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sarahinparis

Finally finished that bathroom art project! Pics in the entry below



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  2. 1. Exercise at least 3 times a week
    9 entries . 25 cheers     		236 people
  3. 2. Meditate regularly
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  4. 3. Best Month Ever: November 2009
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		6 people
  5. 4. Make progress on de-cluttering my home
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  6. 5. Organize our DVDs
    		1 person
  7. 6. Organize my cooking recipes & menus
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2 people
  8. 7. Get my French drivers license
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		1 person
  9. 8. Work on and complete my Daunting project
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  10. 9. Everyday, work on becoming a GTD ninja
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  11. 10. Beat cancer
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  12. 11. Enjoy my life every day
    10 entries . 90 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. Take action to reduce stress daily
    15 entries . 57 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. Have a great relationship w my husband
    1 entry . 83 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. Arrange for our gestational carrier / surrogate
    4 entries . 28 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. Keep in touch with friends and family
    1 entry . 34 cheers     		78 people
  17. 16. Make 2010 my Best Year Yet
    1 entry . 28 cheers     		8 people
  18. 17. Gently, without stress, attain a normal weight & size
    2 entries . 27 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. Become a mom - in any way I can
    1 entry . 46 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Do 2 SarahMania activities per month (culture, cooking, exploring)
    6 entries . 12 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Do creative projects regularly
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  22. 21. Learn how to cook 10 good meals
    6 entries . 44 cheers     		99 people
  23. 22. Identify 100 things that make me happy
    1 entry . 27 cheers     		2,253 people
  24. 23. Do a weekly GTD review
    4 entries . 6 cheers     		35 people
  25. 24. Simplify my possessions
    2 entries . 67 cheers     		6 people

How I did it
How to learn to meditate
It took me
90 days
It made me
much calmer

How I did it: Listened to meditation tapes and read a few books.  Mainly did breath-counting meditation and a few short guided meditations.I found a good iPhone application that I liked that does guided meditations of 5, 10, 15 or 20 min, plus a special one for relaxing that I often used at night. Read how I did it…

Nov 02, 10:44AM PST | 0 comments | 4 cheers


How to finish my bathroom art project
It took me
4 months
It made me
an Artist

How I did it: Cut out interesting images from magazines in the form of circles (with a circle cutter).Arranged sections on my dining room table to get a good visual mix.Placed the sections on the bathroom walls, door & ceiling with thumb tack.After a few weeks the paper circles started to curl & the edges flopped around, so I started to experiment with more permanent glue solutions.  Eventually settled on rubber cement. Listened to podcast… Read how I did it…

Oct 29, 04:02PM PDT | 10 comments | 29 cheers


How to evaluate my Cleansweep rating monthly
It took me
60 days
It made me
aware of where I am

How I did it: I used the Cleansweep assessment to identify some things that were hanging over me - that I'm now ready to deal with and clean up.I had noticed a big move between when I first did it and a few months later, and realized periodic tracking would be useful... but how to remember?I built the regular check-ins into my GTD (Getting Things Done) schedule (at one of the month's weekly review times).  Works great, plus I saved the file from e… Read how I did it…

Oct 27, 11:19AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


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Recent entries
Best Month Ever: November 2009
November 09 14 hours ago

This month I plan to make progress on most of my BYY2010 goals but also I am focusing on 3 other things that take advantage of some time I have right now.

My 3 areas :

1) Make serious progress on decluttering
2) Progress substantially on the DVD library project
3) Develop a menu & recipe system that works for me & our family

Plus this month some of my BYY goals will have extra focus
4) French driver’s license
5) Daunting Project
6) GTD Ninja (I need to make sure the good practices become second nature)

Nov 10, 04:25AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


organize my cooking recipes & menus
Simplify 2 days ago

I have lots of cookbooks – many of which I’ve never tried. And lots of recipes either from family & friends or collected from magazines, online, etc.

I need to bring some order to all of this, and make it compatible with my real life way of eating (and special occaisons). I’d like to complete this by the end of the month.

Nov 08, 07:04AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Best Month Ever: October 2009 (read all 3 entries…)
I don't know if I'd qualify it as the best month EVER 1 week ago

but it was a lot better than I feared, and there is one Amazing Accomplishment that I did do in the month of October—we made 9 frozen embryos!

I made progress on a lot of other things too, including updating Best Year Yet (which I am calling the 2010 edition) and working towards each of those top priorities.

Nov 02, 11:01AM PST | 0 comments


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