I'm doing 25 things
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5 days ago
This just got a helluva lot easier.
Rebecca's Life List
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1. celebrate my 3 year anniversary on 43 Things on July 11
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2. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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3. Have a one word resolution for 2009
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4. Celebrate being single while I'm single
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5. Stop grasping at things; let them come to me
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6. Share the ideas of Daniel Quinn (get people to read "Ishmael") because it is the only way I know to save our world
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7. Obtain and maintain a healthy weight and body size
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8. eat more locally grown food
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9. be active, so that I can describe myself as "basically in shape"
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10. own a kayak
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11. live instead of exist
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12. Love and cherish my home
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13. become better at small-talk
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14. take dance lessons
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15. Buy a book on how to speak Italian and do the first chapter
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16. Visit wine country in 2009
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17. pay off my student loans
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18. stop homophobia
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19. Live my life with kindness and compassion
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20. pose nude
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21. fill my wine rack
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22. try geocaching
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23. find a kindred spirit
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24. Pay my estimated taxes on time in 2009
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25. Build up my savings account to $4000
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How I did it
It made me
warm and fuzzy. 
How I did it: A fellow 43thinger, Yannigan, saw that I had "Make a Kiva Loan" as a goal and gave me a gift certificate as a way to help me meet the goal. Wow! And now it's my turn to pass it on.Thank you, Yannigan!!! Read how I did it…
It made me
sane 
How I did it: I told everyone I knew that I was going to stay away from him, so I could be held accountable. I made it a goal on 43 things. I talked to my therapist and my friends a lot about *why* I wanted to see him, and what part of me was really needing attention. And I eventually figured out it wasn't about him at all, it was about me being afraid of being alone. Read how I did it…
It made me
content
How I did it: I separated from my husband, then realized that all those self-improvement efforts over the years have always been about me being unhappy with my primary relationship (my marriage, my mother...). If I am not in an unhealthy relationship, I can stop frantically trying to fix myself in order to bend myself into twisty pretzel shapes. Me single = me happy with myself. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Saturday, July 4, 2009
5 days ago
1. My independence, and my ability to realize what a precious gift it would be to give it up to someone else.
2. My friend K in Arizona for being so fiercely on my side.
3. The IBR program. www.ibrinfo.org Thank you for giving me back my life.
4. That it only takes one beer to give me a little warm buzz.
5. Long weekends.
Single again...
5 days ago
I am holding out for someone who has less of an alcohol problem than me. :)
