I'm doing 39 things
This one’s been a constant work in progress, but I’m doing it more often than not, so I consider it an accomplishment. People really can’t hide who they are inside their eyes, so it’s been useful for that. Good luck!
tempusfrangit's Life List
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1. learn to love myself
1,573 people -
2. learn to be less paranoid and more forgiving
2 people -
3. Compare myself to no one, but who I was yesterday
110 people -
4. stop being so insecure
408 people -
5. Recognize 5 good things I did each day
2 people -
6. have more patience
2 cheers830 people -
7. Stop caring what other people think of me
1 cheer4,649 people -
8. live without regrets
142 people -
9. participate in Songkran in Bangkok
2 people -
10. visit the Elliott Smith memorial on Sunset Boulevard
153 people -
11. beat trichotillomania
76 people -
12. eat healthier
11,151 people -
13. become fluent in Russian
132 people -
14. make a complete chess set
1 person -
15. Live in Russia for a year
2 people -
16. go on an old fashioned date
1 person -
17. See gay marriage legalized
19 people -
18. Start my own hostel
22 people -
19. go to nunavut
12 people -
20. Take a flashlight tour of the Winchester Mystery House
4 people -
21. Travel all over Canada
1 person -
22. Have a pedicure from Dr. Fish
1 person -
23. Get a College Education
17 people -
24. Get (or renew) a passport
329 people -
25. Go on The Real Black Dahlia Crime Bus Tour
1 person -
26. Be part of a flash mob
178 people -
27. Make it back out to Dragon*con in the next 5 years.
1 person -
28. go on a ziptrek tour
2 people -
29. Go to Jamestown - Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center
1 person -
30. Stay overnight in The Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast.
1 cheer2 people -
31. Drive over the Peace Bridge
1 person -
32. get my teeth fixed
772 people -
33. Fill a bottle with water from the Pacific Ocean and empty it into the Atlantic Ocean
194 people -
34. learn to play drums
517 people -
35. acquire a canvas bigger than me and paint a picture on it
3 people -
36. pay for the person behind me
109 people -
37. read Infinite Jest
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38. hug a stranger
167 people -
39. Quit thinking I think too much and embrace my thought process
40 people
How I did it
It made me
Gleeful. 
How I did it: I bought pre-made postcards and painted pictures on the fronts and white-outed the backs. I put white-out as a primer on the front - and then painted whatever I thought suited the secret in question. Then I sealed it with .. believe it or not, clear nail polish. Waited for it to dry before --- I put white-out on the address side to get rid of description from the postcard's previous incarnation and waited for that to dry before I addresse… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
It’s something you work at. It’s something you concentrate on every day. But catching eye contact and exchanging a grin, so worth it. I trip a little, due to pigeon-toes, but I’m getting a lot better at turning my feet out, keeping them out and walking with my head held a bit higher.
They are truly talons. I love them. It’s been difficult to keep from biting them since I quit smoking and had a massive drama dump in my life recently, but I’m so glad I have them. Getting a manicure here and there helps. When they’re well groomed, it seems to help me anyway. Women, apply nail polish! When you want to bite, chip off the nail polish instead.
To everyone struggling with this, YOU CAN DO IT. I believe in you. It’s worth it.
