I'm doing 19 things
This. From my own driveway, after the most amazing weekend of encountering and worshipping the living King.
takebrokenme's Life List
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1. Spend at least 6 months (collectively) in Africa.
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2. Learn to drive.
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3. Take a road trip in a VW Camper Van
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4. Take a course with the Open University.
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5. Start a youth work network/prayer group in my home town.
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6. See the Edinburgh Military Tattoo live.
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7. See Lisa Marie Presley in concert.
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8. Write a book. (Even if just for me.)
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9. Take part in a flash-mob activity of some sort.
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10. Submit something to Post Secret.
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11. Ride a rollercoaster.
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12. Run through sprinklers on land that isn't mine.
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13. See 'Spring Awakening' performed live.
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14. Go to a ballet performance
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15. Live in a house where at least one wall is a top-to-bottom library. Like that scene in 'Beauty and the Beast' with the ladders & the dancing.
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16. Meet some of the friends I've been chatting with since I was 14.
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17. Visit the United States & explore: see where Emily Dickinson & Sylvia Plath grew up.
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18. Have a family of my own.. whatever shape that may take.
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19. Say thank you to the people who have impacted my life.
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How I did it
It made me
Loveliness. 
How I did it: i volunteered at a Salvation Army kids club throughout my 5th year of school. In 6th year i quit school and volunteered permamently.. Banterous. i shadowed a Youth & Children's Worker between two churches and helped lead various kids/youth clubs and discipleship groups. Awesome fun. i miss my wee kiddos. Tanzania too <3 Read how I did it…
It made me
Blah. 
How I did it: Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry, Sociology. How did i do it?..With a lot of stressing and worrying and tears...With a heck of a lot of coffee and late late nights...With a Sociology lesson that often consisted of only myself & two friends & was major banter...With a teacher that i adored & looked up to & who made me feel like i was actually capable of some achievement. My results were rubbish and not at all what i wante… Read how I did it…
It made me
Scary, but good.
How I did it: Public speaking was, and still is, a terrifying thing for me. Publicly speaking.. about me? That's just horrific! But there was a time when i felt strongly that God had given me a story and that i needed to share it, maybe for someone else, but mostly as a step in the right direction for me. So i did. At my own Salvation Army corps at home and at a youth centre in New Deer, where a 13 year old girl partially inspired me towards youth work… Read how I did it…
