I'm doing 41 things
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I’m stepping it up a notch…
tartaruca314's Life List
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1. Put together a benefit for my cousin Elizabeth
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2. Compose a song for my husband
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3. Keep a plant alive for at least one year
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4. Convert someone to vegetarianism
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5. Get back to volunteering regularly
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6. Teach Naomi how to play my favorite card game
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7. Become a Reiki master
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8. Organize my yarn stash
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9. Learn to Tango!
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10. Work out at least three times a week
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11. See the pyramids
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12. send love, hope and healing wishes to Livyru
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13. Take up yoga or tai chi...or both!
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14. Meditate every day
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15. Find a way to support myself financially
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16. Learn to be a good stay-at-home mom
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17. Become a one-vehicle family
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18. Learn to play euchre (well)
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19. Hike Glacier National Park
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20. Learn to be completely content with what I have
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21. Learn to bake bread like my mom makes
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22. Thru hike the Appalachian Trail
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23. Visit Thailand
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24. Lose 20 pounds
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25. Obtain my Ph.D.
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26. Reform education in the United States
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27. Fix my website
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28. Learn Spanish
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29. Visit New Zealand
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30. Visit someplace with white sand and clear blue water
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31. Publish my children's book
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32. Finish writing my novel
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33. Finish a NYT Sunday crossword without cheating
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34. Discover internal monologue
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35. Create a healthy meal plan for my family
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36. Get all my clothes into one dresser and one closet
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37. Get over my performance anxiety
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38. Sing professionally
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39. Learn to love silence
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40. Give my Kitchen a face lift
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41. Learn to play Clair de Lune
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How I did it
It made me
independent 
How I did it: Once I realized that I had maxed out every credit card in my name and borrowed against others to pay them off to no avail, I had to admit that 1.) I had a spending problem and 2.) I had to do something about it...fast! At the time, I was married to my first husband (who also had issues with money management) and we decided to look into credit counseling. This was the first big move. It was a smart one. We cut up AL… Read how I did it…
It made me
feel useful
How I did it: Once I finally realized that I needed te become a teacher (I was called to the profession in college when I was about 2/3 of the way through undergrad and studying to be an anthropologist) I busted my butt through as many teaching and English classes as I could manage. Since I was motivated, my grades were very good, but it was a lot of work. Methods courses are hard to take concurrently, so I recommend taking more than 2 year… Read how I did it…
It made me
delighted!
How I did it: We didn't have that much stuff in there to start with, but there were still boxes in the garage from when we moved in initially and they were getting ruined and gathering dust. We also had the issue of never being able to find the tools we needed at a given time, so I got a big, wire, industrial shelf, put that bad girl together, and got a bunch of plastic bins which I labeled to organize various families of tools and such. I … Read how I did it…
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