It’s a great story, but ultimately, not worth the risk. If I could take back the situation that caused me to have to do this, I most certainly would.
adulithien's Life List
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1. get a Forestry degree
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2. Get a job I like
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3. learn to speak Mandarin
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4. live in taiwan
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5. visit Petra
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6. learn carpentry
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7. learn to sew
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8. Work In Environmental Science
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9. backpack through Southeast Asia
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10. Visit Hong Kong
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11. go fishing
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12. read more books
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13. learn arabic
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14. never have kids
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15. Show my photos in a gallery
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16. learn to speak Japanese
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17. learn kanji
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18. see the Northern Lights
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19. go to Coachella
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20. go to Greenland
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21. paint my apartment
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22. visit Brussels
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23. join the Peace Corps
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24. learn to keep in touch
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25. overcome anxiety
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26. be more confident
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27. join the Peace Boat
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28. design and build more furniture
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29. develop patience
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30. run a marathon
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31. write a philosophical treatise
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32. build a treehouse
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33. get a tattoo
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34. Keep a beehive
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35. found a student chapter of the Society of American Foresters
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36. Get my Master's Degree
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37. Clone my own yuzu tree
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38. Start a scooter gang
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39. Work for the USFS PNW Research station
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40. learn leatherworking
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41. Lose 20 pounds
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42. start a blog
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How I did it: I did it for two years in high school, landed an internship fresh out of high school, immediately went to university for a degree in journalism, slaved away at the campus paper all four years while also holding down other jobs and internships, took a thankless, underpaid job when I took a break from school, came back to school, freelanced on top of working for the campus rag, took a photo internship instead and eventually got my degree. H… Read how I did it…
I just had my first lucid dream a few days ago. And I am happy that my subconscious, when faced with the possibility of being able to get away with anything, chose to run around making people think I was about to run into them, and then take off flying. Nothing sinister… good to know! Ha!
