I'm doing 8 things
I stopped eating dairy b/c I thought my new baby was allergic. As it turns out, I’m the one allergic and it was affecting my breastmilk. Cutting out dairy was the only thing I did and I dropped 70 lbs in a very rapid amount of time.
petitevoix's Life List
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1. get out of debt
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2. raise my daughter to believe in herself
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3. increase my income
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4. clean up after myself
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5. Keep my bathrooms clean!
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6. write a book
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7. Worry less.
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8. Make a Tee-Shirt Quilt
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How I did it
It made me
satisfied 
How I did it: I've had boxes of photos sitting around forever and empty photo albums. I do digital scrapbooking, so I don't even print out photos very often anymore. Most of these are ones people have given me or from five or more years ago.I decided to just stick them in the album without regard to anything except orientation. The album does not tell any kind of story, but it's a jumble of events and faces and experiences - it's kind… Read how I did it…
It made me
ecstatic
How I did it: I started with a major event in my life - the end of a 5 yr relationship. I had heard from other friends that once I had one, I'd want more so I planned ahead. I made my first one like the first charm on a bracelet. Now I have about ten or so, all done by only two people. I love the look of total tattoo coverage, but I decided at the beginning that I'd only have black tattoos. I also did most of the artw… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I started when I was a kid by copying pictures of people in magazines. I'd grid it out and draw each square separately. This helped me see all the shapes and how they related to each other. I studied art in high school and college - it was at this point I could start focusing on things like color, contrast and negative space. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Ok, as I mentioned before, I’ve started this goal several times and never finished. The problem is that after stopping for a while, I’ll go back to the project and find I’ve lost my voice, lost my rhythm, lost my interest.
But I got a new idea today. One I’m really excited about. Hopefully with all the support I’ve been receiving from this wonderful community, I’ll stick with it this time and finish! So today is 1/23/2009. I’ll have to think about what my goals are. I work full time and have a family. I’m thinking three pages a day should be very manageable. Is it a lazy goal?
Ok, so apparently there’s this thing. When you think or say positive things, it sends a message to your brain to send good things – brain power, blood, antibodies, whatever, to whatever part of your body will be needed to accomplish those good things. Scientists are now finding that people with positive attitudes are actually more likely to beat cancer! So if you say “I don’t know how I’m going to meet this deadline,” your brain actually sends less resources to the part of your brain and body needed to meet the deadline.
It’s an interesting idea that is still being researched scientifically, but I’m willing to be a guinea pig. I’m going to have the strength, energy and creativity to make amazing things happen. I will see possibilities rather than obstacles.
