I'm doing 40 things
I started working out again last week. I’ve been doing this nifty exercise ball workout, and I did it twice last week. I’ll try to do it more this week. I have also been reading this exercise plan for beginning runners. It was created to ease people like me into running again…the very slow way. It is just hard for me to find time to encorporate running into my schedule. I refuse to get up any earlier than I already do; my days are long enough as it is. So, that leaves me time after class, but before work…but then I would have to have enough time to run, shower, and eat something. I just don’t have the time for all of those things. I could do it after work, but I seldom have a second to spare for anything other than homework. I think my best bet will be to begin the running program when summer shows itself again. I’ll have some free time then.
moxie's Life List
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1. take ballroom dancing lessons
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2. learn to play chess well
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3. learn more about photography
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4. use money as a tool to amass experiences, not objects.
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5. Give a loan at kiva.org.
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6. Visit all of the great art museums of the world
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7. try acupuncture
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8. Fly a plane
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9. place my hand in La Bocca della VeritÃ
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10. Practice yoga regularly
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11. Send a message in a bottle
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12. start a photo journal - take at least a photo a day to represent my life
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13. live in a house with hidden rooms and secret passageways
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14. Give 8000 cheers
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15. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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16. make silly bets with silly consequences
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17. take an art history course
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18. To live instead of exist
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19. learn sign language
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20. volunteer at an animal shelter
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21. own a used bookstore
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22. buy and wear a pair of Louboutin heels
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23. learn a foreign language
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24. learn to play piano
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25. practice random acts of kindness
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26. earn my master's degree
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27. exercise 3 times a week
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28. visit the Louvre
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29. go skydiving
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30. see the aurora borealis
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31. see all focus features films
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32. donate my hair to locks of love
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33. leave notes in library books
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34. live outside of the United States
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35. Teach people what feminism really means
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36. get a literary tattoo
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37. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America!
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38. send in a postcard to postsecret.com
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39. spread the news about postsecret.com
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40. Grow Young
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1. I’m grateful for Planned Parenthood
2. I’m grateful for an understanding boyfriend
3. I’m grateful for echinacea tea
4. and for the spanish teacher I had before the current one
5. I’m super grateful for the time to get my homework done.
1. I’m grateful for an excellent job with flexible hours and great pay.
2. I’m grateful for the cool crisp air this morning.
3. I am grateful for the little happy sound my boyfriend makes in his sleep when I kiss him goodbye in the morning.
4. I am grateful for the gorgeous orchid I have potted near my window
5. I’m grateful for the ability to handle all of the stuff thrown at me.
