I'm doing 38 things
This is one of the things that most people my age have done, but I never had until last year. I basically went from living at home with my parents to having a roommate in college and then to living with my boyfriend, who later became my husband and then my ex-husband. Moving out was bittersweet. I was excited and happy to move on with life as a newly-single person, but I was also very depressed and angry about my marriage ending. The kids and I rented a house and we survived. There was a part of me that really needed to prove to myself that I could support myself and live alone (with the kids half the time). And I did. :D It definitely wasn’t easy and I had my fair share of depression and sadness over the past year, but I got through it and now I’m happier than I’ve ever been. Living alone for a while really made me grow up and realize that I just needed to stand on my own two feet.
Christina Grammer's Life List
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1. marry my soulmate and best friend
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2. Identify things that make me happy
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3. figure out what i want to do with my life
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4. lose weight
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5. find a lost friend
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6. stand up for myself
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7. not care as much about what people think
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8. Be OK with not knowing what I want to do with my life
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9. clean my house
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10. stop being obsessive
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11. Become a Flight Paramedic
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12. figure out where all the people like me are hiding
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13. teach my child to read
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14. stop overanalyzing people and situations
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15. get out of debt
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16. stop procrastinating
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17. exercise more
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18. stop wasting time
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19. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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20. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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21. To live instead of exist
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22. Read for thirty minutes every day
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23. work because I like to, not because I have to
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24. Study more
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25. Drive Route 66
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26. Never stop learning
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27. learn to let go
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28. visit central park
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29. Go on a road trip
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30. Buy and restore historic houses
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31. get a masters degree
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32. own a Tesla electric car
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33. live in a house with hidden rooms and secret passageways
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34. be happy
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35. find a new job
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36. be more active in politics
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37. grow out my hair
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38. Become an EMS instructor.
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How I did it: It was a very long year with lots of late nights and lots of working long shifts making up for the days I took off for school. I put around 35,000 miles on my car driving to and from school. My family had to deal with a lot of time away from me. In the end, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from the best paramedic school in the state of Georgia, passed National Registry on the first try and made 16 friends. :-) Read how I did it…
I seem to be on some sort of a diet roller coaster. I lose weight then gain it back then lose it again and gain it back again. Here I am at about the same weight I was when I originally added this goal. I’ve gained about 20 lbs back since January when I lost my job and was dealing with major personal life stress. Things have changed completely since then and it’s time to get back to business and lose this weight. I hate dieting and I’m not a big fan of exercise, but I have to do it. For myself, for my health, for my kids. This isn’t going to be easy. :P
I really didn’t expect to meet anyone else after my ex-husband and I separated. This was so unexpected and wonderful. We have about a million things in common and I don’t think we’ve ever had a serious fight or argument. We argue about silly things, but I find it difficult to even call it arguing. LOL I’m happy and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him. :D
