I'm doing 29 things
13. Full Dark No Stars by Stephan King
14. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
15. Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
I read these on vacation last week and am currently working my way through 3 other books.
Feeling Hopeful's Life List
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1. Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
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2. Monthly: Donate money to help others
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3. Read 50 books in 2011
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4. Read all of the books on Entertainment Weekly's list "The New Classics: Books"
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5. ask myself 75 questions from Lyved.
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6. live simply
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7. Get a PhD
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8. have new, exciting experiences
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9. Create a List of 365 Life-Inspiring Quotes
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10. Stick with and achieve my WEEKLY fitness goals, which I KNOW make me happier and healthier
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11. reduce my impact on the environment and practice sustainable living
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12. ask why so many people want to 'have', 'get' and 'buy' instead of 'be', 'do', 'learn' and 'know', and perhaps make a few people stop and think about it
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13. Read The brothers Karamazov
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14. visit all 50 states
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15. be still and know
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16. use my passport again before it expires
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17. Read the entire Bible
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18. travel at least once a year
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19. take a medical mission trip
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20. stay in love
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21. Spend at least 10 minutes every day cleaning, organizing or decluttering
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22. see the northern lights
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23. pray more
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24. Practice yoga regularly
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25. spend more time outside
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26. Encourage people to get out and move more (walk,run,jog,whatever)
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27. make creme brulee
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29. see the grand canyon
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How I did it
It made me
Happy as Usual 
How I did it: I read 50 books whenever I could. Some days I read a lot. Others I didn't read at all. Most days I read at least a little (maybe 15-20 mins). I took advantage of good times to read - while traveling, before bed, after work but before dinner, etc. Read how I did it…
It made me
Happy
How I did it: In order to meet this, I had to change my idea of a journal somewhat. I used to write in blank-book type journals, and post things online to sites like this one. However, I didn't use the blank books much because I hate to hand write things (I'd rather type). Plus I didn't like the journals cluttering up my book shelves ( I try not to keep tons of books because they take up space, even though I like to read).I realized I… Read how I did it…
It made me
Less_worried!
How I did it: This took awhile, but I feel I'm doing this without a lot of effort anymore. Plus I have enough savings to feel secure if we were to have some big disaster happen.We paid off all debts except the mortgage. This took awhile, so don't think I'm making it sound easy.We put any unexpected money into savings. Just because you get a raise, bonus, overtime pay, tax refund, etc doesn't mean you have to go spend it.We stopped buy… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Fatal Cure by Robin Cook
I have a stack of used books that I want to read through and donate. At the same time, I am reading several books on my Kindle. Hopefully as I finish the used books and the Kindle books, my reading for this year should start to really add up.
