I'm doing 37 things
This is more difficult than it sounds.
2 days ago
I drive past it every day, but I’m going to or coming home from work(when I’m tired). The place is only open at irregular times for scheduled events.
sue820's Life List
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1. successfully complete the master gardener program.
8 entries . 6 cheers1 person -
2. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
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3. Drive a forklift.
5 entries . 7 cheers7 people -
4. Attend a live music venue once a month.
1 entry . 1 cheer1 person -
5. Finish tweaking my budget on mint.com and stick to it for one month.
2 entries . 6 cheers1 person -
6. Go to a zydeco dance.
3 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
7. Go 21 days in a row without complaining
9 entries . 20 cheers1 person -
8. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
1 entry . 2 cheers213 people -
9. Eat goat that has been prepared by someone who knows how.
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10. Roll on my side down a grassy bank
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11. see a meteor shower
7 entries . 12 cheers159 people -
12. Read at least 15 books I already own for 2009.
2 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
13. Read the books I had to return to the library before I could get to them.
7 entries . 2 cheers1 person -
14. Keep track of all the books I read in 2009
1 entry40 people -
15. Make a juicing recipe that one of my friends gave me.
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16. Walk the Wright Environmental Education Center park.
1 entry1 person -
17. Attend a monster truck rally.
2 entries . 2 cheers2 people -
18. Leave a positive written comment for an employee at least 4 times over the course of a year.
2 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
19. Help my daughter paint and redecorate her room.
1 entry . 5 cheers1 person -
20. Go white water rafting
3 cheers1,262 people -
21. Go to a safari park
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
22. Take my kids to the Atlanta Steeplechase.
2 entries1 person -
23. Paint an oil painting.
1 entry . 1 cheer35 people -
24. Finish reading my dad's manuscript.
1 entry . 6 cheers1 person -
25. Write a song
1 entry . 3 cheers4,190 people -
26. create a home inventory
1 entry . 1 cheer22 people -
27. Learn Spanish
4 entries . 8 cheers15,446 people -
28. Get an advanced degree
1 entry . 4 cheers34 people -
29. Get PADI certified for scuba diving and do a night dive with Manta Rays
2 entries . 3 cheers1 person -
30. Want to snowshoe sometime
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31. Visit Venice
1 entry . 5 cheers209 people -
32. see Yellowstone/Old Faithful
5 cheers15 people -
33. Go to the Galapagos Islands
6 cheers77 people -
34. Visit Washington, DC.
3 cheers138 people -
35. Take the Canadian portion of Amtrack
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36. Go to Ireland
7 cheers1,633 people -
37. Visit Scotland
1 cheer663 people
How I did it
It made me
appreciative 
How I did it: Of course, there are many ways to do this. You can write a love letter in the form of a thank you letter or as a poem, for example. I chose to write it as a series of visual, auditory, and olfactory mental snapshots. Since this is how I usually remember people and events, it wasn't difficult to do. Read how I did it…
It made me
satisfied
How I did it: 1. Reuse the bags you have or buy reuseable bags, so you don't have to get new ones from the store every time you grocery shop. I bought the Publix reuseable bags, which are the perfect shape, and which made bringing the large amount of groceries in from the car so much easier. Kept one brightly colored bag on the front passenger seat to remind me before I went into the store.2. Switch to paper towels and toilet pa… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Leave a positive written comment for an employee at least 4 times over the course of a year. (read all 2 entries…)
For one of their employees, who was extremely pleasant and helpful. Since I usually don’t expect exemplary service from Verizon, it was especially nice.
Started over about a week ago.
2 days ago
When I mentioned to a coworker that I hadn’t complained in 2 weeks, she mentioned a comment I had made about a birdfeeder she had recommended. I had mentioned that it didn’t hold enough to last for more than a couple of days because we sell this feeder, but since she had recommended it, she took it as a complaint. When I said I would start over again, she wanted me not to count it, but if it bothered her enough to mention it and remember it as a complaint, then it counts as a complaint, since I’ve already decided that my intent is not the only criteria for judging what is or is not a complaint.
