sweetshoola

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I'm doing 20 things
 

sweetshoola's Life List

  1. 1. find my home
    15 people
  2. 2. float the Stikine River
    1 person
  3. 3. meditate every day
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    651 people
  4. 4. be a mother
    577 people
  5. 5. read, read, and read some more
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    370 people
  6. 6. practice yoga every day
    1 cheer
    64 people
  7. 7. expand my vocabulary
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    2,608 people
  8. 8. do a vipassana meditation retreat
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    71 people
  9. 9. go to India
    1 cheer
    1,079 people
  10. 10. write a book
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    26,005 people
  11. 11. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
    1 cheer
    7,515 people
  12. 12. be a better teacher
    224 people
  13. 13. read The Count of Monte Cristo
    43 people
  14. 14. ice skate
    127 people
  15. 15. take ayahuasca with a shaman
    7 people
  16. 16. think smaller
    1 person
  17. 17. pay off credit cards
    1,398 people
  18. 18. be in the best shape of my life...
    46 people
  19. 19. see the northern lights
    1 entry
    16,854 people
  20. 20. Lose 30 pounds
    5,154 people

How I did it
How to get a dog
It took me
14 months
It made me


How to be more confident
It took me
2 years
It made me
happy


Recent entries
be in love
changing it to "be love" 18 months ago

It’s not hard to acknowledge feelings of lust and passion towards someone, but that is not what love is. Until I can let myself BE LOVE, I cannot give love, and therefore being “in love” won’t happen. It’s far, far away, if at all, for me.



stop biting my fingernails
What's the point? 21 months ago

It’s not like it’s necessarily bad for you. In fact, it could be the reason I have such a strong immune system. I give up… there are more important things in life.



stop smoking
an easy way to quit 21 months ago

I was able to quit by using Nicorette gum (2 mg) whenever I had a craving for a cigarette. Once the smoking habit is gone, you sort of forget to chew the gum. It worked for me and is worth the investment. I still keep some gum around just in case I’m ever tempted (like when I’m around smokers or have been drinking)
As an incentive, keep a “piggy bank” of cash that you would have spent on a pack of cigarettes (so for example, in my state cigarettes are $7 a pack and I would smoke about 1 pack every 3-4 days, so every 3-4 days I would put $7 in the bank. Then, when you have quit and are totally free of nicotine… take that money and buy something cool for yourself as a reward.
Good luck… be one of the 5% who actually remain non-smokers after quitting! It is hard, so you should be proud of yourself when you do. Who wants to be a wheezy, yellow, wrinkly, stinky old person anyway?



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