I am writing this from Barcelona. My Spanish lessons are not being put to good use at all – every time someone addresses me in Spanish (or Catalan, as the case may be), I freeze and get the Deer-In-Headlights, panicked look on my face. I did manage to ask for directions and ask how to buy a ticket to Sitges and order some ‘agua’ to drink. As it happens, I am largely useless in restaurants as I don’t know the names of most vegetables or fruits, and they are NOT intuitive. But I love love love hearing this language spoken, and plan on continuing my lessons when I go home.
tippytoes's Life List
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1. Complete The Big Sit: Tricycle Magazine's 90-day meditation challenge
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2. take a class at every yoga centre in the city with HavanaCat to find out which ones we like the most
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3. Take part in the 100 Thing Challenge
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4. Lose 20 pounds!
2 team members . 8 entries . 9 cheers6,490 people -
5. Complete a Yoga instructor certification course
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6. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically
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7. volunteer in Africa, or some place that really needs me
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8. stop procrastinating
3 entries . 15 cheers26,255 people -
9. get out of debt
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10. re-learn Italian
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11. act as though I am fearless
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12. throw things away
3 entries . 21 cheers154 people -
13. slow down
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14. Work for/contribute to Adbusters
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15. become known as an expert in my field
1 entry . 11 cheers101 people -
16. Teach English in Korea... someday
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17. Get healthy and build a good immune system
2 entries . 6 cheers46 people -
18. write a book
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19. practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty
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20. Not hold expectations of people, only to be let down in the end.
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21. change somebody's life (for the better)
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22. Give up sugar
3 entries . 4 cheers145 people -
23. start running
2 entries . 5 cheers713 people -
24. save the environment
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25. Find a job that allows me to help save the world
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26. save the world
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27. Finish knitting the afghan I started
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29. Start waking up earlier every morning to jog or walk for 30 minutes
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30. Learn Spanish
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31. Start my own cupcake-making business
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32. Find a place that will display my paintings
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33. Create a weekly gym schedule and actually GO 5 days a week!
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34. Finally put up all those shelves that have been sitting there for months!
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35. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
2 cheers179 people
How I did it: It is still a work in progress but I'm going to count it as finished. When I started this goal, I didn't do this at all and probably didn't think it was entirely possible. But now I know, it's a matter of breathing and living with mindfulness. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I don't think I can say that one single thing did it, but many experiences and events contributed to the 'finished project'. I watched myself each time I had a thought along the lines of: "Where did THAT come from?" or "Why did I/ didn't I say/do that?" I paid attention each time that happened (and sometimes it happened a LOT!) Read how I did it…
How I did it: I registered for the 21-day retreat as soon as it opened, in January. I also booked my flight at the same time to make sure I would go... and the rest is history! :) Read how I did it…
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....if it wasn’t for the horrible case of food poisoning I had which caused me to miss 6 days straight, I would’ve been able to say that I’m close to completing the challenge. As it stands, I think I’ll hit only 23 out of 30… but that’s still good, so I’m trying to focus on the fact that the food poisoning was BEYOND MY CONTROL. Grr…
Tonight was brutal. 90 minutes of pure hell. I couldn’t stand in tree pose, I couldn’t stand in dancer’s pose, I couldn’t even… well… STAND! Everything was insanely difficult and to top it all off, I started crying during final savasana. It just wasn’t a yoga day for me.
I’m kind of glad I can skip tomorrow, but it only means I’ll have to double up later on, and maybe make peace with the practice on Wednesday evening… sigh
