I'm doing 33 things
i served at a 3 day vipassana course. i had a wonderful and enlightening time. for me, serving for that time frame was just nice. i will serve again.
alienem's Life List
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1. volunteer in a 3rd world country to help children
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2. design and build a house
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3. sky dive
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4. write 2 books
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5. get my divemaster
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6. travel around south east asia
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7. live in different cities
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8. see the midnight sun
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9. go to a global gathering party
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10. go snowboarding
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11. go skinny dipping
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12. ride the train from beijing to lhasa
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13. shoot a gun
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14. be more patient
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15. go to las vegas with $20,000 to spend
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16. see the northern lights
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17. open a restaurant
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18. learn how to tattoo
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19. open a cafe
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20. continuously learn
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21. take months off to travel one of the continents
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22. be a wakeboarding champion
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23. build green schools in south east asia
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24. value add to the non profit organisations in my coummunity
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25. spend a month in an ashram in india learning yoga
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26. operate a bed & breakfast
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27. design my own motorbike
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28. improve my photo taking
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29. develop my own style
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30. grow my own food
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31. make a documentary
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32. buy another film camera
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33. make usd5 million a month
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How I did it
It made me
proud 
How I did it: i went for vipassana meditation which is a 10 day course. i stay on site and you are not allowed to smoke during the 10 days. so, i stopped smoking. there were no cravings as i was preoccupied. the hard part came when the 10 days was almost up... do i continue to NOT smoke? i battled myself with this decision as i was not prepared to give up smoking. i love it! however, it was quite an achievement… Read how I did it…
It made me
love more
How I did it: i recently resigned from my job. that gave me the time. i wanted to go to burma to do it but when i checked the site, they had a course in my home country and the timing was perfect... so, i just went ahead and signed up. always knew i would do this, no questions. Read how I did it…
It made me
love
How I did it: as i learnt to live in the now, my worries faded away and i enjoy life as it unfolds before me. &nb… Read how I did it…
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