My second aliyah and the 28

19th December, 2010 - Posted by admin - 6 Comments

For those who know and those who don’t, the past few months have been very interesting for me. Certain events  that may or may not be elaborated on in future blog posts have inspired me to conduct an extensive and long overdue cheshbon nefesh. I tend to be a passive person and after making aliyah neglected to live the life I want to live and be the person I want to be. I looked for it in others when I should have looked for it in myself and so I have decided to change that (at least a little).

In January 2011 I will turn 27. I’ve made a list of 28 goals and things that I want to do during my 28th year before I turn 28 in January 2012. At the request of several friends I have decided to chronicle this experience in the form of this blog. Here I will provide updates on these goals and my various thoughts and insights related to them.

While I won’t finalize the list and make it official until closer to my birthday below is the tentative list. Some will be recurring and others one time, some will be easier to do than others and some will be revealed later on due to their sensitive nature.

Feel free to enjoy the blog, comment on it, and, even better, participate  in it!

  1. Find a chavruta
  2. Find a rabbi
  3. Travel to Greece
  4. Do something new every Friday
  5. Do one thing that makes me happy every day
  6. Volunteer once a month
  7. Try skeleton
  8. Smile in public
  9. Call at least one friend to say hi everyday (except Saturday)
  10. Go hiking once a month
  11. Go to the kotel once a month
  12. Read a book for at least 10 minutes every day
  13. Learn how to bake challah
  14. Go to China
  15. Go to business school
  16. Write a novel
  17. Learn Hebrew
  18. Fall in love
  19. Learn the dance to a Madonna or Britney Spears song
  20. Plant a tree
  21. Join an improv group
  22. Break a habit once a month
  23. Get a weekly basketball game going
  24. Run at least once a week
  25. Visit a different non-anglo community in Israel for Shabbat once a month
  26. To be revealed at a later date
  27. To be revealed at a later date
  28. Light Shabbat candles every week

*There is no specific order to this list.

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Posted on: December 19, 2010

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6 Comments

Shoshanna

December 25th, 2010 at 4:22 PM    


I used to know the dance to ‘Oops, I did it again’. How it pains me that I forgot it.

This looks cool, good luck!!

28 by 28 » My happy home

January 2nd, 2011 at 1:41 PM    


[…] While there aren’t any Barnes and Nobles in Israel, another place that I also am able to reflect on things and “chill” without stressing or worrying about time is the Kotel (the Western Wall). For the past few weeks I have been telling almost everyone I’ve spoken to how I haven’t been there in a month and half and how I really want to go. As with Barnes and Noble in the States, the Kotel makes me truly happy. That is why going there once a month is included as one of the 28 goals. […]

Davine

January 19th, 2011 at 9:40 AM    


Such a great idea – you inspire me 😉 By the way, what’s #7?

Davine

January 19th, 2011 at 12:24 PM    


Oh cool! Where can we do that? Only in snow? trip to the Hermon, anyone? 😉

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