I'm doing 33 things
After applying to six schools this last year, I was only accepted to one – which would have been in a great location. Unfortunately they were unable to offer any funding and so I turned the offer down because I felt it didn’t make sense to go deep into debt for an artistic degree. I will apply again this year, though, and see what may happen. in the meantime, I’ll keep writing, developing my craft, and pursuing my passions.
shaunmdaniel's Life List
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1. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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2. learn the tango
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3. roast my own coffee
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4. be more spontaneous
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5. live passionately
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6. create a cooperative community
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7. do yoga regularly
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8. have my poetry published
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9. write regularly in a journal
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10. have a popular blog
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11. pay off my student loans
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12. not worry about money (much) anymore
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13. tour the Northwest, playing music in coffeeshops
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14. make an audience cry with a sad song
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15. have an organic farm
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16. Save money
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17. Do Naikan, the Japanese art of self-reflection
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18. downshift
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19. Do pushups and crunches
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20. work on organic farm
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21. learn chinese
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22. learn Russian
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23. Learn Portuguese
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24. ride my bike through the winter
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25. go fishing more
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26. Visit Steens Mountain
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27. Get accepted to a creative writing program
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28. host a radio show
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29. meet new people
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30. Become a freelance writer
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31. live in the woods
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32. start an ecovillage
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33. meditate daily
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How I did it
It made me
Good 
How I did it: With our 89 Honda Civic starting to need almost monthly maintenance at the local shop, my wife and I saw the writing on the wall and took the plunge into shopping for a used car. Read how I did it…
It made me
Pleased
How I did it: I've been wanting my own laptop for quite a while, but when it came time for me to move to a new town but continue working from home for the same organization and that I would be reimbursed over 3 years for the cost of using my own computer, it was obvious that the opportunity to buy a good laptop was upon me. I settled on a used MacBook Pro and have been very satisfied. Read how I did it…
It made me
Awe-filled 
How I did it: I've been making a conscious effort to be more present in each moment and to recognize the beauty inherent in each moment - the motes of dust in sunlight, the birds alighting on a telephone wire, a seed cracking open in the dirt... But it's music usually that brings all of my years of existence into focus and sometimes bubbles up into tears of joy and sorrow - call it the sublime - for the terrible beauty of it all.Bruce Springsteen's "Ci… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Mexico is a good place to practice Spanish, especially if you stray from the tourist trails as I did when I went to the Yucatan recently. Really, though, you just need to find a place to practice, some people to practice with, and the reason/self-discipline to make it happen.
Feliz practica!
...was a year of wonderful romance. I have an amazing partner and she is more than I could ask for. I’m looking forward to more romance in 2011.
