Well, it wasn’t the degree I started out wanting… I’m leaving my PhD program with a Master’s… but I am totally confident that it is the right thing. I was not enough “in love” with my field to want to stick with it too long. Call me a jack of all trades! :) I’m soooo excited to not be in school, I’ve been in some kind of school my whole freakin’ life since I was 2 years old, and I’m almost 26!!!!!!!
sarafrie's Life List
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1. don't stop believin'
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2. Have a little bit of pointless fun every day
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3. relax
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4. communicate better
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5. get over myself
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6. make the world a better place
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7. Worry less.
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8. floss more
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9. develop my psychic abilities
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10. do pilates
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11. Practice Yoga
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12. dance more
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13. travel
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14. deep-fry a fifty dollar bill
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15. save more money
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16. make more art
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17. spend more time outdoors
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18. become a computer geek
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19. cook more
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20. have a happy family
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21. dream lucidly
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22. stop obsessively yanking out my eyebrows when I'm stressed
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23. get published
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24. Learn how to remember peoples' names
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25. write a science fiction novel
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26. live off the grid
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27. keep a clean house
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28. attend more live sports events
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29. update my website
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30. listen to more music.
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31. get in shape
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32. learn to sight read
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33. honor ALL my emotions
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34. gain some weight...or gain muscle
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35. Read the Bible
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36. Use only natural cleaning products
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37. Never stop learning or questioning
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It’s the observing without judging. My self-judgment kicks in too fast. Just observe! Hopefully with more acceptance/understanding, I won’t hang on to or repress the feelings that come up so much, and my body will experience less unnecessary stress. Some of the emotions that come up are surprising to me – and then I’m surprised at how out-of-touch I became. I just don’t want to be afraid of my own feelings anymore. The top-down emotional management strategy does not work!
I saw some really neat-looking art quilts in a book. The patchwork and the topstitching can accomplish quite different representational goals. I have never quilted before but I am going slowly by hand, fixing things along the way, and it is really fun! When I’m done I hope it will look like a landscape, with flowy water and billowy cloud topstitching.

