I’m ready to try new things and face the world properly now i guess. It took a while but now i just decide what want/need then go for it. It’s not simply a matter of confidence but that is a big part of it but what held me back was that i was afraid that getting what i want or acting on my impulses would hurt other people or affect them negatively. I still worry about this but you can never live up to everyone’s expectations so live in the now and don’t let go of the things that make you happy when you find them.
Darkcrazedlunatic's Life List
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1. To live instead of exist
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2. be loved
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3. accept the things I cannot change, have courage to change the things I can and have the wisdom to know the difference
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4. create something beautiful
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5. go to japan
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6. save someone's life
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7. be happy
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8. be ok alone
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9. stop procrastinating
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10. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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11. create a secret society of optimists and do-gooders
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12. yoga
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13. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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14. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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15. get in shape
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16. Give blood
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17. adopt
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18. become a photographer
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19. Get a tattoo
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20. Get Married
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21. Earn a black belt in Tae Kwon Do
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22. Have Children
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23. get a phd in philosophy
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24. ride a motorcycle
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25. Kiss in the rain
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26. be more organised
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27. have confidence in myself
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28. learn to dance
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29. bungee jumping
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30. travel the world
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31. write a book
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32. Get a dog
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33. Perform on the West End
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34. own my strength
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How I did it: I started a three year Japanese language course as part of my undergraduate degree in Animation. I found it easier to master the grammar by researching the culture. The way we express ourselves in the West is very different to how the Japanese do. Humility is the name of the game when conversing with strangers, elders and people with more authority than you. A simple question like, How are you doing? Could be taken as a ser… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I brainstormed plenty of ideas, some just really idiotic and some too ambitious. Wrote a synopsis the and drew a storyboard with help from a really artistic mate, took a couple of photographs of my locations and settings to help establish my misenscene with help from my best mate who's a photographer. Asked a few more mates to star in my film and at first appointed another friend as cameraman so i could focus on directing but then decided… Read how I did it…

