I’ve had my ‘00 Honda CB250 Nighthawk for nine months or so. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made. The miles melt away under the tires. Tomorrow, weather permitting, I’m going to drive west along the coast.
James Good's Life List
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1. skydive
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2. try cocaine
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3. Write more
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4. Read more
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5. learn to play "elm"
1 person -
6. visit the Aran islands
2 people -
7. visit the Bushmills distillery
1 person -
8. go rockclimbing
109 people -
9. Get a PhD
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10. buy a longboard
17 people -
11. go to amsterdam
591 people -
12. learn Latin
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13. Learn Japanese
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14. learn Russian
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15. Listen to more classical music
73 people -
16. Ride a horse
744 people -
17. learn to snowboard
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18. hang glide
680 people -
19. Learn to surf
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20. Swim with dolphins
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21. scuba dive
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22. Visit Canada
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23. Visit Japan
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24. visit russia
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25. skinny dip
777 people
How I did it: I decided a the start of the summer that I was finally going to do this, after 10 years of playing with the idea and 2.5 years seriously considering it. I had a design on my wall for all that time, and I still liked it, so I knew. I went to Dublin Tattoo Company in Arklow, had Tony, the tattooist & owner, draw me up a tribal design. Slept on it, and had him go back to my original design and went ahead with it. It took three hours and it l… Read how I did it…
I did it. I’d forgotten my list, my seven things. Only for playing a game with my college friends: “You have 24 hours to live, as such, your actions have no consequences. What do you do?” and making a list of outlandish and not-so-outlandish things that I remembered my list.
I’d accomplished a thing without even thinking about it. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. No regrets.
