I'm doing 17 things
Well worth it....
18 months ago
It’s amazing the things you can do for free. Worth more than spending lots of money and getting nothing!
3rdeyeopen's Life List
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1. Learn to speed read
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2. not be an ant
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3. learn qi gong
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4. learn to count cards
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5. own less
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6. Make virtually everything I own digital
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7. negotiate like a Diplomat
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8. develop ataraxia
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9. live off the grid (for real)
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10. be homeless for a week
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11. not watch television for a year
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12. Be qualified to do the things I want
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13. have an amazing memory
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14. read every last word by or about Richard Francis Burton
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15. live in the Middle East for a year
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16. keep working while everyone else is sleeping
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17. live more with less
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Spent 5 months in Damascus and travelled around Syria. I made the effort to not speak English for periods. ie. no speaking English (even with foreigners) for a week / a month. Sometimes I appeared rude, but I was there for language immersion, not to swap tourist stories with other english speakers. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
My (subtle) chemical romance!
1 year ago
Have been taking gingko biloba and a general memory supplement to help me along. I’m hoping this will be me an extra leg up in learning languages. I think it works, but if it does it works in a pretty gentle way because I don’t feel any massive change.
