It’s a really neat idea and everything, and I still hope to do it some day, but my life is too chaotic right now to even remember to take a picture every day! This requires more than a desire to be artistic, but also a means to be disciplined
vnechodomu's Life List
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1. become skydive certified
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2. invest in stocks
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3. illustrate a book
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4. learn to meditate
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5. see the seven wonders of the world
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6. be an international woman of mystery
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7. discover my spiritual self
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8. learn to fly a plane
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9. pay off my student loans
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10. learn french
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11. get another tattoo
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12. learn to swim
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13. travel to Africa
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14. travel to Mongolia
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15. Travel to Australia
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16. Travel the east coast
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17. own a motorcycle
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18. become a published author
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19. get a masters degree
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20. get a doctorate degree
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21. learn chinese
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22. learn Somali
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23. learn how to invest money in the stock market
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24. work in a third world country
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25. live in New York City
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26. learn to fence
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27. save someone's life
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28. become a better teacher
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29. knit something
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30. live in tibet
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31. Go on a bicycle photography trip
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32. learn yup'ik
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I mostly spent all my time in a little Yup’ik Eskimo village on the south-western tundra. The village is tiny, and they actually still speak Yup’ik as their first language here! It was great to join the locals for ice-fishing, snow machine rides, cutting and hanging fish, and other local day-to-day life!
Soon, the rivers will thaw and the ice will break up. During several days of the “break up” as they call it, travel will be impossible. Snow machines would fall through, and kayaks would get stuck! Hope I don’t get stuck here for too long! As much as I’ve enjoyed it here, I sort of like my life in Minneapolis!
My boss is French, so It will be helpful to practice with her. I am an absolute beginner, though, so I decided to start with a podcast: www.frenchecole.com and the podcast is called “French for Beginners”. So far, I’m meshing pretty well with the presentation style of the lessons. I get confused, though, because I also have a Chinese boss at my other job and a bunch of Somali customers (two other languages I’m learning), so i really should concentrate on one at a time.

