My Study of Life: Let It Go

December 2, 2012

Let It Go

I just read the most inspirational story. Actually, I've read a couple amazing books lately. I'll tell you about them sometime. Anyway, this one in particular...

...was phenomenal.

Here is a shorter version of his story:

2 comments:

Rachel said...: I recently read this one too! So so incredible!!! WOW!; December 2, 2012 at 9:33 PM
kenna said...: i'm buying this book tomorrow. i've been so heartsick lately and i need something to uplift my spirits.

love you, missy. so much.; December 3, 2012 at 12:17 AM

100 Things To Do in Life

1. Get married in the temple

2. Make friends with a Muslim

3. Write a book

4. Visit 100 countries

5. Raise my kids to be missionaries:provide opportunities for my kids to learn and grow in missionary work

6. Attend the temple every week for a year

7. Go skydiving or hang-gliding

8. Bake bread and make homemade jam with my kids

9. Sacrifice something I really really want for a stranger

10. Have a garden

11. Make a quilt

12. Do my genealogy and temple work with my family

13. Have a "library" in my home

14. Adopt a child

15. Love someone that I really don't like

16. Act in a play

17. Learn to arrange flowers

18. Provide opportunities for my children to understand the importance of temples

19. Lean to sew

20. Give haircuts (learn how first!)

21. Make a difference to a child

22. Learn a foreign language

23. Help troubled youth

24. Be frugal with my expenses... always

25. Teach

26. Get a bachelors degree

27. Get a pilots license

28. Go sailing

29. Snowboard confidently

30. Swim with dolphins

31. Own a dog

32. Own a horse

33. Go mountain biking

34. Serve a mission... and if I can't serve full time than live the life of a missionary

35. Go to Real Estate School

36. Invest in several real estate investments

37. Learn to play piano confidently

38. Learn how to play the violin confidently too!

39. Give a significant portion of income... or $1 million dollars to different charities

40. Always pay tithing first

41. Floss once a week for a year

42. Create memories of my family working together

43. Go camping with my family

44. Go on a road trip across the country

45. Do something for my parents to let them know how much I love them

46. Live in a foreign country for at least a year

47. Provide opportunities for others to "experience" life :)

ie. trips, parties, games, discussions, etc.

48. Start and Run a successful business

49. Stay in touch with lifetime friends

50. Memorize the Living Christ/Family Proclamation

51. Be a fitness instructor

52. Learn how and decorate my own home

53. Buy, Fix up, and Sell a home

54. Learn Feng Shui

55. Learn to fix my car and be "car literate"

56. Teach my kids to tie their shoes

57. Keep a book of precious memories of my kids(Things they did or said)

58. Give people presents unexpectedly

59. Learn to accept compliments and give them freely

60. Magnify my callings

61. Develop an artistic skill and give something as a present

62. Go on a formal date with my husband

63. Learn grammar

64. Make something beautiful in representation of my love for the Lord

65. Write and submit an essay

66. Help on a political campaign

67. Help children develop their talents

68. Believe in someone

69. Learn to cook!!

70. Always recognize the potential and goodness in my husband...and let him know!

71. Say "I love you" everyday for a year!

72. Help a friend come into the gospel

73. Do something special individually with each of my siblings(while we are young, and when we get older)

74. Organize my pictures!

75. Hike Kilimanjaro or Everest Base Camp

76. Learn ASL (American Sign Language)

77. Get a masters

78. Work outdoors for a summer

79. Write letters to all my grandchildren and children

80. Have a sleepover with all my grandkids

81. Learn photography... make a portfolio

82. Learn to rock climb

83. Oversee a large humanitarian project

84. Host a foreign exchange student

85. Study Abroad

86. Have a lifetime pen pal

87. Start/join a book club

88. Ride an elephant

89. Take dance lessons... ballroom, ballet, swing, etc.

90. Teach kids how to invest their money

91. Learn to play tennis

92. Become friends with an orthodox Jew

93. See all the 7 wonders of the world!

94. TRY fish/seafood

95. Find a good way to support the troops

96. Get kissed in the rain

97. Throw someone a surprise party when they weren't expecting it

98. Help someone in need

99. Plant a cherry tree in my yard...maybe a plum tree

100. Always do the things I'm afraid to do

Recently added:

101. Do a bike race

102. Complete a triathlon

103. Get my picture on Jones Soda!

2014 Reads

The Attolian King by Megan Whalen Turner
The Attolian Queen by Megan Whalen Turner
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
My Story by Elizabeth Smart
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
How Green was My Valley by Robert Llewlyn
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Babywise
The Baby Sleep Solution (about 100 times)
Love and Logic for Early Childhood by J. Fay and C. Fay
The Diaper Free Baby by Christine Gros-Leh
Baby Led Weaning by G. Raflet and T. Murretts
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock
The Queen's Gambit by Bethany Brower
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green