I'm doing 17 things
Two Things Have Been Done!!!!
2 years ago
Many folks think that 43 Things is a time sucker but I have to say that going to the site and seeing that I have accomplished 2 things from my list of 21 was a cool thing.
tuckergurl's Life List
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1. fall in love again
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2. write a book and have it published
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3. Learn Spanish
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4. own property
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5. Raise a healthy happy child
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6. direct a feature film
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7. learn to drive
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8. be on Charlie Rose
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9. visit all 50 states
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10. attend the Cannes Film Festival
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11. weigh what I did in college
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12. produce a story for NPR
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13. write letters to my heroes
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14. start a photo journal - take at least a photo a day to represent my life
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15. exercise regularly
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16. pay off my student loans
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17. make a zine
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Recent entries
My Biking Chronicles
2 years ago
I am always amazed and humbled by the power of the mind.
Yesterday, I had my first bike riding lesson. We went to the park around the corner from me. There was some street hoops event there, of course so we tried to find a calm little section to practice on. There were kids everywhere. 8 year olds riding around on their bikes, mocking me. Mocking me!
Initially, it was fine. I was riding right away and felt pretty good about it …
... until I almost knocked a child out of their carriage.
Now, I know that people fall when they start riding a bike but it’s still a bit scary. The fall messed with my head. The confidence that I built got chipped away at, or rather hacked at. I was riding fine before that. Felt pretty confident but then I just kept falling.
It was so clearly a mind thing. I know that. That’s the hardest part. You know it’s just in your head and you just need to get over it but for some reason you can’t.
Eventually, I did get back on my bike and rode for a block. I’m proud of myself but being the perfectionist that I am, still unhappy.
More biking adventures to come …
bike in the shop
3 years ago
my friend is giving me a long term loan on a bike. i dropped it off at the bike station (on vanderbilt in lovely prospect heights) to get a tune up. it will be ready on saturday. ecck!!! i am scared to get it because now it means i am going to have to ride it! scary.
yes, i am lame. i do not know how to ride a bike. i rode a bike once when i was 9 or so, fell off of it and almost got a concussion. i have never been on a bike since. now i’m almost 30 and i realize i just have to get over it. everyone in brooklyn rides a bike and my life would be so much easier if i did too. still, the fear is there.
i am not quite sure what i am afraid of. i think i see myself as this “big girl” who is totally uncoordinated and can’t do it. i know it’s all in my head which is why i am even trying doing this at all but the mind is a powerful thing. it can really hold you back. i learn that again and again.
