Health Month makes me grumpy but gives me back my flat belly.
pinkthinkgirl's Life List
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1. discover my neighborhood
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2. have adventures instead of relationships
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3. Work on my secret project
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4. Start an empire of decent people
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5. go to burning man
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6. refinish the kitchen cabinets
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7. choose things that make me feel like a better person, rather than things that just make me feel better
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8. Enjoy being single
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9. Keep a list of all of Jesse's brilliant quotes
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10. Go the Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico
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11. learn to SCUBA dive
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12. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
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13. Host a salon
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14. practice mindful consumption
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15. finish my portfolio
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16. make an emergency kit and plan
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17. Make a postcard and send it to Post Secret
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18. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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19. maintain a sex-worthy home
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20. Visit Grandma
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21. practice Kundalini Yoga
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22. Participate in Habitat for Humanity
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23. Divide my time between two or more locations
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24. Try 43 activities I liked as a child and see if I still like them.
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25. Take flying lessons
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26. meet an elephant
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27. write a designer's statement
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28. Attend TED
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29. recalibrate
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30. unfuck my school situation
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31. Learn to drive a stick shift
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32. Be great at my job
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33. build a composter
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34. learn esperanto
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How I did it: 1. Updated my voter registration.2. Got educated about the candidates and issues.3. Realized that McCain makes me want to have a tubal litigation.4. Felt hope for the future when listening to Obama.5. Got insulted and condescended to by the GOP with the Palin selection (which further motivated plans for aforementioned tubal litigation).6. Cast vote for Obama.7. Felt good about myself and celebrated by indulging in a daydream of a fu… Read how I did it…
I got to about 25 books. It was a fail unless you consider the fact that I didn’t read a single book for pleasure in ‘07. I was buried in architectural theory that year and my brain was angry at me for the steady diet of nerd so now it’s feeling a bit more well-rounded.
50 might have been a little ambitious.
Thai green curry would easily be my choice for my last meal…. so it’s good that I can make it….ya know, just in case.

