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  • More exercise (pilates, running etc...)

    155 68.28%
  • Be more active for animals

    104 45.81%
  • Volunteer for / with *******

    67 29.52%
  • Improve at making decisions

    64 28.19%
  • Move to a new place

    75 33.04%
  • Save money

    122 53.74%
  • Be better at accepting my limits

    32 14.10%
  • Start a new business

    27 11.89%
  • Stop smoking

    9 3.96%
  • Get more fresh air, more daylight, walk more

    105 46.26%
  • Spend less time on the computer

    62 27.31%
  • Get well, overcome disease

    49 21.59%
  • Travel more

    86 37.89%
  • Become better at cleaning the house,tidy up

    90 39.65%
  • Become better at communicating with partner/friends

    55 24.23%
  • Get a boyfriend/girlfriend

    51 22.47%
  • Divorce, get rid of a bf/gf

    3 1.32%
  • Get a decent grade/finish my education

    76 33.48%
  • Eat more healthy

    106 46.70%
  • Work more

    37 16.30%
  • Work less

    20 8.81%
  • Eat more raw food

    79 34.80%
  • Cope with my negativity

    74 32.60%
  • Get to know new people

    96 42.29%
  • Be more ambitious

    58 25.55%
  • Be less ambitious

    1 0.44%
  • Become better at doing what I feel is right

    75 33.04%
  • Be more creative (music, painting etc)

    91 40.09%
  • Stop postponing things

    88 38.77%
  • Drink more water

    74 32.60%
  • Learn a new language

    79 34.80%
  • Eat more organic food

    81 35.68%
  • Learn something new

    76 33.48%
  • Relax and enjoy life more

    91 40.09%
  • Donate money

    34 14.98%
  • Push myself less, go with the flow

    26 11.45%
  • Make more short term personal goals

    34 14.98%
  • Start yoga, meditation, therapy...

    67 29.52%
  • Write more (a journal, book, articles....)

    81 35.68%
  • Start a vegan cafe

    46 20.26%
  • Become better at defining how I want my life to be

    62 27.31%
  • Become better at doing what I actually want to do

    79 34.80%
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    Talking What do you want to change in your life?

    well, i thought this would be a really good idea.

    i know many of us would like to achieve goals of some sort. there are quite a few i would like to achieve. the goals can be anything from being more of an activist, exercising more, eating healthier, etc. whatever we want. it can be large goals, or small goals.

    so... how about a goal thread? we can state what our goal/s are for the day/week/month/year, and post about what were doing that day/week/month to achieve our goal, and how were feeling about it.

    this might help us all to achieve our goals better!!!

    yay for goals!
    "you dont have to be tall to see the moon" - african proverb

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    my first goal is to do my 20 minute pilates video 2-3 times a week. lets see how well i can keep up with it!
    "you dont have to be tall to see the moon" - african proverb

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    do more be more active for animals!
    get my dream job (i need to lose abit of weight for it though)

    stop worrying and make a decision i have to make..its a difficult one though

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    Hi Sugarmouse - decisions, decisions.....! Go for it...! I like your motto by the way!

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    Quote Barley
    Hi Sugarmouse - decisions, decisions.....! Go for it...! I like your motto by the way!
    I love it too - very funny in a macabre kind of way

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    cool!!

    I want to save up money, start exercising, and get the HELL outta wisconsin.

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    I want to accept my limits and don't keep pushing myself even if I haven't achieved perfection - sounds easier than it is!
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    Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and the animals.
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    Quote theashleybeyer
    I want to save up money, start exercising, and get the HELL outta wisconsin.
    What's bad about Wisconsin?

