I'm doing 42 things
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2 months ago
I just got accepted to study abroad in France for fall semester!!!! I’m so ridiculously excited. Anybody got any tips?
stcybaby21's Life List
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1. do 20 crunches for 20 days
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2. get to 50% on cleansweap
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3. meditate daily for a week
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4. Give up fast food for 1 week.
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5. do the splits
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6. drink more water
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7. put on body lotion everyday for a month
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8. lose 5 pounds
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9. Lose 10 pounds
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10. Read the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
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11. donate plasma
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12. Become totally fluent in French
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13. Make a quilt
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14. knit a scarf
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15. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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16. learn italian
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17. Get a PhD
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18. get a tattoo
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19. visit Greece
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20. Own a pair of Manolo Blahniks
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21. grow an herb garden
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22. Swim with dolphins
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23. Skydive
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24. study abroad
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25. go on a cruise
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26. Go white water rafting
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27. Fly First Class
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28. try a new recipe once a month
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29. lose 15 pounds
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30. Lose 20 pounds
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31. Go to an Ivy League school
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32. spend Christmas in New York
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33. lose 10% of my body weight
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34. Go rockclimbing and make it to the top
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35. travel to every continent
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36. create small pieces of art, and leave them for people to find
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37. Roll on your side down a grassy bank
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38. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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39. wwoof
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40. complete the "travelersnotebook" 50 things to do before you die list
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41. live a minimalist lifestyle
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42. take a self defense class
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How I did it
It made me
grateful 
How I did it: Every night before bed I'd get on 43 things and just force myself to come up with 3 positive things. Sometimes I'd be feeling very negative and say "I finished all my homework although not very well" and then I'd have to remember, "ONLY POSITIVE THINGS!!" it takes a lot of work to get yourself out of the poor me my life is so hard way of thinking but it is possible. i've never been so happy in my life and it's not because i changed … Read how I did it…
It made me
feel responsible
How I did it: I really love Suze Orman and she has this plan where you line up all your credit cards by interest rate with the highest first. Then you pay the minimum on all the cards while paying a little extra on the first. After that one is paid off you switch the money that you had been paying monthly on the first card over to the second card on top of the minimum you were already paying. You do this until you're done! This was a lot easier for me … Read how I did it…
It made me
very happy
How I did it: I went to the red cross website and called their hotline which took down my information. About 3 days later someone from red cross called me to set up an appointment so I did that. Then the night before the appointment someone called me to tell me that i should eat a big meal with iron and get plenty of sleep and that they'd have snacks for me. I was incredibly nervous but i got there and it was great. I was catered to like i was special … Read how I did it…
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5 months ago
12 days completed…after this i’m moving on to 50 crunches for 50 days and adding 10 push ups for ten days and so on
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5 months ago
this list can be found at http://thetravelersnotebook.com/activity-guide/50-things-to-do-before-you-die/
50 Things to do Before you Die
1. Set foot on each of the seven continents. Antarctica might be a tough one, but once you’ve reached all seven you can truly call yourself a world traveler.
2. Cross a country on a bicycle. A bicycle tour takes some planning, but it beats being separated from a country though a passenger-side window.
3. Ride something bigger than a horse. Trekking through the jungle on the back of a two story tall elephant will surely be something you remember forever.
4. Live like a local for a month. The experience of visiting native peoples will give you way more insight into another way of life than two years hopping from one backpacker ghetto to the next.
5. Visit a “real” blues bar in Chicago. What better way to leave music’s commercialism behind and find the soul of the blues?
6. Learn another language. This is definitely a weighty and time-consuming proposition, but there are plenty of resources out there to ease the process.
7. Go heli-skiing. The access to snow and terrain via heli is different (read: better) that anything else you’ll ever experience.
8. Travel India by train. With its extensive rail network, this mode of transport is the best way to see one of the world’s most colorful and diverse countries.
9. Climb one of the world’s Seven Summits. Climbing mountains is not for the faint-hearted, but everyone has had a dream of standing atop one.
