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Jess




I'm doing 37 things
  

Jess's Life List

  2. 1. Read 50 books in 2009.
    37 entries . 72 cheers     		256 people
  3. 2. limit my internet use to an hour a day in July
    4 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. list three things every day that made me happy
    3 team members . 101 entries . 30 cheers     		358 people
  5. 4. read all of Jane Austen's novels
    44 cheers     		148 people
  6. 5. watch 200 movies in 2009
    27 entries . 14 cheers     		7 people
  7. 6. Do 43 things i've never done before!
    19 cheers     		15 people
  8. 7. take some online courses
    10 cheers     		7 people
  9. 8. finish watching "Brideshead Revisited"
    3 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. watch the IMDB.com Top 250 movies
    21 entries . 46 cheers     		332 people
  11. 10. watch every film in my DVD collection
    2 entries . 21 cheers     		31 people
  12. 11. move out
    25 cheers     		2,899 people
  13. 12. save $5000
    1 entry . 34 cheers     		167 people
  14. 13. Have a 24 hour movie marathon
    1 entry . 28 cheers     		25 people
  15. 14. pay off my credit card
    27 cheers     		1,468 people
  16. 15. Write every day
    1 entry . 27 cheers     		848 people
  17. 16. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    19 cheers     		6,865 people
  18. 17. learn to walk in high heels
    29 cheers     		308 people
  19. 18. learn sign language
    15 cheers     		7,415 people
  20. 19. Learn to knit
    17 cheers     		3,391 people
  21. 20. write a book
    16 cheers     		24,927 people
  22. 21. write a short story.
    18 cheers     		949 people
  23. 22. catalogue my books
    11 cheers     		21 people
  24. 23. sort through my dvds and sell anything i feel like i can get rid of
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. learn to crochet
    12 cheers     		972 people
  26. 25. create a positive & uplifting mix cd playlist
    12 cheers     		2 people
  27. 26. start a word journal
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. knit a scarf
    11 cheers     		502 people
  29. 28. compile a 100-things-about-me list
    14 cheers     		656 people
  30. 29. Identify the 43 albums I couldn't do without
    14 cheers     		9 people
  31. 30. organize knitting materials
    7 cheers     		8 people
  32. 31. clean out my wardrobe
    7 cheers     		26 people
  33. 32. watch all six feet under episodes
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1,053 people
  34. 33. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
    24 cheers     		196 people
  35. 34. declutter my room
    4 cheers     		66 people
  36. 35. learn the phonetic alphabet
    6 cheers     		44 people
  37. 36. Write a letter to myself that I'll open in 5 years
    4 cheers     		57 people
  38. 37. buy a pocket dictionary
    4 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to put together my table & chair from ikea
It took me
8 months
It made me
feel accomplished.

How I did it: On a whim I bought a table and chair during an Ikea shopping trip and ... kept them in the flat packs for eight months. Sheer laziness! Added it as a goal on my 43things list, hoping that would inspire me to actually put them together ... but it took me a while. Then one sunny Friday afternoon, I lamented to my sister Vanessa that I had nothing to do, and she suggested this goal to me. So we chucked on a cd (ahem Manic Street Preachers, J… Read how I did it…

May 21, 10:35PM PDT | 0 comments | 6 cheers


How to update my resume
It took me
1 day
It made me
feel confident

How I did it: I read a great article about how to write a great resume and implemented some ideas I'd taken from it. I found a few jobs worth applying for which my current work experience was relevant to, looked up some sample resumes of others in the field and rewrote and reshaped my entire resume using these examples. Doing so made me feel so much more confident in the skills I do have and more comfortable in applying for jobs.Now we just have to wai… Read how I did it…

Jan 19, 01:11AM PST | 0 comments | 5 cheers


Recent entries
list three things every day that made me happy (read all 101 entries…)
Saturday 4th July, 2009 8 hours ago
  • I worked my last shift at the video store! Marg came to visit me and bought me a lovely bunch of irises. The boss gave me a DVD and a hug. Mainly, I’m just so happy and relieved to be out of there.
  • Matt messaged me about one of the CDs I sent him: “where has this album been all my life?!”
  • Vietnamese dinner with the parents.

Jul 04, 06:31AM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments


list three things every day that made me happy (read all 101 entries…)
Friday 3rd July, 2009 1 day ago
  • working at the bookstore. We got a massive delivery yesterday after I had finished, spent most of the afternoon happily sorting through the stock and shelving it all. Lots of customers as well, including a very chatty, very attractive Norwegian boy.
  • coming home, having another nap.
  • Matt received my package that I sent him the other day, and he was delighted with it. He called me his muse. :)
  • spent the entire evening cataloging my books on LibraryThing, I’m only part way through my books and have almost reached the 200 book limit, I’m going to have to get a paid account. It’s fun, I have a lot of books that I had forgotten I had bought. Who knew I had so many D.H. Lawrence books! I think I’ve only read a few of his short stories and even then that was for university. Must have got them at a bargain price. One day I’ll get around to them. Anyway, the process is enjoyable, even relaxing.

Woo, 100th day/entry!

Jul 03, 06:55AM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments


list three things every day that made me happy (read all 101 entries…)
Thursday 2nd July, 2009 2 days ago
  • working at the bookstore after a few days away from there. We’ve managed to keep up the great sales, which is fantastic news. Organizing and completing my supervisor responsibilities. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, I love this job.
  • managing to catch the earlier bus than I expected to, coming home and having a long nap.
  • text messaging with Ren and Ian.
  • working on my book notes for most of the evening.

Jul 02, 05:32AM PDT | 7 cheers | 1 comment


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