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    i want to wholly overcome my ed, transfer to san diego state uni, and i am thinking about starting a business (now) where i make ppl premade vegan meals that they can freeze and just heat when they want it... i think i could have a few takers, but my mom's not exited about it becuase she says that it would take a lot of time and since i don't have a car i'd have to have them drive me to the store to get the supplies (O NO, NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON THEM!! )
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    Travel every year.
    Clean out my trunk. I know my good shoes are in there some where.
    Clean out my closet. Ug!
    Volunteer more of my time.
    "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

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    My goals are to:
    Get a part time job that fits around the kids. I am hopefully getting a job in January but if that doesnt happen i shall ask Kumen nicely if she could give me some tips
    I need to exercise more to. I was doing so well but have become lazy now the cold weather has come.

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    Quote coconut
    What's bad about Wisconsin?
    Eh, i just don't like it. I want to travel.. transfer to a different uni.. just see the world basically. For example, i want to go to japan reallllly bad. So the first step i must take to increase my chances of being able to go there is taking some japanese. so that's what im doing next fall.

    I just want to see the world. I guess WI isn't that bad.... except for the drunks, the [excuse me for this-please don't get offended..] meat guzzling white trash, and the hunters that can't seem to stop talking about the deer they just murdered and then gutted. GAG.

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    Quote theashleybeyer
    I want to save up money, start exercising, and get the HELL outta wisconsin.
    Ditto, insert Michigan. Also, I want to focus more in school, get my gpa back to a 3.9, and get my license.

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    Quote theashleybeyer
    I just want to see the world. I guess WI isn't that bad.... except for the drunks, the [excuse me for this-please don't get offended..] meat guzzling white trash, and the hunters that can't seem to stop talking about the deer they just murdered and then gutted. GAG.

    insert michigan again!!
    you guys are young enough to get out- move to the jewel of the midwest chicago!! they actually have jobs to offer and even vegan friendly restaurants, unlike detroit and i am sure wis. has the same problems!

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    your still young too, u could easily get out of michigan too...
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    Quote moochbabe
    your still young too, u could easily get out of michigan too...
    Seriously, 29 is young. 16 is younger, but who wants to be 16? 29 is a very versatile age, and you can definitely still get out.

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    after 3 months - last chance for mike- i will be getting a divorce

    i will probably move there or someone else that will take me!

    that's my goal- divorce- harder than it sounds.
    after 5 years of hell and passiveness i am finally going to do it.

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    Good for you, mophoto. And you mean you'll move to Chicago (and leave me all alone here just north of Detroit )?

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    hope your family members don't work for GM, peaches

    it just sucks how everything here is related to the big 3 and how much they f-up this whole economy

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    i love mt. clemens but this state is going down the shitter

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    Quote mophoto
    i love mt. clemens but this state is going down the shitter
    Sadly, yes.

    My dad is a machinist, so GM affects him even though he doesn't work for them.

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    i hope he gets to keep his job-

    thinks will bounce back but it may take years

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    Quote mophoto
    after 3 months - last chance for mike- i will be getting a divorce

    i will probably move there or someone else that will take me!

    that's my goal- divorce- harder than it sounds.
    after 5 years of hell and passiveness i am finally going to do it.
    Sorry to hear that Mophoto. I hope things work out for you.

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    I won't to move out of this house!! Soon...please...lol...but move to where? No idea lol.

    I want to get a decent grade in college...by the look of things i need to be happy with a fail at the moment.
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    I'm gonna talk to the cute vegan boy soon!!

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    To make the final decision as to where I'm going to be next semester.
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    Quote theashleybeyer
    I'm gonna talk to the cute vegan boy soon!!
    hey ashley, does he have a cute vegan friend, im in milwaukee iso a veganprince too!...lol
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    I set myself a goal on Saturday. That was to eat as healthily as I can for the next 2 weeks.

    Of course, the second day in, I had a packet of plain potato chips with my lunch But at the end of 2 weeks, that might be quite irrelevant compared to how good I have eaten for the rest of the fortnight.

