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How I did it
How to lose 20 pounds
It took me
11 weeks
It made me
Delighted!!!

How I did it: I gained 20 pounds before I found the motivation to lose that and the original 20. That motivation is the real key.Once I got determined, I tracked everything I ate on nutritiondata.com. There are other similar sites, too. I enter everything I eat, and use the website to analyse the nutritional balance so that I learn to make healthier choices.  I also used some of their tools to help me determine a reasonable goal, and calorie targe… Read how I did it…

Nov 03, 10:24AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to have better posture
It took me
5 years
It made me
more confident

How I did it: The thing that made the difference for me was Groundctrl's advice to think about and correct my posture for 20 seconds.  Before that, I would correct for a few seconds, but then forget. Continuing to think and correct for 20 seconds at a time was long enough to really feel the difference.  After just a week of that, now when I slump I feel crunched. I'm holding myself up without thinking about it. Thanks for… Read how I did it…

Feb 13, 12:57AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to make a new five year plan
It took me
5 days
It made me

How I did it: I was feeling lost, and realized that I had gotten far enough into my old 5 year plan that it wasn't working anymore. I worked out what I wanted for myself in several different categories, then broke it down into 1 month, 2 month, 6 month, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, and 5 year goals.  I'm feeling clearer, even if I change my goals along the way. Read how I did it…

Feb 09, 11:55PM PST | 0 comments


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Recent entries
visit every continent
Just South America left 9 months ago

I picked off the difficult one first. Antarctica was the first continent I visited outside of my native North America. Australia was tied in with one of those trips, too. Asia was my fouth continent, two years living in Japan. Europe came next, several stops over the years. Africa became number six when I visited Egypt a few years ago. There are several trips to Africa that still need to be taken. The last continent will be South America, but it may be a while before that is convenient. since I’m living on the other side of the planet now.

Feb 13, 02:35AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


spend at least 15 minutes every day cleaning, organizing or decluttering
I'll know I've made this a habit when it leads to other changes in my life 9 months ago

I am doing this, and it is helping clear my head as well as my apartment. I’ll mark it as done when my mind is clear enough that I can make time to draw and paint on a regular basis again.

Feb 10, 12:00AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Overcome my anemia
Untitled 18 months ago

Eating more meat, taking iron regularly… seems like things are under control.

May 11, 2008, 08:06PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


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go pull an all-nighter and see the sunrise Hike in the Grand Canyon Ray wants to learn Mandarin make a background with my picture as the background Learn swordplay Compare myself to no one, but who I was yesterday get married find my birth parents take an IQ test learn pottery pet a penguin go back to Paris be the voice of a cartoon character have a garden buy a snowboard create a list of 100 must-read books and read them. Succeed...or fail...but try without fear take more photographs get a tattoo [or] tattoo's chris2belluk wants to win the lottery stop eating fast food be a good person legendaryjerry wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) plant a garden visit paris overcome depression and anxiety watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
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