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  2. 1. design myself a logo
    1 entry . 56 cheers     		2 people
  3. 2. learn to knit, again, properly this time
    1 entry . 40 cheers     		2 people
  4. 3. run a 5km race
    5 entries . 4 cheers     		13 people
  5. 4. run a 8km race
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  6. 5. run a 10km race
    2 cheers     		22 people
  7. 6. write more
    6 entries . 45 cheers     		3,819 people
  8. 7. put together a portfolio of my work
    41 cheers     		4 people
  9. 8. take more photos
    2 entries . 31 cheers     		3,696 people
  10. 9. take a set of photos that cover a whole year
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. watch The Nutcracker ballet
    2 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. learn yoga
    1 entry . 30 cheers     		2,944 people
  13. 12. learn Tai Chi
    26 cheers     		1,140 people
  14. 13. start an etsy shop
    33 cheers     		39 people
  15. 14. join the UK and bookbinding etsy street teams
    9 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. learn different ways to bind my books
    3 entries . 14 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. make my own paper
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		5 people
  18. 17. make my own clothes
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		2,322 people
  19. 18. design and print my own cards
    7 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. make my own business cards
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		211 people
  21. 20. learn how to felt
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  22. 21. do Nanowrimo
    19 cheers     		690 people
  23. 22. finish my degree with the Open University
    16 entries . 18 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. expand my artistic knowledge by taking more art courses
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. have a short story published
    26 cheers     		33 people
  26. 25. get a S.A.D light box
    17 cheers     		1 person
  27. 26. learn to scuba dive
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		2,710 people
  28. 27. see the northern lights
    20 cheers     		19,099 people
  29. 28. learn to sail
    13 cheers     		2,283 people
  30. 29. go storm chasing
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		51 people
  31. 30. go rally driving
    3 cheers     		15 people
  32. 31. learn to surf
    16 cheers     		8,125 people
  33. 32. fly in a glider
    4 cheers     		30 people
  34. 33. do an MA in Creative Writing
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		3 people
  35. 34. travel
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		9,033 people
  36. 35. have my own art studio
    24 cheers     		98 people
  37. 36. convert a property into artist studios and rent them out to real artists
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. get a job that I love
    2 entries . 31 cheers     		218 people
  39. 38. own a dog
    7 cheers     		914 people
  40. 39. have a big enough garden to keep chickens (and ducks)
    4 entries . 46 cheers     		1 person
  41. 40. have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful
    47 cheers     		75 people

How I did it
How to fit into my old cord trousers (without a muffin top!)
It took me
2 years
It made me
thin

How I did it: I've worked really hard on this, improving what I eat and eating less, running 10 miles a week and going to the gym.  Its taken a while, but this way I think I've got into the habit and so I'll keep the weight off.I've lost about a stone in a year and a half and 4 inches from my waist.  I feel great and I love these trousers. Read how I did it…

Nov 15, 07:34AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to get the stamp working
It took me
2 years
It made me
shiny

How I did it: I make books.  Just small blank notebooks, because I like them and working with paper.  I'd like to be able to sell these to people, maybe on Etsy, maybe somewhere else.  But before I could do that, I wanted some way of showing these books were made by me.  So I designed a stamp with a logo.  Then my dad designed and created a machine so that I could use the stamp to stamp gold foil on my books.  It works lik… Read how I did it…

Aug 16, 2011, 01:57AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to work through all the exercises in The Artist in the Office
It took me
2 days
It made me
positive

How I did it: The Artist in the Office by Summer Pierre is a great book if you are stuck in a job that you don't love and would rather be in your studio creating stuff, but know you need the job's money to survive.  The exercises through-out the book are there to make you think about where you're at and what you can do to make things better.  Some of it might just be a change of attitude, but they are all helpful.  I know that I'll be go… Read how I did it…

Jul 29, 2011, 03:37AM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers


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Recent entries
run a 5km race (read all 5 entries…)
Cancer, we’re coming to get you!

This June I’ll be going pink! I’ve just signed up for my first running race – a 5k Race for Life, with Cancer Research. What better way to start my racing career than by raising money for a fantastic charity?
I’m hoping that this will be the start of something exciting and new, that will push my running a bit further. And maybe it will fill a little bit of the gap left by finishing my degree?
I’m not expecting to have an amazing time for this race, I’ve agreed to run it with my little sister who is new to this running lark and understandably isn’t quite as fast as me, but I think it will be fun to go round as part of a team.

If you’d like to sponsor us you can on our Just giving page.

Jan 25, 05:02AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


finish my degree with the Open University (read all 16 entries…)
Lola just turned up

The welcome pack for U101 has just turned up. It is a very exciting box full of post-it notes and postcards, a pencil and t-shirt, and only one book. I can’t wait to get stuck in but it over laps with AA312 and I really need to finish my revision before starting this.

(And I’m calling it Lola because U101 looks like the word Lola when seen upside down, or it does on the course book!)

Sep 25, 07:20AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


finish my degree with the Open University (read all 16 entries…)
AA312 nearly finished

So that’s all the assignments in (6 in all, 5 of 2,000 words and 1 of 4,000 words), just the exam to go. Very scared. I can’t seem to get anything to stick in my head. I’ll be very glad when its all done.

Sep 25, 07:17AM PDT | 0 comments


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