niq




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  1. 1. Raise happy kids
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    26 people
  2. 2. help the environment
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    154 people
  3. 3. change world trade
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    1 person
  4. 4. PhD
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    131 people
  5. 5. complete a triathlon
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    670 people
  6. 6. knit every sweater I wear
    6 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. work because I like to, not because I have to
    7 entries . 11 cheers
    3,432 people
  8. 8. Own only the clothes and shoes that make me feel great
    8 entries . 9 cheers
    72 people
  9. 9. see the northern lights
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    16,903 people
  10. 10. Visit Mali
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    8 people
  11. 11. Learn Arabic
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    2,107 people
  12. 12. Get a masters degree or better in abstract algebra
    1 person
  13. 13. Improve my French
    1,351 people
  14. 14. Lose 7lbs in weight
    2 people
  15. 15. Lose 35lbs in weight
    1 person
  16. 16. Lose 42lbs in weight
    1 person
  17. 17. knit string slippers
    1 person
  18. 18. knit felt slippers
    1 person
  19. 19. get to know people better
    29 people
  20. 20. listen carefully
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    8 people
  21. 21. list 5 good things that happens everyday
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    9 people
  22. 22. bake sourdough bread
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    8 people
  23. 23. Grow a walnut tree
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    2 people
  24. 24. Only have things that I'll actually do in my list
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    1 person
  25. 25. Travel to New Zealand by boat
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    2 people
  26. 26. Renovate my house
    133 people
  27. 27. Learn Russian
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    2,434 people
  28. 28. eat no refined sugar for a month
    1 entry
    3 people
  29. 29. giggle more
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    8 people
  30. 30. Cycle around Iceland
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    4 people
  31. 31. see the Tour de France live
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    213 people
  32. 32. dip
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    1 person
  33. 33. Practice mindful consumption
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    171 people
  34. 34. increase my flexibility
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    289 people
  35. 35. Laugh myself helpless
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    1 person
  36. 36. try to publish my stories
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    1 person
Recent entries
list 5 good things that happens everyday
What a great goal 8 months ago

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



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.



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?



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