I'm doing 30 things
I have never been...
5 months ago
...so farking terrified. Five more weeks before I get laid off from my job and I still haven’t solidified my plans. Eeep.
Tindomiel--43T keeps dropping my acute "o"!'s Life List
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1. undo all the bad messages my parents programmed into me
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2. lay out my Life Plan
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3. Finish what I start
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4. get rid of unnecessary possessions
6 entries . 2 cheers808 people -
5. Get organized and Stay organized!
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6. rebuild my art portfolio
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7. draw comics
4 entries . 5 cheers128 people -
8. write a graphic novel
3 entries . 16 cheers139 people -
9. quit my job and be an artist
2 entries . 4 cheers14 people -
10. sell things on Artfire
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11. write songs
7 entries . 4 cheers591 people -
12. stand up for myself
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13. learn Quenya
8 entries . 4 cheers51 people -
14. learn Anglo-Saxon
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15. Learn Japanese
1 entry . 3 cheers9,752 people -
16. reread lord of the rings
1 entry . 2 cheers29 people -
17. make a bag
1 entry . 1 cheer68 people -
18. make a costume
7 entries . 3 cheers6 people -
19. learn to belly dance
5 cheers2,299 people -
20. be a model for a budoir/bdsm photo shoot
1 entry . 9 cheers1 person -
21. learn to type without looking at my hands
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22. Learn Shibari.
1 entry . 1 cheer70 people -
23. find my family kamon
1 entry . 4 cheers5 people -
24. come out to my family
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25. be someone's angel
1 entry . 4 cheers4 people -
26. take a self defense class
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27. Learn Sindarin
1 entry68 people -
28. build a solar food dehydrator
2 people -
29. manage my fibromyalgia
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30. build a solar water distiller
1 person
How I did it
It made me
whatever. 
How I did it: MOTHERFUCKERS OVERCHARGED ME. I KNEW IT. By paying off the remainder early. Oh geeze, this now has a character minimum? Okay: I reached into my poor bleeding bank account and pulled out a wad of cash, muttering "thanks for nothing, college education, I'm about to get laid off in two weeks". I'm not bitter, not at all. Read how I did it…
It made me
good! 
How I did it: In a word: drugs. I've been extremely reluctant to take antidepressants for my chronic depression because I heard all the horror stories about endless trials and bad side effects. But getting fibromyalgia forced my hand; I had to try a bunch of neurotransmitter reuptake inhibitors because they're the first line of treatment for fibro. In addition to alleviating the pain, they also lifted my mood. Since I'm probably going to have to take p… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
awesome
5 months ago
So there’s a local charity that does door-to-door donations pickups for their thrift store once every two months. Clearing out old stuff has never been easier! Well, for me anyhow. Getting the housemates to haul out the rest of their stuff in the garage so I can set up my workshop is going to be a little more difficult.
I'm on drugs!
5 months ago
By convenient coincidence, the med I am on for fibro is a SSNRI, which, unsurprisingly, has also lifted my mood and made me more motivated to go do things. I think the norepinephrine side of this has been extremely important. On SSRIs I was chipper and pain-free but didn’t get much done. Being able to be productive is a positive spiral; being productive makes me happy, which lifts my mood and makes me more productive, etc. I’m still taking Omega-3 pills, and notice that this still has a substantial effect even though I’m already on cymbalta.
