I'm doing 40 things
first love
2 weeks ago
Because wanting to learn three instruments just isn’t enough.
I’m hoping my current fiddle pursuit will create a direct route to cello, which is my first stringed love. And I can’t abandon that fascination.
tamaracamera's Life List
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1. Learn to play the fiddle.
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2. Learn to play the guitar.
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3. Shoot photographs at least once a week.
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4. Learn how to print (well) my photographs digitally.
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5. Learn a new word every day and remember it.
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6. Cook a meal I prepare entirely myself once a week.
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7. Edit and beautify my first novel.
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8. Write a better novel.
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9. Write a screenplay.
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10. Take a film class.
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11. Make a film.
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12. Read a book a month.
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13. Do yoga.
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14. Sort through my old writing and figure out what to do with it all.
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15. Exhibit my photographs in a public place.
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16. Eat, drink and be merry healthier.
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17. Learn how to cook without a recipe.
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18. Keep in touch with the people I care about.
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19. Travel outside of the U.S. this year.
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20. Contribute my time to a good cause.
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21. Perform with musicians in front of an audience.
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22. Go hang gliding, skydiving, or some other activity involving air travel and no engine.
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23. Take flying lessons.
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24. Take a hot air balloon ride.
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25. Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination.
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26. Go on a vacation by myself.
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27. Pay off debt.
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28. live outside the US for a year
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29. Study philosophy for the fun of it.
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30. Study film history.
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31. Edit less.
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32. Learn Spanish
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33. Create my personal space.
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34. Learn to play the piano.
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35. Leave town once a month.
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36. Renew my passport.
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37. Enjoy my mornings.
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38. Sort through, organize, scan and archive my photos and negatives.
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39. visit all 50 states
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40. Learn to play the cello
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How I did it
It made me
Amazed 
How I did it: Throw away trash. Take out trash. Do dishes. Clean counters, sinks, bathtub, toilet. Make bed. Do laundry. Hang up clothes. Sweep floor. I should probably put at the top of this list "ditch dirty old apartment and all other unnecessary crap." Makes 1-8 as easy as 1-2-3. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I don’t know what that means. I wrote and wrote and wrote yesterday and today I’m all written out. But I will write this: The most surprising part of this writing workshop was that I really was not in the mood to write when I went and I actually liked most of what I wrote by the end. Which makes me think that I need to write when I’m not in the mood. And that I need to think very little about any of it in advance. Come to (not) think of it, those two aspects combined equal my new philosophy about everything.
still
1 month ago
I finally enrolled in a class and after four weeks I’ve learned four songs, and even how to slur and slide! I’m about to start level two, when I learn to drone and dribble. I made the “dribble” up, but I might try it anyway.
My skills leave a lot to be desired, but I still desire. This relationship may renew my faith in longevity.
