touchingmeltemi

finding out what I have been missing all this time.



I'm doing 38 things
 

touchingmeltemi's Life List

  1. 1. get back in shape
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    617 people
  2. 2. go to edinburgh for hogmanay
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    6 people
  3. 3. spend an entire summer outside
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    2 people
  4. 4. live to do, not to have
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    1 person
  5. 5. find financial stability
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    4 people
  6. 6. realize the social service I keep envisioning
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    1 person
  7. 7. deal with stress in a constructive manner
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    1 person
  8. 8. finish my second undergraduate degree in chemistry
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    1 person
  9. 9. find a suitable job
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    7 people
  10. 10. Get through this semester
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    11 people
  11. 11. love my own heart
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    1 person
  12. 12. finish my genetics research
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    1 person
  13. 13. finish my organic chemistry research
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    1 person
  14. 14. be happy on my own..not having to rely on someone else for happiness
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    163 people
  15. 15. get over him
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    1,316 people
  16. 16. not be so lonely
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    2 people
  17. 17. find and read 20 inspirational works
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    1 person
  18. 18. walk my dog daily for several weeks
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    1 person
  19. 19. wake up earlier
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    1,880 people
  20. 20. find someone worth spending my life with
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    2 people
  21. 21. finally break out of my unproductive cycle and become something INCREDIBLE
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    1 person
  22. 22. see Angkor Watt
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    2 people
  23. 23. Massacre the MCAT's
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    3 people
  24. 24. move to a new city
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    131 people
  25. 25. go to carnival in Brazil and Venice
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    1 person
  26. 26. have more self control
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    109 people
  27. 27. celebrate Chinese New Year in Beijing
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    1 person
  28. 28. run with the bulls in Spain
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    29 people
  29. 29. ignite my passion
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    1 person
  30. 30. finish all my art projects
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    3 people
  31. 31. fill The Wine List
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    5 people
  32. 32. pay off my student loans
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    2,845 people
  33. 33. find silent exhilaration everyday
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    1 person
  34. 34. transform my life
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    4 people
  35. 35. find what I am made of, somehow, somewhere
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    1 person
  36. 36. go to medical school
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    446 people
  37. 37. go to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day
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    6 people
  38. 38. learn five languages (besides English)
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    1 person

How I did it
How to read the "Grapes of Wrath"
It took me
3 days
It made me
not like Steinbeck


How to move to England
It took me
6 months
It made me
a different person


How to graduate from college
It took me
4 years
It made me
accomplished


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Recent entries
find and read 20 inspirational works (read all 6 entries…)
The Way of the Peaceful Warrior 1 week ago

I want to buy this book and read once a year. I couldn’t believe the path of self discovery it lead me on nor the truth in the destination. Truly a great read and deserves to be on this list.

A Moveable Feast on the other hand is not getting read anytime soon. I soon realized it is not the sort of book that I am looking for at the moment. Maybe The Life of Pi will be better.

So the list thus far is:
1) The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.
2) Planetwalker by John Francis
3)The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Honorable mention:
A Million Little Pieces



get over him (read all 6 entries…)
Self-destruct 1 week ago

I managed to fail my biochem test this morning all because I couldn’t concentrate. This is the second time I’ve self-destructed looking for meaning in my failed relationship/friendship. I need some help but I feel trapped. I can’t keep depending on my family or friends to support me because eventually those relationships will become strained. My past experiences with counseling have been terrible and unhelpful. I don’t know where to turn.

I am lost. Is there anyway to put this behind me?



get over him (read all 6 entries…)
Letter 2 weeks ago

It took a few days but my anger has subsided. There is a lingering sadness however. It’s with me often. Healthy and not, I started recalling all of the problems and disappointments. Every complaint on either end and everything that kept us together for so long. I want to organize it all and print it down on paper to see what really happened. It’s not about just finding “what went wrong (as if it’s singular)” but what I learned and how I’ve been impacted.

This is not about revenge either. I am not sending him what I will write. It’s for myself only. I need to make sense of every moment. This will either be the best idea I’ve ever had the worst pain I have ever felt.

“Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened.”

Unknown



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