I'm doing 35 things
I'm trying
20 months ago
I have started a printmaking course, which is great fun. I’m finding it challenging but relaxing and inspiring which is what I wanted – so yay! glad I did it!
smomo's Life List
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1. get married
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2. Be a better blogger
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3. Read the entire Bible - reading some at least 3x per week
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4. Write a (continually updateable) list of books to read, and read them
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5. Get up when my alarm goes off
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6. keep in touch with friends
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7. carry on with printmaking
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8. write a book
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9. practice oboe
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10. not have to worry about money
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11. get a cat
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12. Learn to knit
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13. become better at small-talk
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14. Learn Spanish
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15. craft more
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16. have a library
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17. ride in a hot air balloon
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18. organize photos into photo albums or scrapbooks
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19. get a masters degree
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20. Watch a space shuttle launch
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21. stomp grapes in Tuscany
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22. live in a foreign country
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23. buy a home
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24. go to the olympics (either watch or compete)
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25. be less clumsy
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26. Learn to play the guitar
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27. drink more water
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28. learn to draw
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29. grow my own herbs
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30. Stand on a glacier.
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31. hold hands with a monkey
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32. see the northern lights
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33. visit all 7 continents
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34. join a gym
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35. sew my own clothes
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How I did it
It made me
feel tidy! 
How I did it: I plucked up the courage to book it at the local salon and that was it. I did tell them it was my first time so they were quite understanding, but it took all of 10 minutes and it was done. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Just needed some nudging!
2 years ago
I’ve joined the work netball team which involves a match after work one day and training at lunchtime another. It means (unless I have work commitments) I can’t make any excuses to not exercise.
It helps having other people around to make you do it!
I think I've found one!
2 years ago
I think I’m going to learn to draw. Maybe a bit predictable and boring but it was always something I enjoyed when I was younger and was probably not that bad at it if I put some effort in.
Inspiration really came when I popped to Tate Modern one lunchtime – so that was, for once, a lunchtime put to good use!
