I couldn’t have worded this goal better myself =) I wouldn’t be surprised if I were to find my picture tacked up on my local library’s “do not lend” wall of shame. Getting a new card is on my to-do list for July.
teaandoranges's Life List
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1. learn tagalog
492 people -
2. take cello lessons
19 people -
3. Do something new every week
67 people -
4. get over myself
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5. attain another library card, and return books on time so i can keep it this time
1 entry . 1 cheer2 people -
6. simplify my life
1 cheer1,143 people -
7. learn ballroom dancing
1 cheer380 people -
8. go to bed earlier
1 cheer1,613 people -
9. organize a sewing kit
33 people -
10. explore the city i live in
1 cheer275 people -
11. volunteer
3 cheers4,891 people -
12. watch less tv
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13. get rid of all my clutter
1 cheer1,139 people -
14. learn to eat alone in a restaurant
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15. learn to sew
3,647 people -
16. bake really good bread
1 entry14 people -
17. get another tattoo
3,420 people -
18. live in a foreign country
2,452 people -
19. finish my bachelors degree
466 people -
20. walk 4 times a week
8 people -
21. read all the books I have before buying even one more
343 people -
22. visit new york
1,371 people -
23. organize my photos
1,250 people -
24. read modern library's 100 best novels of the 20th century
560 people -
25. pay off credit cards
1,393 people -
26. visit the philippines
2 cheers97 people -
27. walk a 5k
2 cheers24 people -
28. get published
1 cheer1,996 people -
29. learn to paint
1 cheer1,158 people -
30. Take a cooking class
1 cheer702 people
And then I woke up.
My first - and last - attempt to bake bread was when I was twelve. Overcome by the new and exciting urge to knead dough and play with packets of yeast, I happily worked away in the kitchen for hours only to produce some ghastly loaves that even the cats wouldn’t nibble on.
I think this will be a fun learning project for the summer: I’m older, more patient, and (somewhat) better at following directions. The worst that could happen is that I amass a collection of organic doorstops over the next few months. I wonder if there is a market for that…
I stopped watching during Memorial Day weekend with the goal of no t.v. for the summer and it has been surprisingly easy to get used to. The set is turned on for my thrice-weekly movie rentals and nothing else. (Okay, so there was a low moment at 3am a few weeks ago when I thought ‘hey, I’ll just tune into CNN for a minute since I can’t sleep anyway’. I promptly turned it off due to lack of interest).
My primary motivation was to find other, more active things to do with my time. As winterinjuly predicted, my time spent tooling around the internet has skyrocketed instead. I suspect my next goal should be something along the lines of “socializing with people IRL”.
