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1. Raise happy kids
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2. help the environment
2 entries . 8 cheers 154 people
3. change world trade
7 entries . 5 cheers 1 person
4. PhD
12 entries . 3 cheers 131 people
5. complete a triathlon
2 entries . 2 cheers 670 people
6. knit every sweater I wear
6 entries . 2 cheers 1 person
7. work because I like to, not because I have to
7 entries . 11 cheers 3,432 people
8. Own only the clothes and shoes that make me feel great
8 entries . 9 cheers 72 people
9. see the northern lights
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10. Visit Mali
1 entry . 1 cheer 8 people
11. Learn Arabic
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12. Get a masters degree or better in abstract algebra
1 person
13. Improve my French
1,351 people
14. Lose 7lbs in weight
2 people
15. Lose 35lbs in weight
1 person
16. Lose 42lbs in weight
1 person
17. knit string slippers
1 person
18. knit felt slippers
1 person
19. get to know people better
29 people
20. listen carefully
2 entries . 2 cheers 8 people
21. list 5 good things that happens everyday
1 entry 9 people
22. bake sourdough bread
2 entries . 2 cheers 8 people
23. Grow a walnut tree
1 entry . 3 cheers 2 people
24. Only have things that I'll actually do in my list
2 cheers 1 person
25. Travel to New Zealand by boat
1 entry . 1 cheer 2 people
26. Renovate my house
133 people
27. Learn Russian
1 cheer 2,434 people
28. eat no refined sugar for a month
1 entry 3 people
29. giggle more
1 cheer 8 people
30. Cycle around Iceland
3 cheers 4 people
31. see the Tour de France live
1 entry . 2 cheers 213 people
32. dip
1 entry 1 person
33. Practice mindful consumption
1 cheer 171 people
34. increase my flexibility
4 entries . 2 cheers 289 people
35. Laugh myself helpless
1 cheer 1 person
36. try to publish my stories
3 cheers 1 person

Recent entries

list 5 good things that happens everyday

Five things that happened today:
Developed a new code system for my data that seems to be working
Younger daughter won a music trophy
I cooked a candllit dinner for my family and a friend including cake
Walk with my husband in the dark on our own
Primroses in the garden

Mar 19, 05:06PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments

complete a triathlon (read all 2 entries…)

Ah well 17 months ago

I was doing so well on working towards this goal – registered and trained for this weekend, supersprint, and was making the distance. Then a month ago I got ill – and I’ve spent most of the last month in hospital. I feel so flabby and tired all the time now, and really fed up that my training (and entrance fee) went to waste.

On the other hand, I came through two bouts of surgery with minimal fuss, something I couldn’t have done a year ago when I was still smoking and more overweight. And yesterday I started back into training – I walked up a hill .75km above sealevel, a distance of 12 miles. (I don’t feel so good today physically!)

It’s so hard to pick up after six months of real health struggle. I feel middle aged and that it’s always one difficult step forward then three slips backwards. (Is this what ageing is?)

Don’t want to fight; don’t want to go back to work; don’t want to exercise; just want to sit and eat chocolate and watch TV. I have been out of hospital for 6 days now; I’ve done lots of useful work around the house and walked a lot. But I don’t WANT to do this I want to slob about.

Jun 08, 2008, 12:04PM PDT | 0 comments

Own only the clothes and shoes that make me feel great (read all 8 entries…)

DANCING SHOES 2 years ago

I bought high heels, purple, in a sale. They’re really lovely but I don’t know if I can really wear these: I’m just not that sort of person.

Having a lot of thoughts about the role of clothes in identity. Clothes are part of how I present myself to other people; I generally present myself as matronly, dowdy, poor posture, tatty clothes, like I don’t care. I want to care, but I also don’t want to buy into the idea that this is what’s important about someone, rather than how they act and interact.

But why should dressing ok make someone a worse person?

Jul 13, 2007, 04:56AM PDT | 0 comments

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