10. Dive with a whale shark. Swimming with these gentle giants is among the most powerful wilderness experiences in the world.
11. Participate in a Carnival parade in Brazil. You haven’t had a good night out until you’ve been to the biggest party in a nation of big parties.
12. Dance Tango in Argentina.
13. Surf. It’s not about being a ripper but just catching waves.
14. SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef. The largest coral reef in the world is a must for dive enthusiasts. It is the world’s most unique aquatic environment.
15. Publish an article about your travels. Part of traveling is sharing your experiences with others. Plus, getting published might be easier than you think.
16. Volunteer abroad for a month.
17. Follow in the footsteps of your favorite travel book. What better guide than a book that inspired you to travel in the first place?
18. Take a bush plane ride into Africa’s interior. These lightly visited regions are filled with unique cultures and diverse wildlife.
19. Cross a glacier on foot. Traversing these fast-disappearing natural wonders is an adventure that future generations might not be able to experience.
20. Visit the source of one of the world’s great rivers. Great rivers, like the Nile, have humble beginnings.
21. Climb an active volcano.
22. Buy a boat and learn to sail. Before the Brothers Wright, everyone traveled by wind power. It’s still the most sustainable way to travel there is.
23. Follow your food from field to table. Most people in the world still eat what they have picked with their own hands. Why not get back to these basics?
24. Bathe in the Ganges. What better way to experience the spiritual heart of India?
25. Travel around the world. Sure, you could do this without ever setting foot outside of planes and airports, but few people ever truly traverse the entire globe. Round the world tickets are great for budget-minded wanderers.
26. Photograph an endangered species. Aside from an image you can keep for a lifetime, it will remind you, and others, how fragile life can be.
27. Participate in Burning Man . As they say: “Trying to explain Burning Man to someone who has never been is like trying to explain color to a blind person.”
28. Spend 24 hours alone in the jungle.
29. Learn how to make a national dish. What is the one and only thing that everyone has in common? Eating.
30. Teach English in a foreign country. Sure, it’s a way to fund your travels, but also the experience of a lifetime.
31. Attend a music festival in another country.
32. Cross a country using only public transportation. See a country the way most of its people do: from the window of a bus, train, or ferry.
33. Spend the night in a storied/historic hotel. You might not even have to leave town to experience a night of classic atmosphere.
34. Attend the Olympics. Whatever you say about the commercialism of the Olympic Games, they are one of the biggest events on the planet.
35. Meet your favorite (living) travel writer. They’ve inspired you; now thank them for it.
36. Travel to Germany to experience Love Parade. It’s one of the biggest festivals, attendance-wise, on the planet.
37. Partake in a Japanese Tea Ceremony. This timeless tradition is at the heart of Japanese culture.
38. Join a caravan in the Sahara. See how people can thrive in one of the world’s harshest environments.
39. Go to Oktoberfest. The meeting of over 6 million beer afficionados and drinking song singers is one of the biggest parties in Europe.
40. Stand at the North or South Pole.
41. Be in the stands when two rival South American club teams play each other in soccer. Soccer (sorry, football) is a passion for most of the world’s population.
42. Visit the birthplace or gravesite of a cultural icon. Could be Che Guevara or Picasso or Levi Strauss or the guy who invented widgets; anyone you think is important.
43. Find your version of “The Beach.” One of the best travel books ever inspired a generation of backpackers. Why not find your own version of untouched paradise?
44. Enjoy a freshly rolled cigar in Cuba. Taste a hand rolled specialty close to its source.
45. Visit every capital city in Europe. The crowded continent is full of beautiful architecture and diverse cultures.
46. Watch an orchestral performance in Vienna.
47. Skydive. It is the ultimate thrill, unless you add a wingsuit, and actually fly.
48. Bike the Pacific Coast Highway.
49. Shake hands with someone who has truly changed a country.
50. Participate in the world’s biggest water fight during Thailand’s New Year’s festivities (Songkran).
