I'm doing 43 things
It has always been a dream of mine to be a part of the foreign exchange program. I don’t care where I go, I just want to experience something new. Get a taste of a different lifestyle and culture. I think it would be a positive experience for me. I realize that as an American I don’t know much about other countries and their citizens and through this I think I could change that. Learning how to adjust to something different could really help me become a better person, and I think I would learn a lot of life altering lessons from the experience. I downloaded the registration packet off of the foreign exchange website, but have yet to talk to my dad about it. I know he would be lonely and upset if I left, but this is something I think that I really need to do. Hopefully one of these days I’ll be able to have a real discussion with him about it.
xx_kendall's Life List
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1. be a foreign exchange student
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2. be on "The Real World"
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3. become an interior designer
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4. appreciate what I have
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5. work for a magazine
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6. Send a message in a bottle
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7. spend less time on the computer
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8. star in a movie
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9. Read the entire Bible
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10. Fall Ridiculously and Wrecklessly, head-over-heels in Love
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11. find a career I love
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12. tag my city with "You Are Beautiful" stickers.
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13. stop drinking soda
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14. Skydive
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15. live well, laugh often, love much
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16. develop a stronger relationship with God
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17. learn to be the real me.
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18. discover who i am
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19. take an art or photography class
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20. be more positive about everything
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21. dance like nobody's watching
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22. Complete a triathalon
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23. Practice random acts of kindness
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24. re-establish lost friendships
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25. Stress less
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26. Beat my depression
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27. watch less tv
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28. lose weight
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29. live in New York City
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30. write a book
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31. be happy
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32. Make my parents proud
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33. Be more sociable
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34. Love with my full heart.
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35. live in the moment
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36. be less selfish
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37. make a close, lifelong friend
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38. Live with no regrets
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39. Dance in the rain
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40. live instead of exist
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41. do volunteer work
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42. love myself more
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43. Be a better friend
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I’m a swimmer… and this addiction to soda is killing my endurance. I started drinking a lot of soda so that I could stay awake, but after awhile I became addicted to the caffeine and frankly, I don’t think it has any effect on me whatsoever anymore. I try not to have it in the house, but when it is, I can’t refrain from drinking it. Slowly, I think I’ll start cutting back.
I’m not quite sure that I would call myself a bad friend, I guess I just have quite a few issues. You see, I don’t trust people. Plain and simple. Not that there aren’t reasons for my trust issues, and it’s not like I don’t want to. I’ve just gone through a lot of hurt in my life and I definitely haven’t always made good choices in who I befriend. I’ve always let my ‘friends’ put forth the most effort, and although many people might disagree, a friendship takes an enormous amount of effort. I let them call me, never the other way around. I refuse to open up for fear of getting hurt, and I tend to put other people down to make myself feel better. Basically, I’m just a bad person. And, trust me, those ‘friends’ of mine certainly aren’t afraid to tell me. I have a lot of things to work on and I’m looking forward to being the kind of person that someone can always talk to.
