I'm doing 43 things
43. We Took to the Woods
23 hours ago
by Louise Dickinson Rich
I’ve been dreadfully homesick for Northern New England. Maybe I should make a goal “Disappear into the Maine Woods”
randomalia's Life List
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1. pay off credit cards
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2. Pay off my dental bills.
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3. get out of debt
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4. work on my portfolio
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5. make an obscene amount of art this year
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6. See Cirque du Soleil
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7. Learn to knit
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8. Buy a fire-proof lock box and keep my important stuff in it.
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9. Join flickr
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10. start a blog
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11. have my own printing press
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12. go on my honeymoon
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13. finish my wedding scrapbook
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14. improve my work life balance
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15. get a dog
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16. Scrapbook my Seattle Experience trip.
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17. watch every episode of MASH
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18. be a renaissance woman
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19. read 75 books in 2009
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20. pay off my truck
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21. be more frugal
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22. change my own oil
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23. get my shit together
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24. create an "anti-depression, get-up-and-live-your life" toolkit
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25. Have more non-financial goals.
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26. raise goats
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27. Be more green
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28. pare down all my posessions
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29. learn to crochet
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30. learn to invest
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31. Take a road trip covering the western states
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32. Finish My Tapestry
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33. complete project 365
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34. own a house on a lake
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35. get in the best shape of my life
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36. buy a pair of yoga pants
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37. go to the doctor
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38. Think of all the things I would do if I won the lottery, and then look for ways to work towards them now, even without a multimillion dollar bank account
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39. Go to Disney World
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40. Buy a new mountain bike
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41. buy a good pair of running shoes
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42. travel more
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43. move back to the east coast
2 entries9 people
How I did it
It made me
well fed 
How I did it: Went almost completely vegan by learning how to cook creatively with tofu, seitan, rice, TVP and lots of vegetables. I've been eating like this for months. I have mulled it over, though, and decided that at this point in my life it just isn't for me. I don't want to think quite that much about every little thing that I eat. Definitely worth trying for several months, though. Read how I did it…
It made me
feel frugal.
How I did it: Found a perfectly good, solid wood chair by the dumpster. I sanded it down, primed it, and decided to paint it a wonderful shade of deep purple. I could have finished it much sooner, had I not been a slacker. It supports my back sooooo much better than the metal folding chair I'd been using. It might be the best chair I've ever owned. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: We actually had to get a new computer before the game, because our old computer was not powerful enough to be able to run Sims 3 (or Spore, which we also got). So, yesterday we got a new laptop, and our long awaited copy of Sims 3. Yay. Read how I did it…
