I'm doing 36 things
I was recently inspired with an idea for a historical novel. I have the characters in my mind, and I know the basic sequence of the story. Now…the hard part. Firstly, I want to be accurate and there are many things to take into account – the subtleties about how people related to each other at that particular time – men and women, people within families, people of different races and cultures -as these are all important aspects of the story – as well as the accuracy of the area where it is all taking place at the time. The other aspect will be actually physically writing the story – deciding on a point of view, what to do stylistically. Currently I am doing research, reading books about the era in question. I occasionally play with a piece of dialogue between the characters. I realize that this is going to be a long term, and occasionally frustrating project, but I am quite excited about it.
tierrapajaro's Life List
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1. record my own cd
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2. live more mindfully
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3. sing with other people more.
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4. lose 20 pounds by June
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5. stop overeating
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6. Write some new songs.
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7. Play more gigs
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8. Save money
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9. do more art
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10. do something creative everyday!
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11. be more organized
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12. learn something new everyday
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13. find time to write everyday
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14. take piano lessons
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15. do something that scares me at least once a week
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16. eat only healthy food
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17. improve my spanish
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18. Finish my family tree that I started
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19. kick my sugar addiction for good
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20. become fluent in at least 3 languages
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21. take a math class for math-phobic adults
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22. meditate
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23. procrastinate less
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24. be the change i wish to see in the world
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25. see my friends more
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26. be more romantic
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27. do more kayaking
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28. tone my body
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29. Conquer my ADD
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30. do something significant to improve the world at least once a month
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31. do better in my job
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32. increase my vocabulary
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33. be bolder
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34. be completely myself all the time
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35. copyright all of my finished music
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36. write a novel
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Well, I’ve begun a preliminary recording of my music so that I can hear it and arrange it. A friend has been kind enough to help me on his home recording equipment. I have had a lot of fun doing harmonies with myself. It’s thrilling, actually. But even more thrilling will be the moment when I have a demo project that I can hand over to the musicians who I want to work with so that they can hear my concepts and add their own parts. Stay tuned.
I decided that it was time for me to have a website. I purcahsed a domain name through Yahoo and it was very easy! I was delighted to know that my own name was available. They even have tools through their small business site to help you build a website. I’m still working on a website, but as a relatively low tech person, I really don’t need anything but my computer to put together a pretty decent looking site.
