waffler

is working on my Goal #2: "Finish my PhD"



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  1. 1. make people happy
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    527 people
  2. 2. Become a youth spiritual guide in my Buddhist order
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    1 person
  3. 3. Finish my PhD
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    736 people
  4. 4. be less selfish
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    600 people
  5. 5. complain less
    1,104 people
  6. 6. be nicer to my mom
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    125 people
  7. 7. care
    62 people
  8. 8. be intelligent, creative, efficient, and work well with people
    2 people
  9. 9. never be late!!
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    7 people
  10. 10. Become a YA Lineage Parent
    1 person
  11. 11. increase my attention span
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    14 people
  12. 12. practice my self-control and willpower
    1 person
  13. 13. be more positive
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  14. 14. write songs
    657 people
  15. 15. learn to sing
    2,865 people
  16. 16. learn to sight-read music
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  17. 17. become a writer
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  18. 18. Make my own clothes
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    2,338 people
  19. 19. to be a warm person
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  20. 20. create my own computer game
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  21. 21. Make a movie
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  22. 22. become a famous pop star
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  23. 23. write a musical
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    282 people
  24. 24. get rid of undereye circles
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    6 people
  25. 25. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
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    2,122 people
  26. 26. get rid of some books
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    2 people
  27. 27. Fix my teeth
    575 people
  28. 28. work 8 hours a day, and actually work while I am at work
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    1 person
  29. 29. learn 5 languages
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    131 people
  30. 30. figure out how to not eat so much at restaurants
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    1 person
  31. 31. Lose 20 pounds
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    7,306 people
  32. 32. pay attention and listen better in meetings and seminars
    1 person
  33. 33. wake up early, but get enough sleep
    1 person
  34. 34. only wear clothes I look good in
    1 person
  35. 35. process email every day rather than let it pile up
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    1 person
  36. 36. lip balm every night
    1 person
  37. 37. chant everyday
    4 people
  38. 38. go to space
    1 entry
    506 people
  39. 39. Learn to fly
    1 entry
    2,274 people
  40. 40. be a good chess player
    4 people
  41. 41. Learn to juggle
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    1,326 people
  42. 42. Learn Spanish
    17,683 people
  43. 43. be happy
    24,431 people

How I did it
How to memorize all the U.S. presidents, in order
It took me
1 day
It made me


How to wake up when my alarm clock goes off
It took me
0 years
It made me


How to have good skin
It took me
3 months
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process email every day rather than let it pile up
Step 1

I think my first step is going to be, check email at least once a day (I don’t always check email on holidays and weekends) and archive/handle at least one email each time I check emails.



figure out how to not eat so much at restaurants (read all 3 entries…)
no progress yet

So far no progress. Last night, we went to Latona Pub. I was full after I ate half the (huge) sandwich and half the (kinda gross) tomato soup. I thought, excellent! Now I can stop myself!

And then I was like, but what about all this food? I can’t just leave it here. Maybe I’ll just eat less for breakfast tomorrow. I can’t box up the food either, we’re walking home and how am I going to carry this soup without spilling it? Ugh.

So I ate it all, even though I didn’t even LIKE it, didn’t actually WANT to eat it, and was full! Ugh. And then I looked over at my friend, down the table, who ordered the same thing, and found she had stopped at the same point as me, but didn’t finish her food, nor take it away. See, this is why she is skinny and I am a fat pig.

Anyway, so tonight, my boyfriend and I go to a fancy restaurant—and again, I eat too much! I know I am full, but I still keep going, because I hate the thought of having to carry leftovers, and I hate the thought of rewarming those leftovers to eat later, and I also hate the thought of the food just going to waste. Thus…two nights in a row, I eat too much!

I don’t know how I’m going to tackle this goal. I am told that Dolly Parton, when she lost all that weight in the 80s, handled restaurants by thinking like this—there are two guardian angels sitting on her shoulder, and she has to remember to save them enough food for them to eat.

That is so totally not going to work for me. I’d think to myself—I’m wasting it! Then I’d think, I’ll carry it home for them in a container. Then I’ll think, jeez, Sandra, the angels are fake, you don’t need to carry anything home, don’t be a dork. And then I’ll end up eating it all.

WHAT CAN I DO? ! ? ! ? ! ? ! Aurgh.



make my own clothes (read all 2 entries…)
sewing machine

Finally got a sewing machine, for Christmas! Hurray! Now next step, what should I make? And where to get materials?



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