 I'm doing 24 things |
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lose 43 pounds
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44 people |
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read every book I own
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2,117 people |
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own a book store
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30 people |
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Improve my French
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1,445 people |
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complete the 10-day MasterCleanse program
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91 people |
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watch all movies on AFI's 100 Best movies list
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444 people |
| 7. |
learn capoeira
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609 people |
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go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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21,507 people |
| 9. |
Do NaNoWriMo
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692 people |
| 10. |
cook every single dish in Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food
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1 person |
| 11. |
Visit a foreign city for every letter of the alphabet
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48 people |
| 12. |
run a 10K
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1,204 people |
| 13. |
run a 5k
2 entries |
2,786 people |
| 14. |
read 50 books this year
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207 people |
| 15. |
visit berlin
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127 people |
| 16. |
stop drinking soda for a month
2 cheers |
12 people |
| 17. |
learn spanish
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18,156 people |
| 18. |
learn russian
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2,803 people |
| 19. |
send a postcard to postsecret
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3,003 people |
| 20. |
write a short story
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1,171 people |
| 21. |
learn to knit
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3,835 people |
| 22. |
learn sign language
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8,501 people |
| 23. |
get abs
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838 people |
| 24. |
Start my own business
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9,323 people |
How I did it: I am not the kind of person who quits bad habits easily. My ridiculous weight issues and addictive personality are a testament to that. I got up to a pack a day for a pretty long period of time. Then I started realizing that every morning I used to wake up feeling like there was a sumo wrestler sitting on my chest. And I was coughing like I was 90. It really depressed me, along with all the other effects it made to my appearance. The… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I didn't exactly 'do' anything. I was just at the right place at the right time. Was at a friend's birthday at a restaurant and after MUCH debating (I didn't want to go) we decided to go to a club nearby. I really didn't want to be there because I was tired and was just in the mood to go home and curl up with a book, so I sat for most of the time on some couch far away from the dancefloor. My friend next to me pointed at someone she … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I went camping with all the girls in my year for a class trip. We were by the beach, and at night we snuck away from our teacher to go for a midnight swim. One of the girls decided to 'moon the moon' because it was so huge and hanging so low over the ocean! So we all stood about 20 meters apart from each other with our towels only covering us (so that no one could see anyone else!) And at the count of 3 we all dropped our towels and … Read how I did it…
Finally broke that 40 pound line! Only by a little though – it’s 39.7 to go.
Going to have to work extra hard to make sure I stay down!!!
My mini goal is to get down to 33 pounds to go – 10 pounds… not asking too much is it? So that means in terms of my mini goal its actually just over 6 pounds to go. When I break it down that way, it feels a lot more achievable.
22. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
Currently Reading
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Recently completed:
21. The crying of Lot 49 – Thomas Pynchon
Currently reading:
- Moby Dick – Herman Melville (yep, still!)
- Breaking Dawn – Stephanie Meyer
- The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
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Tara Anderson wants to complete the tkga master knitter hand knitting program, level 1
volunteer in India
find a song I only know a few lyrics to
Take more pictures
write a novel
be less arrogant
i want to talk to people online just to talk
Change my car
Watch a Joan of Arcadia Episode
write a book
win a poker tournament
inspire someone
Go see Third Day in Concert
be hot
make more money
Send a postcard to Postsecret
Get out more
run a marathon
Weph wants to visit all 50 states
write a play
learn to play golf
Learn Spanish
love my family
be more confident
Italygirl wants to move out
travel
triple my reading speed
Have life experiences that make interesting stories
