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riotpoof881

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  2. 1. Journal regularly
    2 entries . 20 cheers     		277 people
  3. 2. Paint my room green
    		11 people
  4. 3. Learn to knit
    1 entry     		3,391 people
  5. 4. Revise Outlaw Song
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  6. 5. Publish a book
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		2,043 people
  7. 6. Make a clean writing space (and keep it clean!)
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  8. 7. keep a clean house
    9 entries . 9 cheers     		285 people
  9. 8. have a flat stomach
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		2,266 people
  10. 9. keep in touch with friends
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		688 people
  11. 10. stop being so hard on myself
    5 entries . 21 cheers     		142 people
  12. 11. Write for a living
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		315 people
  13. 12. pay off my student loans
    3 entries . 6 cheers     		2,741 people
  14. 13. stop procrastinating
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		26,233 people
  15. 14. stop biting my lips
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		77 people
  16. 15. learn the violin
    3 entries . 8 cheers     		107 people
  17. 16. stop buying unnecessary things
    11 cheers     		83 people
  18. 17. do *all* the laundry
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  19. 18. complain less
    3 cheers     		903 people
  20. 19. practice pronoia
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		94 people
  21. 20. be a better sister
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		616 people
  22. 21. stop wasting time on the internet
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		286 people
  23. 22. learn to make sushi
    7 cheers     		717 people
  24. 23. B.Y.O.Bag Project (A movement to save the environment one bag at a time)
    11 team members . 2 entries . 14 cheers     		27 people
  25. 24. get a Masters
    6 entries . 7 cheers     		85 people
  26. 25. read everything by Chuck Palahniuk
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		23 people
  27. 26. learn Russian
    5 cheers     		2,363 people
  28. 27. Learn to love to cook
    2 entries     		5 people
  29. 28. Read 15 books in 2009
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		8 people
  30. 29. Prepare the walls and paint the guest room
    		1 person

How I did it
How to have $3000 in savings
It took me
3 years
It made me
hooray!

How I did it: I opened a high-interest savings account online, and I just kept trying to put money in it. Sometimes I borrowed against it, and that set me back, but once I paid off all my credit cards, it was easier to put the money away. Read how I did it…

Jun 05, 05:26PM PDT | 1 comment | 1 cheer


How to not look for the negatives in my job and instead realize it allows me to have and do what I want
It took me
15 months
It made me
relieved and content

How I did it: I think partly I'm older and less high strung about The Man. Also the recession makes one more grateful for one's job. But mostly, I'm in a great department with great managers, and even when there's a lot to do, it's not high stress. I truly am content about my job. Read how I did it…

Jun 05, 05:20PM PDT | 0 comments


How to stop assuming the worst
It took me
1 year
It made me
relieved

How I did it: Why do I have to write these stories? This isn't why I signed up for this website!Anyway, for quite a few months I was thinking the world was going to end and we were going to run out of energy and it would all be post-apocalyptic. I finally stopped thinking that way because it was too depressing. The world will probably not end, and even if it does, there's nothing I can do about it anyway. I can just do what I can each day to be happy. Read how I did it…

Mar 29, 11:33AM PDT | 0 comments


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read 15 books in 2009 (read all 3 entries…)
3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 4 weeks ago

I read this before East of Eden but forgot about it. This book was very good and very sad. I’m looking forward to the movie coming out.
I’m glad that the novel took place well after most of the humans were wiped out and it never really explained what happened. I didn’t want it to be a newly post-apocalyptic world.

Jun 05, 05:50PM PDT | 0 comments


read 15 books in 2009 (read all 3 entries…)
2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4 weeks ago

I read this book a month or so ago. It was incredible. Very long but didn’t feel like it. Felt like THE book, as if nothing had to be written after it. I’d read it again and recommend it to everyone.

Jun 05, 05:30PM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


get a master's (read all 6 entries…)
Crap. 3 months ago

I applied to the MFA program at Ohio State last December, and I just found out that I didn’t get in. Boo!
I probably won’t apply next year. I’m going to wait till we’re ready to move, then apply to a bunch of great programs, then move to where I get accepted.

Mar 29, 11:35AM PDT | 0 comments


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study theology water have clear skin accept compliments learn Icelandic laweeez wants to go to bed earlier Read Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince pack everything up write my own music take a dance class lose weight be a good mom live in europe graduate college learn to fight with a sword Be happy everyday Make new friends aroura wants to get to level 60 on World of Warcraft. speak spanish fluently learn how to manage my anger love my body start writing my book Listen to Stairway to Heaven backwards knit MsGillien wants to meditate regularly get my own car be the lead singer in a band i Want to be a skateboarder
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