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Emma

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I'm doing 40 things
  

Emma's Life List

  2. 1. Finish Anna Karenina
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		30 people
  3. 2. live for something other than school
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. Travel across Europe
    5 cheers     		157 people
  5. 4. practice 2 hours a day
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. master all major/minor scales
    1 entry     		1 person
  7. 6. commit acts of kindness
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		80 people
  8. 7. get out and about more
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		5 people
  9. 8. go hang gliding
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		399 people
  10. 9. Learn to cook
    1 cheer     		8,194 people
  11. 10. become better at small-talk
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		2,014 people
  12. 11. work out 5 days a week
    		47 people
  13. 12. be organized
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		587 people
  14. 13. study biology
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		15 people
  15. 14. reduce my environmental footprint
    		508 people
  16. 15. plant a tree
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1,062 people
  17. 16. Send a message in a bottle
    1 cheer     		3,642 people
  18. 17. get into a good college
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		276 people
  19. 18. live in London
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		1,394 people
  20. 19. get a life
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		767 people
  21. 20. be more positive
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		2,136 people
  22. 21. study abroad
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		2,367 people
  23. 22. save 20,000 dollars
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		38 people
  24. 23. be a better person
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		3,570 people
  25. 24. get an internship
    1 entry     		290 people
  26. 25. Bike Across America
    4 cheers     		112 people
  27. 26. duct tape somebody to the ceiling
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		4 people
  28. 27. Learn to play the piano
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		7,450 people
  29. 28. organize my bookshelf
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		10 people
  30. 29. Volunteer
    2 cheers     		4,884 people
  31. 30. To live instead of exist
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		10,864 people
  32. 31. Read the Bible
    1 entry     		3,229 people
  33. 32. change
    1 entry     		201 people
  34. 33. find 43 ways to love and pamper myself
    6 cheers     		7 people
  35. 34. improve my vocabulary
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,066 people
  36. 35. be smashingly interesting
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		106 people
  37. 36. find a signature scent
    		106 people
  38. 37. get next summer organized
    		1 person
  39. 38. Visit Narnia
    1 cheer     		4 people
  40. 39. Help someone get one of their 43 things done
    		2 people
  41. 40. learn german
    1 cheer     		4,529 people

How I did it
How to find my passion
It took me
17 years
It made me
passionate

How I did it: All you need to do is try a lot of different things, and explore them in depth. Sooner or later, something just clicked, and I just realized that "hey, this is what I want to spend my whole life doing". You can't just write off things by shallowly trying once or twice - you have to really get into everything you do. At some point, I realized that there are some things that I could never think of quitting. Read how I did it…

Dec 31, 2008, 10:10AM PST | 0 comments | 14 cheers


How to read a book every 3 weeks
It took me
5 months
It made me
Happy!

How I did it: I took AP English! Which requires about 30 pages of reading a night, which comes out to a lot more than 1 book every three weeks. Feels sort of like a cop out, since the purpose of this goal was to focus on learning rather than school, but I've really read some interesting ones for this class, so I'll count it. Read how I did it…

Dec 29, 2008, 08:06PM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
finish college applications (read all 2 entries…)
So, where I am... 10 months ago

done with THREE almost done with a FOURTH then I have to complete two more by tomorrow. The other two aren’t due until Feb. 1st. But maybe I can get them done anyways?

Yawn. I’ve been working hard. It’s hard to be doing this right in the midst of finals…

Jan 14, 2009, 07:50AM PST | 0 comments


Finish Anna Karenina (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 10 months ago

Sigh. This was due today, but I didn’t manage to complete the last 50 pages. so sad. I REALLY like this book, I just haven’t had enough time to read it as of late! So now I have to wait until my english teacher is finished grading our annotations to get my book back and read the conclusion. Sadness.

Jan 09, 2009, 05:35PM PST | 0 comments


Finish Anna Karenina (read all 2 entries…)
Page 308 10 months ago

Annotating really makes reading slower. I really have read up to page 500-something, but I haven’t annotated anything between, so I have to go back and do that… GAR, one reason that I hate AP English.

Dec 31, 2008, 10:15AM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

forgive him Publish a paper watch the simpsons Matt Maldre wants to find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year go to college keep my house clean get a harry potter tattoo be honest learn to play poker buy a fedora live in a yurt let the mediocre days Fall Away and replace them with much better ones by doing at least one NEW AND FULFILLING thing in October, November, and December of 2009 be self-confident Make a gothic lolita dress live in San Francisco learn more about wine be independent Run my own internet radio station Be more efficient when working toughcookies wants to stop biting my nails Clean my house from top to bottom create my own website be a good friend to my friends. stop wasting time keep my desk tidy be more confident and outgoing Climb Mount Everest
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