sofiasleeping

forever trying to catch up



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sofiasleeping's Life List

  1. 1. finish a flash fiction piece (500-1000) words
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    1 person
  2. 2. find simple, effective idea/project management software
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    1 person
  3. 3. scan photos
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  4. 4. make scrapbooks
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    32 people
  5. 5. give away books
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  6. 6. exercise more
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  7. 7. travel
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    7,432 people
  8. 8. write more
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    3,504 people
  9. 9. go running! full out running, not jogging
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    1 person
  10. 10. get some more things pierced
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    1 person
  11. 11. identify specific things I am grateful for every day
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  12. 12. read more poetry
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  13. 13. study for and take and pass the special ed cert test
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  14. 14. To live instead of exist
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  15. 15. learn more about art and philosophy
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  16. 16. get new car insurance
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  17. 17. journal every day! something! anything! one sentence at least!
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  18. 18. watch the dead like me movie
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  19. 19. learn to effectively meditate
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  20. 20. Get a vibrator.
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  21. 21. try out vegan for a week
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  22. 22. worry less about what other people think of me
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  23. 23. donate hair to Locks of Love
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    879 people
  24. 24. get wireless mouse and keyboard
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    1 person
  25. 25. get rid of/sell clothes
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  26. 26. post recently taken photos on facebook
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  27. 27. stop being such a hideous procrastinator b/c it keeps coming back biting you in the butt
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    1 person
  28. 28. find a way to access email without computer
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    1 person
  29. 29. visit my aunt in NM, probably drive-- apparently it is an easy shoot all I10 all the way
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  30. 30. Take more pictures
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  31. 31. keep reminding myself that it feels great not to feel dead inside.... sometimes even if you aren't happy I guess
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  32. 32. go a week without complaining about anything
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  33. 33. publish something I've written
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  34. 34. learn to ride a motorcycle
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  35. 35. watch royal tenenbaums again
    1 person
  36. 36. watch squid and the whale again
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  37. 37. Not feel ugly
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  38. 38. go to memphis to find my old man
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    1 person
  39. 39. maintain a list of future goals to remember for later
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    1 person
  40. 40. make plarn then crochet with it
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  41. 41. read the backlog, reread
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  42. 42. freecycle stuff I don't want anymore but is still quite usable and thus should not be thrown away
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  43. 43. make my own stencils
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How I did it
How to finish the teacher insight essays sigh
It took me
2 months
It made me
glad


How to urgently need to find a great way to chart the articles I have due and their deadlines
It took me
2 weeks
It made me
feel organized


Recent entries
travel (read all 2 entries…)
alright 1 week ago

So I haven’t done any traveling yet, beyond Sugar Land. But! I’ve thought about places I’d like to go, and entered places on 43 places. It’s not terribly specific yet, as more research needs to be done, but it’s a start.



read the backlog, reread
aha 3 weeks ago

I somehow just realized that I haven’t been reading lately, and that may be adding to my going nuts a bit, or at least it could help that nuttiness. Reading for me has usually been the best escape, with sleep as an adequate substitute I suppose, nightmares I haven’t mastered and all that. And in escape or at least repose the body and mind recovers itself, so I’ve been told. Everyone needs some rest once in a while…



Not feel ugly (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 3 weeks ago

I cut my hair. I like it shorter, I like feeling air brush across the back of my neck. I like that it only takes me about a minute to mess with my hair and then it actually looks okay.

I guess this one might sound silly, not feel ugly because of hair, but hair has been one of the banes of my existence for about as long as I can remember. Curly, lots of tangles, lots of frizz, nothing to do with it but put it in a ponytail or bun. Stress headaches.

When she cut the braid off it literally felt like I had lost pounds from my head, like the albatross falling off my neck or something, to be dramatic.

Let’s just say, this is related because I think I might actually, well, be closer to liking my hair now, like, hey, here’s one aspect of my appearance I can get behind. Ha…



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