUIT SMOKING ONCE AND FOR ALL
Yes..I have to get this one right! 4 days ago

Well,I quit for a month and was so proud of myself then after one hellish week, I blew it all with smoking :)
And I’m not proud of myself at all, and I hate being a smoker again, but don’t want to morph into a food monster as well… viewing I gain/lose weight very easily, but have one hell of an appetite.
And I don’t want to become a nervous wreck either.
And nothing can excuse me for smoking, I need to just do it.
As soon as possible, instead of being such a wimp about it as usual.



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