50 for 2008

in no particular order:

1-stop biting my nails
2-wear "adult shoes" to work more
3-cook dinner more
4-eat a better breakfast
5-bake more (cookies, brownies, muffins, etc.)
6-get a couch/sofa
7-clean on a regular basis (often!)
8-be more organized at work
9-travel to hokkaido
10-travel to kyushu
11-take a trip by myself
12-go to a new country (somewhere in asia?)
13-keep in touch with friends back home more
14-write my mom and dad more (letters, emails, etc.)
15-exercise (i am thinking hoop dancing!)
16-buy a longer tv cable
17-climb mt fuji again
18-explore my neighborhood
19-find at least 5 new restaurants i can take friends to
20-dress up more
21-set up my bills to be automatically deducted from my bank account
22-keep better track of my finances
23-make more "foreign" friends (this year will see a significant australian friend leave japan...)
24-learn the names of all the teachers at school that i already talk to all the time
25-go to bed earlier on "school nights"
26-take lots of pictures
27-learn to cook some japanese foods
28-learn to like sushi
29-take my lunch to work more
30-clean out my closet and get rid of clothes i don't wear
31-write more
32-read more
33-study japanese more
34-read the newspaper every once in a while (actually READ it)
35-do something with my empty (and lonely!) balcony
36-keep a plant alive
37-keep a 3-line daily journal
38-clean out my itunes
39-discover new music to add to old favorites
40-move old digital photos to my external harddrive
41-read a whole book in japanese
42-create a reason to use all 6 wine glasses at once (invite friends over!)
43-throw things away that should be thrown away
44-clean all my jewelry and keep it nice
45-be generous toward others (time, money, energy, etc.)
46-invest a reasonable percent of my salary
47-be outside more
48-paint my toenails more
49-get a massage (or two!)
50-floss regularly


in progress
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