I'm doing 42 things
I’ve registered with the ABRSM so I can enter myself for the theory exam in March.
However, I do have lots of actual university revision to be getting on with as well, so I hope I can balance these things!
spookie's Life List
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1. Convert to Judaism
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2. do yoga more often
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3. refuse to diet
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4. learn to play the accordian
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5. renew my Canadian passport
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6. go to Africa with my dad
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7. convince at least one more person to start volunteering
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8. learn Hebrew
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9. become a professional photographer
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10. play the harmonica
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11. take Stephen Fry to lunch
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12. study latin
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13. learn at least one complete piece by Einaudi
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14. paint a mural on my wall
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15. take my grade 5 piano and theory exams
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16. learn Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
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17. read Goethe
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18. get something published
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19. read the iliad and the odyssey
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20. visit my sister's grave
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21. be happy with myself
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22. Learn Makaton
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23. take part in a street skate
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24. Send a postcard to Postsecret France
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25. renew my first aid certificate
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26. Come off my medication
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27. go busking
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28. stop Playboy marketing to children
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29. get a writing journal and USE IT
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30. volunteer abroad
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31. milk a cow
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32. get another photography commission
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33. learn more Roman history
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34. identify 100 things that make me happy
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35. find a Bookcrossing book in the wild
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36. spin yarn
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37. climb a tree
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38. learn to surf
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39. go out and paint an abandoned television
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40. spend a Winter somewhere properly cold
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41. correct my spinal curve
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42. change my name by deed poll
3 people
Recent entries
or, as one attendee described us, “a musical cacophony”
we are (sometimes) comprised of a singer/guitarist, keyboards, a trumpet, a french horn, a flute, harmonica, and a ukulele (that’d be me).
It’s the brainchild of my friend Chris (the guitarist). There are usually minimal rehearsals before performing. It adds to the ramshackle appeal.
It’s been over 2 years since I added this goal to my list, and I’ve finally taken the first step. I’ve been on psychiatric meds of various kinds since I was 15, and on this current one, Efexor, for 5 and a half years. It’s been a total lifesaver, and I don’t think I could have gotten to where I am now (university, balance, future planning) without its help.
So thanks, Efexor, I think it’s time to go. My GP is starting me on a gentle reduction programme – I’m now on 75% of what I have been on for the last 18 months. Baby steps…
