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so i was thinking about this goal the other day and it reminded me of something someone else had done. last year, when i was a junior in high school, my art teacher had a friend who had asked her to let a guy he knew, stefan, stay a couple of days in her house because he was passing through the city (sounds sketchy so far…i know lol). turns out the guy staying with her was from the netherlands and was walking across the united states to raise awareness for cancer after his brother was diagnosed with it. she let him come to our class and talk for 2 hours and tell stories about what he’d experienced so far and he had some amazing stories.
so i was thinking if i were to run away for a year, this would be a pretty good excuse and way to do it. and an extra plus, stefan talked about all the things he did to prepare for his trip. hmmm…i don’t know. i’ll have to give it some more thought and plan a lot more. but i’m excited!
-jen
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1. lose atleast 50 lbs in a year
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2. play the piano
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3. move to Portland by the time I'm 22
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4. volunteer for cross-cultural solutions
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5. run away for a year
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6. dye my hair blue
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7. take a road trip by myself anywhere
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8. be a vegetarian
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9. visit the figure 8 wall
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10. move out of Lubbock
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11. travel everywhere
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12. see Flight of the Conchords live
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13. stop being so shy
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14. get my own apartment
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15. see gogol bordello
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16. overcome insomnia
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17. go to more concerts
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18. get a car
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19. Find a new band that I would like.
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20. get a lip piercing
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21. give blood as often as possible
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22. Overcome my OCD
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23. stop being pessimistic
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24. go to the Austin City Limits festival
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25. release all of the lobsters in the grocery store into the wild
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26. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies
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27. see mewithoutyou in concert
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28. go to India
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29. quit being so lazy all the time
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30. draw and paint more often
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31. completely and totally reinvent myself...maybe not completely but mostly
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32. walk/run atleast 4 miles a day every day for an entire year
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33. be reasonable with my goals and expectations
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34. go to college and graduate
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35. quit smoking!!!
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so…i’ve never taken any formal lessons before but i’m working on learning. i’m using books, websites (youtube), and anything else i can to help. right now i’m working on the song comptine d’un autre ete l’apres midi by Yann Tiersen. it’s my favorite song on the piano and so far i’ve learned the first part. not much progress but i just started two days ago.
-jen
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