I'm doing 39 things
With BC’s help, and a beautiful weekend, I set this up downstairs in my dining room, which I never use for dining. The desk is a cool old bargain antique and I have a seagrass bulletin board too for ideas and whatnot thanks to BC’s Target shopping skills. All set.
Eleanor's Trousers's Life List
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1. do the artist date once a week
4 entries . 7 cheers12 people -
2. Read "A People's History of the United States"
3 entries . 15 cheers44 people -
3. publish something in a respectable journal, magazine, or edited website
3 entries . 20 cheers398 people -
4. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
1 cheer5,529 people -
5. create an altered book
2 cheers67 people -
6. Get a driver's license
1 cheer306 people -
7. ride on a float in a parade
2 entries . 22 cheers6 people -
8. learn to make my own clothes
3 entries . 21 cheers222 people -
9. Have a baby
1 cheer6,260 people -
10. publish a book of quotations
1 entry . 8 cheers7 people -
11. Get EU Citizenship
1 entry . 8 cheers233 people -
12. study at Harvard University
1 entry . 15 cheers6 people -
13. go to a drive in movie
1 cheer183 people -
14. become a professor
1 entry . 14 cheers306 people -
15. Buy a House
2 entries . 16 cheers13,865 people -
16. Cross Stitch an ABC Sampler
1 person -
17. buy a car
1 cheer3,302 people -
18. have perfect credit
1 cheer12 people -
19. Pay bill to University of Pittsburgh
1 entry . 6 cheers1 person -
20. List 40 things to do before I turn 40 and do 2 things towards them every week
6 entries . 2 cheers11 people -
21. visit all 50 states
5 entries . 5 cheers8,529 people -
22. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
2 entries . 20 cheers273 people -
23. Convince my boss to let me telework
1 person -
24. Give only handmade gifts for Christmas
2 cheers1 person -
25. have my tattoo removed
6 entries . 10 cheers24 people -
26. Get my Master's Degree
1 cheer1,199 people -
27. write for the New York Times
22 people -
28. Learn tap-dancing
3 people -
29. Finish my book proposal and start submitting it to agents.
1 person -
30. go to Greece
1,111 people -
31. Get a literary agent
65 people -
32. organize my spare bedroom
3 people -
33. write a short story.
1,158 people -
34. sell something on etsy
41 people -
35. write a book
30,182 people -
36. get a massage
1,100 people -
37. Travel outside of the US
54 people -
38. write 30 poems in 30 days
1 person -
39. cook at home 5 nights per week
1 person
How I did it
It made me
delighted. 
How I did it: I spent a lot of time waiting around for friends to agree on where to go, missed movies I wanted to see because I passively mentioned I wanted to go instead of making a plan, and had to wait four months to try a new bar. But now, all that has changed. If there's something I want to do, i put it in my calendar, invite friends, and even if no one else goes, I do. And it's amazing. Besides, now they are jealous that I am always doing somethi… Read how I did it…
It made me
accomplished
How I did it: Printed out the forms from the website.Filled them out.Got out my checkbook.Had the post office take my photos.Paid for the book and the card version at once.Handed over the forms and the money.Waited less than two weeks.Had a passport (and my birth certificate returned by mail) Read how I did it…
It made me
contented
How I did it: Slept on the pull-out couch at the condo in Cocoa Beach with the curtains wide open and rolled over in time to watch the gorgeous sunrise from bed. After that I rolled out to the patio for coffee and listened to the waves. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
BC has seen the homeland. And eaten at the Waffle House. And gone to Stone Mountain. And met the sisters and Grandma and the parents. And still wants to go to the symphony with me and come over to watch movies, so he must not have been totally scared off by the whole experience. It took ten years, but he’s part of the family now. My gay best friend rules.
I bought a grogeous 20 dollar set from American Stationery and I love it MORE than Crane. So there, big expensive stationery. I win.
