I'm doing 41 things
priscilla queen of the desert
ma vie en rose
rushingdl's Life List
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1. change my life
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2. write a memoir
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3. love my belly
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4. write more
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5. finish things
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6. learn to sew
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7. learn to play mandolin
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8. get alternative health care
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9. go on trips
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10. live mindfully
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11. plant bamboo
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12. grow berries
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13. write poetry
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14. read classics
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15. find more favorite movies
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16. make over my bedroom
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17. make over my bathroom
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18. paddle a kayak in the bay
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19. ride a bike more, drive less
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20. always apply a joyful mind
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21. appreciate more, complain less
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22. worry less
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23. live in the moment
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24. realize the nature of my mind
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25. learn to make and use a pinhole camera
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26. take pictures a lot
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27. walk my dog more
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28. check my e-mail less
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29. surf the web for no particular reason less
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30. make more friends of all ages
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31. make $100 more a week doing something i love
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32. eat more veggies and fruits, less fat and sugar
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33. visit japan
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34. go to dharmsala
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35. swim in fresh water
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36. wake up rested
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37. save money instead of waste it
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38. move energetically in the outside world
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39. create more; consume less!
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40. make art, not war
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41. express my sexuality
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How I did it
It made me
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How I did it: I was at a conference in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and, because others were doing it, went up for a blessing from a woman that the Mongolians see as a manifestation of Green Tara. Just as I received her "blessing," I quickly thought what to focus on: "Well, I need to quit smoking." One week later, at a monastery a 7 hour drive from Ulan Bator, where I would be staying for the month, I came down with a nasty case of bronchitis. I could not hav… Read how I did it…
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this is actually one of the “lojong slogans,” from a tibetan buddhist tradition. if you are interested, you can find them in chogyam trungpa’s book, training the mind or in pema chodron’s book, start where you are.
