And it will help you to understand both how large and how small the world is. I lived in a foreign country at the age of 10-11, and it changed the course of my life. I will never forget it.
Stephanie's Life List
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1. go to Scotland
1 entry . 8 cheers381 people -
2. lose weight
3 entries . 2 cheers31,799 people -
3. exercise more
1 entry . 1 cheer4,456 people -
4. Write more thank you notes
2 cheers445 people -
5. write in my journal more often
1 cheer535 people -
6. learn gaelic
3 entries . 6 cheers543 people -
7. Visit Chicago
1 cheer189 people -
8. Learn Spanish
1 entry12,997 people -
9. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
1 cheer459 people -
10. do more nice things for the people I love
1 entry . 3 cheers2 people -
11. go to SXSW Interactive
1 entry . 1 cheer79 people -
12. read and implement Getting Things Done
1 cheer119 people -
13. Read the top 100 most banned/challenged books
2 entries . 1 cheer2 people -
14. Save money
1 cheer12,370 people -
15. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
1 cheer16,404 people -
16. own a Vespa
155 people -
17. visit all 50 states
6,005 people -
18. Cook dinner in the crock-pot once a week!
2 people -
19. learn the words to Ave Maria
12 people -
20. do more yoga
536 people -
21. Get a Promotion/Raise
3 people -
22. be less wasteful
31 people -
23. walk 10,000 steps a day
146 people
My 10-yr-old niece taught me an easy way to cast on, and the knit stitch, and I went online to one of the many tutorials and learned to purl and bind off. It’s so much easier than I ever thought it would be.
Now I’m over halfway through my first project (a scarf, of course, in a simple stockinette stitch (k2, p2), and am really enjoying it. I pick it up whenever I have spare time and have watched (mostly listening!) two movies in the process. It’s incredibly addictive for someone who fidgets as much as I do anyway. It gives me something to do with my fingers. Don’t overdo it though – you get a bit of hand cramps and carpal tunnel pain after a few hours straight. Still, I can’t stop!
... but good enough for me to count this done… I just wanted to see my name (and writing!) in print, and a letter to the editor of my favorite magazine did the trick. It was well-written, and I was proud of it. done

