that job i was reluctant to take….? yeah, i got the ax on tuesday. it’s so ironic that i was the one worried about karma points if i had been offered the job for that one last interview i went on. so, now i’m unemployed and going to a temp gig on monday (better than nothin’). wish me luck, send me good vibes, pray for me, whatever. i need all the positive energy i can get comin’ my way.
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1. properly grieve my brother's death
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2. be less distracted
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3. find work i'm passionate about
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4. get in shape
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5. not spend more than we bring in; only use cash until the credit card is paid off
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6. Create a budget, and stick with it
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7. Try a new recipe each week
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8. finish my knitting projects
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9. save up 3 months worth of salary for emergencies
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10. do all the things i should have done in my 20s rather than regret not having done them yet or at all ever
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11. e-mail, call, or write at least one friend and/or family member a week
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12. finally order my wedding pictures
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13. take a sabbatical
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14. take better care of myself
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15. start doing stuff around the house during the week, so i can be done, and just have fun on the weekends
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16. have a successful marriage
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17. pay off all my debts
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18. play with my cat more
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19. get motivated
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20. get my libido back
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21. be more confident
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22. articulate my thoughts more clearly
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23. Finish what I start
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24. eat better
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25. take more social initiative and become better about reciprocating social invitations
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26. eat dinner at the table and not in front of the t.v.
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27. do something that matters
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28. To live instead of exist
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29. be more positive
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30. learn to let things go
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31. learn norwegian
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32. listen to more music
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33. read more philosophy
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34. do more crossword puzzles
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35. go camping
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36. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month.
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it must be some sort of subconscious thing. i swear every time i make a weight loss goal of some sort, it ends up totally sabotaged. i don’t know what i’m going to do, but something’s gotta happen. i guess i’ll figure something out…
In honor of my brother and in recognition of World PD (Parkinson’s Disease) Day, I have changed my avatar to the Dr. James Parkinson tulip.
“On 11 April 2005, the Red Tulip was launched as the Worldwide Symbol of Parkinson’s Disease at the 9th Conference in Luxembourg.
The story of the Parkinson tulip began in 1980 in the Netherlands when J.W.S. Van der Wereld, a Dutch horticulturalist who had PD, gave the name “Dr. James Parkinson” to the red and white tulip he had developed.
In 1981 he registered his prize cultivar, the ‘Dr James Parkinson’ bulb. The name was chosen to honor Dr. James Parkinson, the English doctor who described the condition in his 1817 “Essay On The Shaking Palsy” and to honour the International Year of the Disabled.”
I think I will also make it a point to plant as many tulips as I can so as to always be remembered of my brother. Our birthdays are in April and tulips also happen to be my favorite flower, so I think it’s a win-win-win.
