I'm doing 31 things
Still enjoying myself.
LJ Phoenix's Life List
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1. Improve my posture
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2. Get physical – exercise for thirty minutes three times a week.
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3. Enjoy the good things that people around me have to offer; be able to recognize them without focusing on the bad.
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4. Have a good laugh at least once a day
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5. Give myself a treat every single day and give myself time to enjoy it.
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6. Phone an old friend and arrange to meet up.
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7. Make a photo essay of girls growing up, from infancy to gray-haired wisdom years.
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8. plant rogue bulbs and wildflowers in unexpected places
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9. When people ask me how I am, always say, "Absolutely great! Never better!"
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10. Give up the news on all television, newspaper, and radio and stop listening to media blather for six months
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11. Make a pile of my regrets, put a match to them, and watch them flare up, crackle, rise into the sky and blow away.
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12. Write nonfiction about number sense during adulthood about about how to develop it.
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13. Do something with my Math Units idea; don’t let it settle and stagnate and go to waste.
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14. Write memories from every year of my childhood, edit them, and print them out.
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15. make a difference in the lives of my students
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16. When I get upset, remember what is important to me: my husband, my health, my security, my children...
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17. Learn Bonsai, Tai Chi, Calligraphy, How to Shoot a gun, extensive Coin Collecting, or some other skill that will make me proud of myself.
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18. Remember the importance of my sense of adventure in life
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19. Take charge of myself.
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20. accept who i am
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21. Pay off our mortgage early.
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22. Start socking money away for my retirement
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23. Get over what happened to me in 2010-2011.
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24. Get over what happened to me as a child
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25. Read the Game of Thrones Series
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26. Improve our living arrangements
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27. Figure out where John and I are going to live
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28. Take back my house from the mess others around me have made it
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29. Clean up the stains on the rug in my bedroom
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30. I get used a lot by people. I want to stop being used.
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31. Be graceful while dealing with my Uncle's serious illness
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How I did it
It made me
happier 
How I did it: I got a psychologist who I saw weekly about the things I was worried about and I planned each week what I would talk to him about.I also went to Twelve Step Recovery groups and planned each week what I would talk about there.I also started writing about the things that were making me depressed, although (while everyone recommended writing with a paper and pen) I found it much easier to type out my writing rather than using paper.I also ta… Read how I did it…
It made me
very pleased.
How I did it: This one was hard. It took a lot of work and I'm very pleased with myself now that I'm done.I tried a lot of different things, like yoga, standing on one leg and moving around and then switching legs and trying that, walking along things I had to balance on, Tai Chi, and so on.In the end, here's what worked: I went to the Mayo Clinic's web site and downloaded a set of five balance-improving exercises that took about fifteen mi… Read how I did it…
It made me
very happy
How I did it: I like to bead but when it comes to buying beads, I never know -- should I buy these beads AND those beads, should I stop at just these three. Do I already have too many beads. I need more beads, but how many more. I need a pick-me-up so I should get some beads, but how many. I've used a lot of my beads, but how many more beads should I get.Well, I think maybe what I'll do is this: whenever I complete a littl… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Give up the news on all television, newspaper, and radio and stop listening to media blather for six months (read all 3 entries…)
He just gets so excited about it and he wants me to look at it. I don’t have the heart to say, “Honey, I don’t look at that stuff anymore. Find somebody else to share it with.” He loves me so much, he wants to share it with me.
Give up the news on all television, newspaper, and radio and stop listening to media blather for six months (read all 3 entries…)
I have only watched three shows in the past two months and that was only to make my husband happy. I feel it’s important to keep my husband’s needs in mind, too.
