octoberclovered

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octoberclovered's Life List

  1. 1. do the Polar Bear Plunge
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    24 people
  2. 2. See baby sea turtles hatch.
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    5 people
  3. 3. take a time out
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  4. 4. Hike more
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    338 people
  5. 5. Do everything on my bucket list
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    12 people
  6. 6. stop collecting art supplies and start creating art
    2 entries . 137 cheers
    191 people
  7. 7. Make my body as healthy as it can be
    4 entries . 121 cheers
    4 people
  8. 8. learn something new
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    244 people
  9. 9. try 100 new recipes
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    4 people
  10. 10. become more environmentally conscious
    2 entries . 27 cheers
    16 people
  11. 11. get my PHR certification
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    20 people
  12. 12. Feel sexy as me!
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    3 people
  13. 13. do 3 nice things every day...because I remember hearing somewhere that maybe all the world's problems could be solved if everyone did 3 nice things a day
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    32 people
  14. 14. save our ocean environment
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    2 people
  15. 15. Give Away 500 Items
    4 entries . 59 cheers
    0 people
  16. 16. Make a quilt
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    1,223 people
  17. 17. Read all the books I've bought but haven't read yet.
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    11 people
  18. 18. get my driver's license
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    5,335 people
  19. 19. Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
    12 entries . 25 cheers
    138 people
  20. 20. Learn how to snowboard
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    409 people
  21. 21. chronicle my family's stories
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    3 people
  22. 22. bike
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    96 people
  23. 23. Have a fancy casino/ James Bond night with friends. (I've never gambled before) And win.
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    1 person
  24. 24. list 100 memories that make me happy
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    13 people
  25. 25. Write 12 letters of insanity
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    4 people
  26. 26. photograph the alphabet
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    60 people
  27. 27. Perform Stand up Comedy
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    20 people
  28. 28. recite a Shakespeare soliloquy in front of lots of people who aren't expecting it (like in an airport terminal, or in a movie theatre line)
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    39 people
  29. 29. host a murder mystery dinner party
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    16 people
  30. 30. Be the hot girl in the red dress
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    3 people
  31. 31. make skittles vodka
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    6 people
  32. 32. Kiss in the rain
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    15,300 people
  33. 33. become a PADI advanced open water diver
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    7 people
  34. 34. ice dive
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    4 people
  35. 35. learn how to sail
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    332 people
  36. 36. travel through Italy
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    21 people
  37. 37. make love under a waterfall
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    23 people
  38. 38. live by the ocean
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    665 people
  39. 39. Book a hotel overlooking Times Square for New Year's Eve and attend!
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    1 person
  40. 40. Invent a Big Five (since I don't like the Big Five)
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    1 person

How I did it
How to run a 5k mud run
It took me
4 months
It made me
muddy and proud!


How to visit the world's largest aquarium (it's in Georgia)
It took me
9 months
It made me
surprised!


How to become a certified scuba diver
It took me
6 months
It made me
proud and excited!


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Recent entries
learn something new (read all 2 entries…)
Step 1: Guitar

I asked my stepdad to show me a little tomorrow and he said yes! I’m excited because it has the bonus of adding some father-daughter bonding with Roger, especially since me and dad do scuba.

Gotta figure out something special with my mom now… Hmmmm, need some good ideas other than watching movies (we do that already) and something I can plan with both our schedules- eek! Also inexpensive.



save our ocean environment
Links

<—Me swimming with a manta ray in the Georgia Aquarium

I’ve already written about this before, but please take responsibility for better seafood habits! Go to: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx
add the app, get the pamphlets and eat smarter. Seafood’s not wrong to have, but the irresponsible farming needs to end. If countries won’t crack down enough to control some of it, we can control the industry by what we eat, so before ordering, ask where your fish comes from- it doesn’t take long and may be a small step toward saving the ocean.

Also, the amount of bycatch caught for shrimp? Scary. It’s 80% bycatch, 20% shrimp.

Do something- it’s not hard, we’re all app junkies these days anyway (well, not me, my phone doesn’t have internet). It’s free, so please take the time and look into it.

And Manta Ray of Hope, a documentary I saw via someone random on Twitter, but that I’m glad I did:
http://www.mantarayofhope.com/
After swimming with them, I just can’t even look at some of those images of them lined up in the fishing market. They’re incredible. Almost alien-like, but also a bit majestic. They move with such grace, but have some play too- like they love bubbles!

That’s my message today, but if you’re interested in the oceans and conservation, I found an awesome blog, these guys know what they’re talking about: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/



get my driver's license
Because it's time

I’m 23, not along a subway route anymore and Nick’s death was now two years ago. Wow. Weird to think it’s been two years. But it’s time, I’m not freaked out any more and if I want to get a job in my field, I need to drive, as nothing’s in walking distance.
I’m not a great match for where I’m currently employed. I’m a horrible salesperson and really do belong behind a desk working on charts and contracts and examining recruitment. I’m just not good at what I’m doing and not fully happy by it.
Yes, I just want to be an office drone! I’m fine with that- I’m boring, so I get happy thinking about someday having a cubicle of my very own. Driver’s license is that step I need.



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