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Librarian

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I'm doing 27 things
  

Librarian's Life List

  1. 1. exercise everyday
    3 entries . 19 cheers     		315 people
  2. 2. become a locavore
    6 entries . 18 cheers     		8 people
  3. 3. lose 25 pounds
    10 entries . 12 cheers     		1,367 people
  4. 4. landscape the garden
    5 entries . 30 cheers     		29 people
  5. 5. unpack
    2 entries . 10 cheers     		50 people
  6. 6. engage in professional activities as a librarian
    6 entries . 25 cheers     		1 person
  7. 7. be more involved in my community
    4 entries . 10 cheers     		24 people
  8. 8. do fewer things, more passionately
    39 cheers     		1 person
  9. 9. do first things first
    20 entries . 24 cheers     		55 people
  10. 10. work through the emotional, mental, and spiritual issues that keep me from getting things done in the physical world
    5 entries . 31 cheers     		1 person
  11. 11. have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful
    5 entries . 132 cheers     		45 people
  12. 12. Fund 43 microloans through Kiva.org
    20 team members . 12 entries . 45 cheers     		65 people
  13. 13. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    138 entries . 23 cheers     		642 people
  14. 14. help my friend with a renal diet
    5 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  15. 15. Grow a vegetable garden
    3 entries . 24 cheers     		300 people
  16. 16. bake sourdough bread
    2 entries . 15 cheers     		7 people
  17. 17. work my way through Steering by Starlight by Martha Beck
    3 cheers     		1 person
  18. 18. Bond with other INFJ's.
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		6 people
  19. 19. Make 2009 My Best Year Yet
    5 entries . 4 cheers     		72 people
  20. 20. fix up my house
    1 cheer     		108 people
  21. 21. take care of myself
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		235 people
  22. 22. Edit my NaNoWriMo novel
    1 cheer     		15 people
  23. 23. complete NaNoWriMo 2009
    1 cheer     		3 people
  24. 24. Have adventures
    5 cheers     		200 people
  25. 25. complete the MIC record keeping project
    		1 person
  26. 26. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		42 people
  27. 27. Wish Faustus a Happy Happy Birthday Jan. 9 :)
    1 cheer     		14 people

How I did it
How to make 2008 my best year yet
It took me
1 year
It made me
motivated

How I did it: I used the book _Your Best Year Yet_ by Jinny Ditzler to help me set 10 goals for 2008. Then, on my birthday in May, I rewrote them.  I'm going to try to write more realistic goals for 2009. For example, I'm using terms like "one or more" and "at least" to set a minimal level of completion but encourage more. Read how I did it…

Dec 29, 04:20PM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to follow the _Four Day Win_ plan, noting my thoughts and experiences as I go
It took me
1 year
It made me
more watchful

How I did it: As I recall, I went through this pretty steadily for a long time. But then, I just stopped. Now, I'm tired of having it on my goal list, so I skimmed the last few chapters and I'm calling it done! Read how I did it…

Dec 25, 07:10PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to do NaNoWriMo
It took me
30 days
It made me
celebrate!

How I did it: wrote nearly every day (I think I only skipped one entirely) went to two face to face write-ins a week -- and those were the days I got the biggest word count stepped back a bit twice during the month to kind of regroup, list the next few scenes, and come up with ways to complicate my plot so that it stretched a little longer Read how I did it…

Nov 30, 07:13PM PST | 3 comments | 6 cheers


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Recent entries
do first things first (read all 20 entries…)
FTF 8 Jan 2009 1 day ago

I made a long to do list last night, but I’m going to see how much of that I can put off until later and concentrate on these three things:

  • enough groceries to get us through tomorrow night
  • researching the process of remodeling our powder room
  • 6:15 walk with RV

Jan 08, 08:14AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


do first things first (read all 20 entries…)
FTF 7 Jan 2009 2 days ago

Tomorrow will go better if I do this tonight.

  • 10:30 appt with SH about running a small library she’s sick—rescheduling
Calls
  • HVAC guy
  • Shade guy
  • Frank Lloyd Wright house
  • open Amazon boxes
  • figure out what happened to Borders order it showed up!
  • clear mail stack
  • clear In Box
  • BD card to BiL
  • clear desk
  • clear Tickler
  • Yahoo email to 70 messages
  • Slow Time exercise #2

Jan 06, 08:26PM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments


lose 25 pounds (read all 10 entries…)
At loose ends 3 days ago

I was counting on the iVillage Never Say Diet Challenge to structure my efforts on this. I signed up a month ago and again yesterday when I received no email. No email today either. So, apparently, that’s not going to work for me. The website by itself isn’t that motivating—it manages to be simultaneously overwhelming and a bit lame.

So, I’m going to take this as a sign that the Internet gods believe I should take a different approach.

For now, I’m committing to:
  • using my Bio-Diary every day. I’ve been using it off and on since August, but I have yet to use it every day for an entire month. So, that’s the goal. If I do record my food and exercise every day in January, I intend to reward myself with a movie in a theater during the first week of February
  • weighing myself on Sundays

That’s it for the moment. I’m eating a bit better and exercising a bit more, but I think I’ll let that happen gradually without big public commitments this month and see how I do.

Jan 06, 04:47PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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