I'm doing 8 things
And again
11 months ago
Day One
HappyMaiar's Life List
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1. Record an album
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2. live on the streets for a while
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3. buy a return train ticket to the farthest possible destination and sit on it all day and write
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4. get a first
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5. build muscle
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6. grow a beard
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7. go skinny dipping
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8. learn fingerpicking
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Got a guitar for Chirstmas. Learned chord shapes. Pressed down fingers in shapes till it hurt. Strummed with other hand. Practiced changing shapes while strumming. Tried to do upstrums as well. Failed. Tried again. Practiced. Nursed painful fingertips. Learned more chords. Sang. Read how I did it…
It made me
healthier
How I did it: One holiday, I just became completely broken and helpless and started calling out to God each day for help, waking up early in the morning to pray every day asking for mercy and help. He then forged a habit of this, and disciplined Bible study and as I focused on him the desire to self-gratify was consumed. The support of friends was massively helpful too. This is the end of a seven year long on/off addiction. It will resume if I ever sto… Read how I did it…
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First 24 hours
11 months ago
Been learning for a day. I know A, C, G and F. My fingers hurt bad. I’m still working on getting my fingers in the right place and I can’t strum properly.
