I'm doing 43 things
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!
yespositively's Life List
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1. speak Spanish fluently
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2. help people
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3. walk on the beach
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4. paint a room
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5. read more
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6. get married
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7. explore Europe
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8. take more pictures
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9. spend three weeks driving up US-1
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10. dance in the rain
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11. live at the beach
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12. laugh more
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13. play piano again
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14. make my own schedule
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15. visit the Mediterranean
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16. lose weight
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17. have a few good friends
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18. keep a journal
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19. write short stories
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20. help build a house
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21. spend more time with my sister
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22. read the paper daily
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23. write more letters
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24. ski more often
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25. study more
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26. wake up early
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27. pass my classes in Argentina
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28. be a good RA
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29. go to la boca
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30. have children
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31. graduate college
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32. be more honest
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33. keep track of all the books I've read
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34. make more friends
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35. be tidier
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36. love myself
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37. eat more vegetables
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38. be friends with my mother
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39. be with my family more
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40. go to Ireland
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41. save money
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42. learn to cook middle-eastern food
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43. be a good friend
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Recent entries
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.
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.
