I'm doing 34 things
My week got off to a late start, and then when I wanted to get up early for yesterday’s run, I had a headache, so I decided to try to sleep and run later.
I finally left for the run at 9:30, and it was…a run. Nothing groundbreaking, but not as awful as it could be. As an added benefit, since it was after dark, it was (relatively) cool and there was a breeze blowing. I could actually feel myself settling into a groove, and I think I could have run longer. This is a good thing! Woo!
vdoprincess's Life List
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1. pay off credit cards
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2. read every book I own
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3. visit every state in the US
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4. own my own home
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5. Enter a photography contest
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6. declutter: use up/throw out 43 things
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7. Do NaNoWriMo
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8. lose weight
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9. organize my books
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10. hike at least part of the Appalachian trail
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11. learn to speak italian
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12. visit MoMA
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13. get a degree
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14. own a vintage boutique
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15. read war and peace
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16. bake foccaia
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17. own a bulldog
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18. vist every continent
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19. Switch to reusable shopping bags for groceries
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20. Drive across the USA
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21. Learn to surf
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22. have a flat stomach
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23. visit new orleans and eat for a week
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24. visit italy
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25. make all my Christmas gifts
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26. own a pair of louboutins
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27. go bridge-jumping
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28. write a song
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29. watch all the academy award nominated films
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30. have a six pack
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31. see the northern lights
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32. Skydive
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33. Learn to play the guitar
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34. solve a rubik's cube
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Recent entries
I challenged myself to take one picture a day for a month, and I amazed myself with how much better my photography has become. I’m also loving looking at that month of pictures; I remember moments that would otherwise be forgotten.
The index is supposed to get to 105 today, so I left early, hoping to beat the humidity. It. Didn’t. Work. At six am it was 72 and 97% humidity; needless to say, I wasn’t running very fast. 15 minutes into the run I felt like I was running through warm pudding.
Oh, last week on my first 25 minute run I clocked my distance. I went, um, 1.8 miles. In 25 minutes. That’s seriously embarrassing. So today I tried to pick up the pace a little, despite the heat, and I think I covered a little more ground.
The runs aren’t getting any easier, until I realize that I’m running nearly two miles when a month ago I couldn’t have run a mile without stopping. So progress is being made, despite the sweat.
