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stressybessy




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  2. 1. draw every day
    3 entries . 29 cheers     		300 people
  3. 2. Do my Morning Pages every day for 12 weeks
    14 cheers     		2 people
  4. 3. learn to meditate
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1,620 people
  5. 4. Quit Smoking
    13 entries . 40 cheers     		8,509 people
  6. 5. Create a blog about creativity and art
    13 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Post 50 pieces of work to my DeviantArt page
    4 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. Learn to use Adobe Illustrator
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		196 people
  9. 8. Create a CSS Journal for my DeviantArt page
    2 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. Do the Couch to 5k running plan
    12 cheers     		312 people
  11. 10. Do something new every month
    4 entries . 16 cheers     		707 people
  12. 11. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
    11 entries . 10 cheers     		7,170 people
  13. 12. identify 100 things that make my partner happy
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		113 people
  14. 13. Design a tattoo for myself and my husband. And get it done!
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. finish my portfolio
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		249 people
  16. 15. learn to use a sewing machine
    10 cheers     		290 people
  17. 16. make an art quilt
    10 cheers     		5 people
  18. 17. learn 10 new stress-busting techniques
    5 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. learn italian
    10 cheers     		5,740 people
  20. 19. Watch a space shuttle launch
    11 cheers     		957 people
  21. 20. buy a house
    3 cheers     		12,584 people
  22. 21. Complete my Graphic Design Degree
    3 entries . 7 cheers     		4 people
  23. 22. Start my own business
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		8,600 people
  24. 23. build a website
    3 cheers     		600 people
  25. 24. learn calligraphy
    4 cheers     		454 people
  26. 25. plant a tree
    10 cheers     		1,066 people
  27. 26. Do NaNoWriMo
    4 cheers     		607 people
  28. 27. Hike the Appalachian Trail
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1,651 people
  29. 28. Give blood
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		2,953 people
  30. 29. learn the constellations
    2 cheers     		564 people
  31. 30. Do a self portrait everyday for a year
    7 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. Learn to snowboard
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		2,451 people
  33. 32. promote Allen Carr's Easyway to other 43ers who want to stop smoking
    6 team members . 2 entries . 3 cheers     		9 people
  34. 33. Design my Own Myspace layout
    1 entry     		88 people
  35. 34. Give 1000 cheers
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		180 people
  36. 35. Get a new job
    		1,831 people
  37. 36. Lose 10 pounds
    1 cheer     		5,945 people
  38. 37. Design and knit a yoga mat bag
    3 cheers     		3 people
  39. 38. Send a postcard to Postsecret
    1 cheer     		2,850 people
  40. 39. Encourage all the smokers who have the Amazing Goal of quitting
    55 team members . 1 entry . 2 cheers     		52 people
  41. 40. Change & update my 43Things goals to make them real, measurable and achievable.
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		2 people
Recent entries
draw every day (read all 3 entries…)
Back on the drawing wagon 18 months ago

Having fell off for a while. This is a WIP….

May 15, 2008, 05:54AM PDT | 2 cheers | 4 comments


Quit Smoking (read all 13 entries…)
6 Months.... I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 years ago

Freak Out!!!!!

Back on January 31st I challenged myself to quit smoking for 6 months, which was 2 months longer than my previous longest quit. Well yesterday I finally reached that goal, with relative ease. There are NO downsides to quitting smoking. If you can get through a few weeks of feeling uncomfortable ANYONE can do it.

When I quit smoking I was at the lowest point in my life. I was suffering from crippling anxiety and a driving phobia that was keeping me housebound. I decided I needed to do something big and brave to try and jump start my life again. The first thing I decided to do was quit smoking. Well, since that day everything has just snow balled; as a result of quitting smoking I started exercising and gave up soda which drastically reduced my anxiety. Then, fueled by my success with my health I finally worked up the courage to get in a car. After many tears and panic attacks I got my drivers license and now today I am going for a job interview, my first in over two years. At the end of this week I’ll be buying my first car!

In six months I have completely turned my life around and it all started with quitting putting that poison in my body. Its easily the best thing I have ever done for myself.

Anyway, final stats for y’all

stressybessy’s Quit Stats

Since Wednesday, January 31, 2007, I’ve been smoke-free for:
182 Days, 6 Hours, 57 Minutes, 42 Seconds.

I have saved $1,092.00 by not smoking 5468 cigarettes.

By not smoking I have added 12 Days, 5 Hours, 21 Minutes, 28 seconds to my life expectancy.

Aug 01, 2007, 03:59AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment


Quit Smoking (read all 13 entries…)
8 days til 6 months!!!! 2 years ago

Whoop!!!

stressybessy’s Quit Stats

Since Wednesday, January 31, 2007, I’ve been smoke-free for:
172 Days, 14 Hours, 48 Minutes, 38 Seconds.

I have saved $1,032.00 by not smoking 5178 cigarettes.

By not smoking I have added
11 Days, 13 Hours, 47 Minutes, 28 seconds.
to my life expectancy.

Jul 22, 2007, 11:49AM PDT | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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