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  1. 1. speak Spanish fluently
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    2,352 people
  2. 2. help people
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    1,559 people
  3. 3. walk on the beach
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    48 people
  4. 4. paint a room
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    17 people
  5. 5. read more
    9,005 people
  6. 6. get married
    21,338 people
  7. 7. explore Europe
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    69 people
  8. 8. take more pictures
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    15,392 people
  9. 9. spend three weeks driving up US-1
    1 person
  10. 10. dance in the rain
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    2,506 people
  11. 11. live at the beach
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    133 people
  12. 12. laugh more
    1,869 people
  13. 13. play piano again
    135 people
  14. 14. make my own schedule
    3 people
  15. 15. visit the Mediterranean
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    13 people
  16. 16. lose weight
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    41,725 people
  17. 17. have a few good friends
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    2 people
  18. 18. keep a journal
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    3,674 people
  19. 19. write short stories
    208 people
  20. 20. help build a house
    48 people
  21. 21. spend more time with my sister
    71 people
  22. 22. read the paper daily
    7 people
  23. 23. write more letters
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    1,846 people
  24. 24. ski more often
    12 people
  25. 25. study more
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    1,456 people
  26. 26. wake up early
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    732 people
  27. 27. pass my classes in Argentina
    1 person
  28. 28. be a good RA
    1 person
  29. 29. go to la boca
    1 person
  30. 30. have children
    4,518 people
  31. 31. graduate college
    3,112 people
  32. 32. be more honest
    400 people
  33. 33. keep track of all the books I've read
    1 person
  34. 34. make more friends
    5,514 people
  35. 35. be tidier
    134 people
  36. 36. love myself
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    5,124 people
  37. 37. eat more vegetables
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    915 people
  38. 38. be friends with my mother
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    6 people
  39. 39. be with my family more
    16 people
  40. 40. go to Ireland
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    1,925 people
  41. 41. save money
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    16,394 people
  42. 42. learn to cook middle-eastern food
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    1 person
  43. 43. be a good friend
    980 people
Recent entries
write more letters (read all 2 entries…)
I've written

ten post cards and sent them out to family members in the last week or so. I feel good about it—communicating with people while I’m abroad even if it’s just a few quick sentences and a pretty post card. I also wrote a nice long letter to a professor friend of mine which I will send on Monday. I’m not sure this goal will ever be “accomplished” since it’s ongoing, but so far it’s worth it! Who knows, maybe if I keep writing letters regularly in the states (where it’s not $1.33 US to send it) I’ll get a few back!



wake up early (read all 3 entries…)
I get an F

at this goal. Seriously! I don’t know if it’s the cold weather or if I’m just sleep disordered—I’m sleeping 8-9 hours (good) but from like 3am-11am (bad). Hopefully after finals I’ll get myself back on track and be a normal human being who is awake during waking hours and asleep during sleeping hours.



Save money (read all 2 entries…)
One month left

So, I have one month left in Argentina—I have $975 in the account and about $35 US in cash. I’ve been really good about recording all of my expenses, but not good about “budgeting”. I think that my start up costs when I head back to college in the fall are going to be about $200, and perhaps I’ll spend $100 when I’m home over the short summer break. I’d like to save $300 for Ireland, and still pay the credit card bill for July and August. Work starts August 20, then I’ll have a paycheck and can learn how to save money while being a student. I’m optimistic that since I’m an RA and have a meal plan I can stop ordering out, which will help with the lose weight goal, too, if I stay away from the dangerous areas in the dining hall.

So… all that figured out, I can definitely spend $200 US, or about $600 pesos, during my last month. This is a lot less than what I have been spending, so I’m going to have to sit down and plan. It’s possible I’m going to need closer to $300 realistically, which is okay—it just means I have to plan well in the fall to make Ireland a reality in the spring.

Hmm… I’m ready for the real world. College + study abroad = difficult money management.



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