I'm doing 40 things
... but forgot to add it to the list here. Up to #33 so need to catch up a wee bit!
shauny's Life List
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1. visit every country in Europe
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2. go on a retreat
88 people -
3. go to Edinburgh, buy a one-day ticket and ride round town all day
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4. take salsa lessons
3 cheers133 people -
5. refresh my Japanese
9 people -
6. read Anna Karenina
3 cheers191 people -
7. learn how to use my camera on manual
1 cheer4 people -
8. make a scrapbook of all my travels
1 cheer2 people -
9. visit Japan
2 cheers6,009 people -
10. write a novel
11,368 people -
11. buy a painting
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12. make macarons
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13. make homemade stock
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14. see the northern lights
2 cheers19,097 people -
15. go on a road trip across America
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16. read more poetry
208 people -
17. learn more about art history
52 people -
18. make a tarte tatin
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19. make icecream
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20. visit Seattle & get a stylist session with Angie from YouLookFab.com
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21. do a cycle tour of Cuba
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22. learn to sew
2 cheers4,061 people -
23. visit Argentina
2 cheers119 people -
24. learn to play cards
9 people -
25. exercise in the morning
2 cheers41 people -
26. master the curling irons
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27. make mochi ice cream
1 cheer1 person -
28. start a cookbook club
1 person -
29. make marscapone
1 cheer1 person -
30. bake english muffins
1 person -
31. cross Abbey Road
1 cheer22 people -
32. go to an English Premier League football match
3 people -
33. have a real christmas tree
2 people -
34. make my great-grandmother's jam tarts
1 person -
35. make roasted chickpeas
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36. Complete Julia Cameron's "Prosperous Heart" book
1 person -
37. go to wimbledon
56 people -
38. hang some pictures on my office wall
1 cheer1 person -
39. make a second attempt at baking oatcakes
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40. get curtains made for my office so the neighbours can't peer in and see me procrastinating
1 person
How I did it
It made me
sensible 
How I did it: I am partially self-employed! Financially speaking I can't give up my day job but I have reduced my hours a little, so I have a bit of time and space for self-employment ventures but retain a regular income. It means I am knackered all the bloody time but I feel like it is a small step closer and a sensible compromise :) Read how I did it…
It made me
unbearably happy
How I did it: How did I do it? I used my eyes and directed them over the lines of text, obv.I read Pride and Prejudice on my iPhone using the Stanza application. Thanks to Project Gutenburg you can download thousands of classic novels for free. I quite enjoyed reading it on the iPhone. Found myself sneaking in a few pages while in the queue at the post office. Read how I did it…
It made me
festive as heck
How I did it: After years of banging on about making a Christmas cake I finally made one for Xmas 2009. I'm not much of a brandy or mixed peel fan so I went for a recipe that had neither - this Walnut and whisky Christmas cake from Delicious magazine.It was fun to put together and whiffing the big bowl of fruit and booze. I couldn't find the dried pear so used dried apple. The only mistake was mine - I misread my oven thermometer and set the oven temp … Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I’ve visited 22 out of 50 countries (according to a list I found goodness knows where). I’ve not visited a “new” European country since 2010 so hopefully I can rectify that in 2013!
