I'm doing 40 things
Oprah
1 week ago
I’m kinda on the fence about her in general. But I freakin’ live in Chicago, so why not?
upallnight's Life List
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1. be more organized
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2. Have a totally different life by this time next year
984 people -
3. go to museums in Chicago
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4. reach and maintain a healthy weight
1 cheer5 people -
5. Exercise at least 3 times a week
2 cheers217 people -
6. stick to a budget
2 cheers1,201 people -
7. determine my own life philosophy
10 cheers32 people -
8. Celebrate being single while I'm single
11 cheers38 people -
9. get better at speaking in public
2 entries . 3 cheers307 people -
10. Put my photos in albums
105 people -
11. stop homophobia
1 cheer122 people -
12. Own my own place
1 cheer82 people -
13. stop worrying so much about what i look like
3 entries . 21 cheers41 people -
14. identify 101 things that make me happy
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15. make real friends that share my interests
1 entry . 7 cheers271 people -
16. Payoff my credit card debt
1 entry . 5 cheers6 people -
17. build a new wardrobe
3 cheers21 people -
18. Take a cooking class
1 entry . 1 cheer672 people -
19. Host a dinner party
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20. improve my Spanish speaking ability
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21. Create the life I want to live
4 cheers74 people -
22. learn how to make cocktails
17 people -
23. eat vegetarian for a week
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24. ask someone out on a date
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25. Learn neat ways to do my hair
2 cheers12 people -
26. recover from co-dependency
3 cheers10 people -
27. go hiking
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28. stand up for myself
1 entry . 15 cheers868 people -
29. Learn to be less critical of myself and others.
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30. Do something...anything in the fight against RACISM
11 cheers11 people -
31. Leave flowers on Zora Neale Hurston's grave
9 cheers7 people -
32. Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them
3 cheers122 people -
33. have interesting conversations
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34. stop gossiping
466 people -
35. live life fearlessly
2 entries . 3 cheers44 people -
36. speak more clearly
91 people -
37. learn world geography
13 people -
38. Be a better friend
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39. create a vision board
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40. see The Oprah Winfrey Show live
1 entry . 2 cheers5 people
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I talked before about "stalking" this person on various social networking sites. So, imagine my surprise when he found me, and requested to add me on one of these sites. I accepted his request, but then immediately regretted my decision. Why move backwards, you know? I have no interest in keeping in touch with him, it seems. I wish him well, but this experience made me realize that I'm over him and over being "friends" with someone who tr… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
A co-worker did a two-day cooking bootcamp at Kendall College(kick-ass culinary school here in Chicago) and I’m considering taking a basic knife skills class there. I want to ease into this learning how to cook thing by taking a class that does NOT involve any actual cooking. :)
Jessica Weiner
4 months ago
Through some random wandering about the interwebs, I found Jessica Weiner. Where has she been all my life? I’m reading her book, ” Do I look Fat in This”, and it has really given me some great perspective. She encourages people to start living life now, not after you lose weight or get the perfect job. She also makes mention of the fact that being healthy is not tied to a specific size or body shape. Makes sense, but I never really thought about that in any meaningful way before.
For all the talking I do about being comfortable with who I am, and how I look, the truth is I’ve been waiting to lose weight for my life to take off. I always imagined I’d have the perfect __ when I lost weight. Ms. Weiner has definitely inspired living my life, truly, right now.
