Half the time I am not even home and it is such a waste. People are generally good, why not let random people sleep on the couch? I do not really have anything in my house that can be stolen except an iPod speaker and furniture… I have been poking around on couchsurfing.com and have just not been able to commit to signing up and having random people in my house from the internet.
Jason Loop's Life List
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1. change the world
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2. Inspire people to make changes in the world, instead of just unhappily accepting it as it is.
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3. live passionately
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4. live simply
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5. grow my own vegetables
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6. build a prefab modern home
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7. learn to dance
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8. Learn to cook
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9. Learn to surf
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10. learn Tai Chi
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11. meditate daily
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12. write a book
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13. find a mentor
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14. enjoy the simple things
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15. expand my business
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16. Sell the stuff I want to get rid of on Ebay
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17. Learn the Alexander technique
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18. start a blog
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19. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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20. Buy land
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21. live off the grid
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22. Get a tattoo
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23. find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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24. meet intelligent people
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25. reduce my environmental footprint
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26. keep a plant alive
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27. be a mentor
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28. Build a close relationship with my Mom.
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29. Grow a mustache
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30. Let random people sleep on my couch
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31. be more social
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I find it very hard to know what will truly reduce my footprint so for the time being I’ve stopped consuming everything but designer clothing and digital media. I started using the book store like my own private library and stopped drinking coffee. My car got stolen on Christmas and I decided not to get another one and now use a monthly bus pass walking when possible. I do not use any heat or AC – but sort of cheat by living places I do not need heat or AC and going to the southern hemisphere every winter to have another summer. I have been shopping around the outside edge of the grocery store buying fresh non-packaged goods, now I just need to figure out how to cook more than green peppers and onions with a chunk of cheese on the side.
This past year I was in a beach house far from anything and sitting in that house listening to music while a three day storm passed. As I listened to the music I realized that for most of my life I was hearing music but not listening. The sound was from the same headphones and the same iPod but I was really listening to every instrument and every word. For the rest of the summer I noticed quite a bit more around me than the music – like everything else in life.



