I'm doing 43 things
The news said this evening that exercising for 30 minutes a day reduces the risks for cancers by 25%. I would like to create a habit of walking each evening for at least 30 minutes.
ndanna's Life List
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1. transfer all of my home movies to DVD
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2. find a new place to live
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3. Go on a bone dig
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4. visit the International Peace Garden.
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5. Take an Amtrack vacation
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6. Visit Pointe of View Winery in ND
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7. go to Vegas with my girls
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8. take more pictures of my family
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9. see the grand canyon
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10. Make a 6-digit salary
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11. Live with less monthly bills
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12. take a New England cruise
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13. walk more
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14. pray the rosary daily
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15. Get my PhD
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16. find time to meditate
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17. go to Rome
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18. have a garden party
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19. pray
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20. Find a volunteer job to love
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21. stop dieting
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22. Find some of the students in the first class I ever taught (20 yrs ago) on facebook and see what has become of them.
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23. take a yoga class
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24. Give up my list fetish
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25. Make a move on the single man I admire
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26. Maintain my Weight loss
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27. Plan a summer vacation
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28. Make over my yard
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29. Meet a good man
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30. Get a manicure
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31. Read all of my Stephen King book collection
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32. see the northern lights
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33. rent a cabin for a week on the coast of Maine
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34. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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35. Visit the house I grew up in
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36. be a size 8
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37. Read the Bible, all of it.
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38. start lifting weights
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39. see a baby being born
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40. send a secret to Postsecret
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41. Watch my daughters graduate from college
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42. cruise to Hawaii
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43. Give myself time to think about 43 things I want to accomplish
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How I did it
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Worthwhile 
How I did it: First step was to buy a couple of nice, cedar chests. After the chests arrived, it was just a matter of sorting and packing the chests with their "memories". Read how I did it…
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Awesome!
How I did it: In January 09 I got a email newsletter from my AAA agent. It was featuring Alaskan cruises and spoke of discounts (since the economy was so poor). I called my sister for moral support, and she told me to check it out. I called an AAA agent, who turned out to be incredible. Long story short, in July 09 my two daughters, sister, and I went on a 10 day Alaskan cruise. It was phenomenal! Definitely worth th… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: This goal followed on the tail of my goal of paying off the house. After the house was paid off, I collected the funds that would have gone toward that payment for the next two months. I used that to pay for the TV. This way it didn't feel like I was spending an additional chunk of money, b/c in the past the money would have gone to house payment. It was also a way to celebrate the end of the home loan. Read how I did it…
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I would like to do this daily and have trouble making time to start and keep it up. I am thinking I will start smaller – maybe a decade a day – until I can develop the habit.
This fall I applied for grad school at NDSU. I am waiting to hear back. If accepted, I will begin classes in Fall 2013.
