I'm doing 36 things
I have learned numbers 1 through 20 in Italian! All thanks to the little apps that are accessible via my IPOD :)
tara1127's Life List
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1. practice yoga
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2. meditate
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3. Check out the ADHD resources at BU's SSD
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4. Formulate my dissertation interests concisely and coherently (and brilliantly too would be good!)
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5. create file system for my paperwork
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6. Find a new counselor
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7. set up my new bed!
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8. make my bedroom cozy
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9. Create PhD calendar, print, post to wall
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10. Find a dentist in the area & make appointment
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11. get a blender
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12. list out conferences for upcoming year & figure out which ones I want to go to vs/and present at
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13. personalize my office a bit
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14. start reading the lion and the unicorn, and other select publications
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15. learn italian
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16. collect my favorite poetry, and get that published
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17. Practice Gratitude
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18. publish something. anything.
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19. do more cardio for my heart
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20. Go back to Europe
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21. dance more often
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22. Bake a key lime pie
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23. enjoy carving (beautifully, positively) the quality of the day
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24. straighten out my financial situation
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25. Improve my confidence
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26. learn and try new vegetarian recipes
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27. meet mark strand
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28. publish an academic article: look up publications, figure out my topic/presentation, apply
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29. see the aurora borealis
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30. clean my bedroom
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31. I'm not sure if this is one of those things that one should let go of, but I'd really like to get through this existential/metaphysical crisis I've been having.
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32. write poetry again
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33. Keep track of what I'm reading and what I think about it
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34. Figure out a successful way to hang the Magritte in my office
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35. Get my horde of pictures in order
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36. Get one of those fabulous lap desks. Enough said.
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How I did it
It made me
awed 
How I did it: Well, I did two approx. 30 page papers; the first I was assigned last fall semester, and the second was from last spring semester. I started to think along Thoreau's line "how vain it is to sit down to write when you have not yet stood up to live", and got very intellectual, started only thinking about being a European expatriate, and became a terrible student. Then I got a reality check: I moved back home, to my parents. Afte… Read how I did it…
It made me
conscious 
How I did it: I have reconnected; but I have also realized that its not just about reconnecting-- its about being able to ride the wave of the "eternal chord" once you reconnect to it. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I think I’ve been doing a lot with this goal lately. My anxiety for the past six months or so has been, well, scary (see goal re: getting over this existential/metaphysical anxiety); but I heard that aluminum, which is in most anti-perspirant deodorants, can cause mood swings/changes, so I stopped using it and I have been feeling a lot calmer. Less like some freak, which is good for the whole loneliness/confidence/social anxiety issue. :-) We’ll see how this pans out.
This ridiculously simple goal has been taking me too long! I wish I could upload a picture on here-I am a veritable luddite-but I finally hung up the curtain rod base, its one of those fancy double rod deals, and I put up the sheers. My arms are aching. Drilling through plaster is rough work.
