ntg




I'm doing 35 things
 

ntg's Life List

  1. 1. Graduate in the top third of my law school class with the highest possible pro bono distinction.
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    1 person
  2. 2. Give a kiva loan in 43 countries
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    4 people
  3. 3. Drink at least 100 ounces of water everyday.
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    1 person
  4. 4. Go skydiving.
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    6,595 people
  5. 5. Take at least 10 pictures every week.
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    1 person
  6. 6. Stop drinking Diet Coke on a daily basis & then stop drinking it at all in 2009.
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    1 person
  7. 7. Be able to complete a pull-up without having to use a band.
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    1 person
  8. 8. Make a conscious effort to improve my posture by sitting and standing up straight.
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    1 person
  9. 9. give myself credit
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    6 people
  10. 10. Get my body fat percentage to under 20% by 2/1/10.
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    1 person
  11. 11. Live a minimalist lifestyle. Think twice before I buy anything and get to the point where I will only purchase an item if I am willing to get rid of something else.
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    1 person
  12. 12. Keep a one sentence gratitude journal that I write in every day.
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  13. 13. Run my first a half-marathon in 2010.
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    1 person
  14. 14. Be the first to say hello, initiate conversation & smile at people more often.
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    2 people
  15. 15. Make an effort everyday to lead a balanced life.
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    1 person
  16. 16. Make a five year plan for myself and for my family by January 1, 2010.
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  17. 17. Make an effort to work on my public speaking skills at every opportunity that presents itself.
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    1 person
  18. 18. Follow a running plan that will enable me to cut down my mile time with the ultimate goal of having a low 8 minute mile 10K pace.
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    1 person
  19. 19. See the pitones in saint lucia, vat england, libya-leptus magma, india-taj ma hall, & gabbon- africa's eden
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    1 person
  20. 20. Go through our house hold income and expenses and figure out a realistic budget I can live on through May of 2010.
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  21. 21. Learn to speak another language.
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    317 people
  22. 22. Grow my hair out
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    1,679 people
  23. 23. Figure out how to repay my student loans most efficiently, most likely through a public sector repayment program, before they will begin comming due in the summer of 2010.
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    1 person
  24. 24. Expand my social circle by meeting new people, making new friends and reconnecting with old friends.
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    1 person
  25. 25. Run a marathon before my 30th birthday.
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  26. 26. Not voice every complaint that comes to mind.
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    1 person
  27. 27. Get published before my 40th birthday.
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    1 person
  28. 28. Learn to sew.
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  29. 29. Bloom where I'm planted and spend time self-reflecting.
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  30. 30. Finish knitting the scarf I am making for my husband.
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  31. 31. Take a month long vacation on the opposite side of the world in a city with a completely different culture in my lifetime.
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  32. 32. Take my parents & my in laws on vacation in my lifetime.
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    1 person
  33. 33. fluently speak two languages
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    3 people
  34. 34. Bring up a happy, healthy & confident family one day.
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    1 person
  35. 35. drive a race car
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    239 people

How I did it
How to figure out how I can recycle in my neighborhood and start making it a regular occurance by the end of summer.
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
happy


How to reform my diet by eating natural, nonprocessed foods including making certain that I eat a minimum of five servings a day of fruits & vegetables.
It took me
2 months
It made me
joyful


How to volunteer more often
It took me
3 weeks
It made me


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Make an effort to work on my public speaking skills at every opportunity that presents itself. (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 1 day ago

I had my second non-profit org. board meeting tonight. This was the first time that I was presenting an issue I had researched and taken action on to the wide variety of partners that compose the board. I spent the afternoon practicing what I was going to say in the 3 to 5 min presentation and I am proud to report that it went off w/o single “ummm” or “hmmm.” I am making another presentation in January – bring it on.



Get my body fat percentage to under 20% by 2/1/10. (read all 5 entries…)
Worrying about the number on the scale is not the way to go anymore... 1 day ago

Okay so this goal was originally to get my weight down to 135 BUT after doing Crossfit for the last few months, I have become well acquainted with the Bali fat tank. After my most recent experience in the tank, I learned that my lean body mass is 127 right now – that is muscle, bones and organs. I am at 24% body fat right now, which is fair but needs to come down to 20% or lower to be at optimum health. In order to do this I would have to lose about 10 lbs of fat – leaving my weight well above 135. So I have changed my goal to more appropriately reflect what is healthy for my body frame and keeps me strong. I need to stop letting the scale freak me out. I know what I look like and where I want to go… the scale is almost irrelevant in that determination.



Make an effort everyday to lead a balanced life.
Untitled 2 months ago

I am failing at this. I am exhausted and can’t point to what I am even accomplishing for all of this running around. I just want to crawl into bed a sleep for a month. Maybe if I did that I would be able to beat this cold once and for all.



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