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    good for you roxy

    to reach towards my pilates goal of three times a week, i did it today. lets hope i can do it two more times this week
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    how is everyone doing with their goals?

    im going to do pilates tommorow as my second time this week. hopefully ill do it one more time in the week and ill have reached my goal for doing it three times a week, this week
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    I go to Pilate once a week (well havent been for a couple of weeks because of car trouble) I really enjoy it. I go to bums and tums to but that hurts
    I still havent hear anything about this job i want but i will have to wait and see.

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    bums and tums, what a cute name for a class!!
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    well i didnt do pilates today. was quite sad about my aunty passing away that ofcourse, working out was the last thing on my mind. ohwell, maybe tommorow.
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    I want to get a new job or some sort of incoming cash flow by the 17th. That is the day I quit for real this time.

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    yay i did pilates today. now all i have to do is do it on sunday when i get back, and then ill have reached my goal
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    YAY FOXY!
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    my goal is to get the courage to ask for an interview at glass nickel tomorrow.

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    yay foxy! go you!

    oh yea i completed mine - i am officially not a student at wake at the moment.

    now on the goal list - is find apartment. work w. therapist on getting good personal trainer and nutritionist (separate or joint doesnt matter) and preferably yoga classes. oh and registering for 2 classes at umass boston anndd a vegan baking class in cambridge!! should be a good semester
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    well i didnt do pilates today, as i couldnt get back to my town early enough since we had to catch the bus back to victoria and it took way longer than expected, but i DID walk a LONG way today so ill be proud of myself anyhow. i ended up exercising 5 times this week so im happy with that
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    i wanna feel better about myself and my appearance and stop this battle with my weight...i've been feeling fat and like i wanna diet again
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    Well i asked glass nickel. I talk to them on Thursday. I am going to tell them i'm willing to start off at part time if they'll give it to me. That way i can stay part time at lang oil and eventually find another bad ass part time job.


    My newest goal: Start exercising at least 3 times a week.

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    I am working on friday. Only for 2 hours but hopefully i will start in January doing every weekday evening. I havent worked for 2 years, its not that i dont want to or i am being lazy i have just been busy with kids

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    well in the past two weeks ive been working out ALOT more. that was my goal also, not just pilates. so im really happy with myself.

    id like to acheive another goal. id like to do a raw day once a week. maybe ill make it thursdays, since thats the days steev gets paid, and those are usually the days we go grocery shopping, so id have fresh food that day.

    does everyone think i can achieve this one?
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    nevermind about the getting paid on thursdays. he actually gets paid on fridays, but that wouldnt be the greatest day for me to be raw as stuff happens on the weekends. so i think ill stick with thursdays. today is a thursday, hopefully i can stick with it today.

    i have the following things to eat that are raw:

    -bananas
    -mandarin oranges
    -apples
    -a kiwi
    -baby carrots
    -stuff for salad (but no raw salad dressings)
    -raw cashews (although i have to save most of these for our nut roast on christmas!)

    i suppose it could be a mosty fruity day today.
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    steev said hed go pick me up a couple of things for my raw day if id like. yummm. i want some romaine lettuce and some fillings to make romaine wrap ups.

    so far ive eaten raw cashews and a kiwi.

    i might go with him to the grocery store to get some things. i wonder if ill reach this goal today
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    I have three right now:
    1. STOP BEING SO NEGATIVE!
    2. Exercise more
    3. Get to know the cute vegan boy I found...

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    Quote foxytina_69
    -stuff for salad (but no raw salad dressings)
    I think cold pressed flax oil, poppy seeds and some OJ is sooo good as a raw dressing.
    What else do you use? I am interested in this goal of yours as it's something I have been thinking about since forever ago...

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    45 minutes of exercise a day, at least!
    Peace, love, and happiness.

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    mel, i would make a raw dressing, but i have no oils to use. i need to get some olive oil!

    today probably wont be 100% raw as ill use a salad dressing, but it will be mostly raw anyhow!

    what else do i use for what mel?
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    for raw dressings...?
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