I'm doing 43 things
The Goal
4 months ago
Ireland. Summer 2010.
Valerie's Life List
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1. write at least one entry for every active goal and determine whether it adds motivation
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2. write my narratives for graduate school applications
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3. ask for recommendation letters
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4. file the 2009-2010 FAFSA
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5. check my credit score
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6. get into grad school
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7. do a freaking cartwheel
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8. get a passport
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9. be a better daughter and sister
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10. skydive
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11. survive the police academy
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12. pay off my student loans
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13. be a cop
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14. learn basic conversational Spanish
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15. Go bungee-jumping
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16. discover my illness
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17. learn how to drive stick
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18. see a Broadway show on Broadway
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19. Get my Master's Degree
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20. visit Europe
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21. Learn how to whistle with my fingers
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22. get laser hair removal
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23. run in a marathon
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24. save someone's life
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25. star in a B movie
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26. finish and publish my book
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27. see the Grand Canyon
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28. go scuba diving
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29. take swing-dancing classes
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30. collect every Hitchcock movie ever made
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31. learn fluent HTML
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32. buy a house
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33. have laser acne scar removal
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34. read The Illiad
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35. see the northern lights
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36. get a cosmetic whitening
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37. be promoted to senior corporal
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38. read every Shakespeare play
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39. learn to juggle well
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40. visit all 50 states
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41. get my parents out of debt
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42. get a monkey
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43. fund a prison return program
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How I did it
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How I did it: I've had this account for 3 years now. The first year I didn't use the cheers feature--didn't know what it was and didn't care. The second year I used it from time to time, but didn't sign on much. Over the past year, though, I've tried more and more to make 43things a legitimate workmate in accomplishing both large and small goals in my life. It was when I changed my use for the site that I started using cheers fu… Read how I did it…
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How I did it: Being in a para-military structure knocked this out of me immediately. Lateness = disrespect. Disrespect = push-ups, front planks, corporals/sergeants yelling in your face and threats of termination. Not worth it. Read how I did it…
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How I did it: All the typing classes in elementary, middle and even high school didn't hold a candle to the speed and skill I derived from talking on AIM as a teenager. Holding down six conversations at once without pissing anyone off from making them wait too long for a response? Oh yeah. That'll do it.I've typed over 80wpm since about the end of my freshman year of high school for this reason. If you're struggling to type as f… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
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5 months ago
I’d love to see the Southern Lights, too, but considering that I live in the Northern Hemisphere, this one will probably happen first if either of them do.
I've done several films.
5 months ago
...but I would classify the ones I’ve “starred” in as more C or D movies, haha. I’ve done films I would consider B movies for sure, but I had small roles in them. Soon enough. :)
