I'm doing 43 things
After more than a year of planning, I seriously thought this trip was going to be a letdown, but it definitely met and in some cases exceeded my expectations. The best part of it, though, was that it actually happened—I’d been dreaming about going to Thailand for years, but always assumed it was out of my reach. But now that I’ve made this dream happen (and have realized how easy it was to do), I feel like there’s a whole world of possibilities open to me. I’m already dreaming about future adventures in Peru (2008) and South Africa (2009).
Clare's Life List
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1. start a magazine
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2. visit all 50 states
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3. learn to surf
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4. live in London again
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5. make a postcard and send it to Post Secret
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6. use my sarcasm for good, not evil
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7. sing karaoke solo
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8. see the northern lights
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9. audition for a local play
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10. drive the pacific coast highway
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11. become a professional hand model
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12. learn to play Bach's aria from the Goldberg Variations on the piano
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13. volunteer to take a later flight and get a travel credit
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14. buy more produce from farmer's markets
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15. donate my old clothes
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16. take a year off to travel
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17. see the taj mahal
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18. take a once-in-a-lifetime trip every year
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19. make my apartment more environmentally friendly
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20. go to trapeze school
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21. paint one wall in each room of my apartment
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22. organize my recipes
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23. give up beer
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24. go to the tomatina in Spain
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25. not eat free food just because it's free
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26. get a dog
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27. visit at least 6 continents
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28. continue my France birthday tradition
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29. finish the quilt I started
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30. sing at a piano bar
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31. do volunteer work
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32. keep my apartment clean
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33. live in a place that will accommodate my piano
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34. call my friends more often
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35. buy a house
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36. fall in love with someone who is in love with me, too
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37. own a convertible
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38. eat healthier on the weekend
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39. stand up for myself
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40. be on The Price Is Right
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41. get Amanda's and my notebooks bound into a book
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42. stop obsessing over things I can't control
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43. own a vespa
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Recent entries
I didn’t think I was going to live to check this one off my list, as three-fourths of the way through my ride, I suddenly became super-weak and didn’t think I was going to make it the rest of the way. At one point, I literally sat down in the middle of the trail. I think a snack might have helped…
Before I got to that point, though, the ride was awesome. I went through Rock Creek Park, which was amazing. I don’t really live near it, so I tend to forget that we have this gigantic national park in the middle of the city. I definitely want to ride through there again…but this time, I’ll pack something to munch on just in case.
I do! Finally, after months and months of dreaming and researching, my friend Bri and I bought our plane tickets to Bangkok yesterday—we head out on October 22. Now there’s just the small matter of deciding where to go and what to do during the two weeks we’re there…not to mention waiting the four long months until October!
