I'm doing 25 things
but I’m starting up again slowly. By Monday I’m back on full steam!
sarahinparis's Life List
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1. Beat cancer
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2. Exercise at least 3 times a week
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3. Meditate regularly
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4. Best Month Ever: November 2009
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5. Make progress on de-cluttering my home
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6. Organize our DVDs
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7. Organize my cooking recipes & menus
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8. Get my French drivers license
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9. Work on and complete my Daunting project
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10. Everyday, work on becoming a GTD ninja
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11. Enjoy my life every day
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12. Take action to reduce stress daily
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13. Have a great relationship w my husband
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14. Arrange for our gestational carrier / surrogate
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15. Keep in touch with friends and family
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16. Make 2010 my Best Year Yet
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17. Gently, without stress, attain a normal weight & size
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18. Become a mom - in any way I can
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19. Do 2 SarahMania activities per month (culture, cooking, exploring)
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20. Do creative projects regularly
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21. Learn how to cook 10 good meals
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22. Identify 100 things that make me happy
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23. Do a weekly GTD review
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24. Simplify my possessions
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25. visit 10 new places in my city
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How I did it
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…
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…
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…
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Recent entries
I am happy I added this goal
5 days ago
There are certain famous things in this city I’ve never visited that I want to see as I work towards this goal, and a few museums I’ve had on my list but haven’t made it to yet.
I’d really like to accomplish this goal by the end of 2009.
Week of Nov 9th (1)
5 days ago
Yeah! I did it!
5 days of 10 minutes a day, plus on one day I did two sessions (and on a few others did breath counting to lull myself to sleep).
