I'm doing 24 things
You make a mess of something? Clean it up. You screw up? Pay the price, make amends and learn from it (Oh, and it goes without saying… Don’t do it again). Something go wrong? Well, what could YOU have done to prevent it? We all have a part in any situation. If people keep trying to tell you the same thing, again and again, try to listen. Really listen. They may have a point.
It is a wonderful and beautiful thing to believe in one’s self, but please be sure to run a self check. Because no person is perfect. We all have a lot to learn and if we don’t listen or take responsibility, then we run the risk of barging ahead towards ruin.
winniewoo AKA Fluffy Bunny of Terror's Life List
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1. LAUGH AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
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2. restore politeness, refinement, tact and other old-fashioned niceties
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3. Share quotes and/or sayings.
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4. Spend more time near the ocean
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5. dress like a hot librarian but still think like a geek
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6. List 25 things that prove that the universe has a sense of humor
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7. make a difference in someone's life/make a difference in the world
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8. Frolic, romp & gambol around in a lush green meadow
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9. keep my sense of wonder
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10. Get a PHR certification from SHRM
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11. become fluent in Spanish
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12. research my genealogy
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13. Underpromise and Overdeliver
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14. Reduce my ecological footprint
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15. do something outside my comfort zone each day
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16. Fall in love
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17. list song lyrics that I like
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18. post randomly
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19. rid 43 Things, and the world in general, of spite and malice
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20. experience new things
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21. celebrate my Southernness
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22. live simply
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23. kick the economic crisis in the canoogies by doing at least one NEW AND FULFILLING (and quite possibly thrifty and frugal) thing in April, May, and June!
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24. Have everyone accept actual responsibility for their own actions.
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Yankee or Dixie?
Who knew I was what I was? Anyhoo…
Check on your dialect and see if you might have crossed over to the “other side”! Simply click on the correct answer. As you go, the quiz will automatically interpret each answer to show you what your answer implies about you. When you are done, press Compute My Score. Your score will be calculated as a percentage: 0% is pure Yankee and 100% is pure Dixie.
Do not change your answer during the test as it will ruin the score. You may do this after scoring is calculated to see the other answers.
If you make a mistake, hit Clear below to restart the test!
I regret that I do not have time to entertain discussions about this test or negotiate changes. It is provided strictly as-is and for entertainment purposes only.
Be aware that television entertainment has a lot of northern dialect in it. This will have more of an influence on you than you expect.
This test is based on results from the Harvard Computer Society Dialect Survey of 30788 respondents.
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html
Doesn’t know sh!# from Shinola
Meaning
Possessing poor judgment or knowledge.
Origin
Shinola was a brand of shoe polish previously manufactured in the USA. The alliteration and the fact that the two commodities in the phrase could possibly be confused is the derivation. The distinction is well made; only one of them would be good to apply to your shoes and only particularly dim people could be expected to muddle them up. Of course, outside America, most people don’t know Shinola from anything at all, as they’ve never heard of it. Even in America it would probably not be widely remembered but for this phrase.
