Saturday, December 20, 2008

Driving tips

  • Get a map of the city
  • Driving in an empty parking lot
  • Map trips thoroughly
  • Break trips into chunks between landmarks
  • Drive in cemeteries (they're more like roads than parking lots)
  • Practice at night


Saturday, December 13, 2008

Losing weight notes

Healthy body weight: 95-127 lbs

Cool links:

The Hacker's Diet: http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html
Reading food labels: http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/nutrition/nutritionview.asp?artId=1012
Common sense strategies to weight loss: http://www.umm.edu/features/weightloss.htm

Tips

  • Eat vegetables before the main course so you don't need as much of the dense stuff to be happy
  • Eat until you are not hungry, not until you are full


I have big plans

I am revitalized. I feel capable and worthy. It is all set out, I've got it all figured out, or at least some of it. I've got a list, and I assure you, I have checked it more than twice, and have added to it everyday. I want it to become longer, more fuller, and while I know that that simply means that I have more work ahead of me, to know that I'm planning doing anything at all makes me happy. If I can get it all down right here, and I keep this list at the forefront of my mind, I can make changes, and make them visible for all to see and perhaps even myself. I am capable, and I think I am worth it. I owe it to myself to be happy.

Big Plans. I no particular order.

Learn to drive and get a license
Exercise and lose weight
Talk about anything
And everything
With actual people
Stop being so modest and brag about everything you can do until people get sick of it
Learn to sing
And dance
Learn to cook
Learn something and actually do something productive with that knowledge
Improve your vocabulary
Play an instrument
Even badly
Get a job
Paint more
Create more
Learn to play poker
Get contact lenses
Stop acting like you need help with everything and be independent for once
Stop acting like you know what you are doing when you don't and ask for help for once
Stop procrastinating and accomplish some things on this list
Stop fantasizing and do something to make it a reality
Do something crazy