xvivacity




I'm doing 36 things
  

xvivacity's Life List

  2. 1. never apologize for being me
    1 cheer     		709 people
  3. 2. learn to make polite, empty chit chat
    		64 people
  4. 3. keep my apartment tidy, not just when people visit
    		15 people
  5. 4. become less enraged at instances of stupidity
    		513 people
  6. 5. learn to swear in every major language
    		30 people
  7. 6. Fall in real love: ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love.
    		1,287 people
  8. 7. learn how to take a compliment
    		127 people
  9. 8. succeed.
    		456 people
  10. 9. Curb the cynical, sarcastic pessimist inside me
    		32 people
  11. 10. Learn to be happy and optimistic again
    		56 people
  12. 11. stop worrying so much about what i look like
    		41 people
  13. 12. Learn to play the guitar
    		12,651 people
  14. 13. To live instead of exist
    		10,883 people
  15. 14. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
    		6,981 people
  16. 15. become an internet celebrity
    		52 people
  17. 16. stop thinking
    		81 people
  18. 17. Send a postcard to Postsecret
    1 cheer     		2,850 people
  19. 18. invent something essentially useless that brings joy to millions
    		25 people
  20. 19. learn the secret of being content in any situation
    		53 people
  21. 20. Give one really memorable speech.
    		24 people
  22. 21. overcome anxiety
    		648 people
  23. 22. relax
    		1,880 people
  24. 23. write a novel
    1 entry     		9,673 people
  25. 24. Have somebody i can be completely open with about everything
    		34 people
  26. 25. live simply
    		3,260 people
  27. 26. live passionately
    		5,599 people
  28. 27. know what to do
    		27 people
  29. 28. be happy
    		21,866 people
  30. 29. be less selfish
    		557 people
  31. 30. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
    		2,210 people
  32. 31. be proud of myself
    		507 people
  33. 32. stop crying
    		302 people
  34. 33. find a job that i love and be well paid for it
    		326 people
  35. 34. have more energy
    		905 people
  36. 35. learn to snowboard
    		2,445 people
  37. 36. write a book
    		26,066 people

How I did it
How to make peace with the people i hate and the ones who hate me
It took me
4 years
It made me
relaxed.

How I did it: They don't matter. That's it. Make a mantra of it. I'll admit that I still take some small pleasures in seeing karma at work but I keep telling myself, "Living well is the best revenge." Over, and over, and over, until you realize it doesn't affect you. Read how I did it…

Dec 15, 2008, 04:42AM PST | 0 comments


How to believe in myself
It took me
19 years
It made me
content

How I did it: About a year ago, I decided I was going to start making decisions I was proud of instead of spending all my time apologizing to myself and to everyone else for the things that I did and wanted to do. It took a long time to get the hang of it.It was a pretty good call. I am proud of the things that I do. I am happy with the person I am and the one I am becoming. I rarely lie, and I am never regretful. When I wish that I had done something … Read how I did it…

Dec 15, 2008, 04:38AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
write a novel
well, I started. 11 months ago

It took a really incredible professor to spur me to start, but I started. 8,000 words. It’s going okay. It’s stressful to think that I’m doing it, and I’m still having trouble saying the word ‘novel’, but I’m doing all right otherwise, and I’m proud of myself for running headfirst into this thing. Go big or go home.

Dec 15, 2008, 04:31AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


not care what people think
Untitled 14 months ago

you don’t really figure out who you are until you remove yourself from the context of other people.

and after all that looking, i like who i am.

Sep 03, 2008, 10:53AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


take more photographs
Untitled 14 months ago

I keep my camera on me all the time, now. Every time I think, “Oh, how beautiful,” or, “God, I’m so lucky to be here with this person,” I snap a photo. It keeps me knowing what the good things in my life are.

Sep 03, 2008, 10:51AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments



 

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Kate wants to Learn to rock climb learn to snowboard Learn a martial art learn to bartend move back home learn italian lose 60 pounds trust my husband read all the Newbery Award winners learn to swim get married Write a will lose 20 to 30 lbs Graduate from university watch 100 Bollywood movies yoav zilberberg wants to call together all the poeple on this site who want to live on a deserted island and actually go write a book and have it published exercise regularly Graduate crowd surf dance free movie downloads Buy a House read all of jodi picoult's books Speak Several Languages find true love EricaAnn wants to read all the books I have before buying even one more read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
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