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10 Reasons to Be Happy

1. I get to go to Disneyland on Sunday. (coincidentally the happiest place on earth)
2. I get to have a completely drama free, chillaxing Christmas with my mom and my boyfriends family.
3. I get to go to my boyfriend's mom's winter solstice party on Friday. (should be awesome, I've never been to a solstice party before)
4. My...
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I'm in northern California staying with my family for thinks giving and nothing makes sense. That's usually how it is when I come here but this time it's for a different reason. Things went really well. No one said anything derogatory against gay people, atheists, or women. No voices were raised. I didn't leave my grandmother's house feeling hurt and offending and vaguely wondering why...
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I've been working on my MFA applications all day today. It feels good and motivating to finally get over my fear and inertia, but I have the most annoying headache from lying down too long to write in my notebook. (For some reason the computer has been making me get blocked so I switched to paper to work on my essays and everything started flowing.)...
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My aunt discovered about a month ago after breaking her hip that the breast cancer she thought she had beaten a couple of years ago has now spread to her bones, spine, lungs, and several other places. It's amazing how much energy I've been devoting to think about this undeniable fact as little as possible. I call home once a week and I immediately return...
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My first year of college now several years ago, when I first started taking philosophy classes I became obsessed with the meaning of life. The meaning of life is:

1. Leaving the world slightly better than you found it.
2. To be happy.
3. To live a virtuous life.
4. To serve others.
5. To learn
6. To discover the meaning of life.
7. 42...
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My evening's been all over the place emotionally. I rushed home to have dinner before rushing to choir practice which I somehow managed to miraculously not be late for. I was all growly and frustrated initially, but then I started singing and as always I remembered why I go to the trouble of being in choir. Because singing makes everything else go away if only...
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Yesterday I carved a jack-o-lantern. (Maybe I'll post a picture, I really like how it turned out) and baked pumpkin seeds. Tonight I am baking pumpkin bread.

So I think I want to start using this blog to really get some focus on my life goals. I wanted something that kind of combined Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project (http://www.happinessproject.typepad.com) as well as kept me on track...
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