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1. Become Vegetarian
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2. Sky Dive
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3. Lose 20 Pounds
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4. Become President of ECOS
1 person
5. Raise my GPA
533 people
6. Grow My Hair Long
3,517 people
7. Get my Associates degree
109 people
8. Go to Burning Man
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9. Get into Rice University
19 people
10. Get into University of Texas - Austin
1 person
11. Speak Mandarin Fluently
48 people
12. Get into Grad School
402 people
13. Publish a Book
2,147 people
14. Travel the World
18,552 people
15. See my Dad Again
44 people

How I did it

How to zipline

It took me

3 weeks

It made me

snazzy

How I did it: I went with a Study Abroad group for 3 weeks to China, and we spent our last four days in Beijing. Simatai is a section of the Great Wall a couple hours outside of Beijing that offers zip-lining at only 40 yuan, so a little less than $6 USD, which also included the boat road back to the entrance. I took a tour bus from my hotel (Jade Garden Hotel) and prepared myself for the jump! I was the only one in my group who was able to actually sw… Read how I did it…

Jun 02, 04:15AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer

How to go to China

It took me

2 years

It made me

How I did it: I went to China on a Study Abroad trip with my college for three weeks. I stayed in Hangzhou for two weeks, and spent my last bit in Beijing where I went on to visit the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. In Hangzhou I visited West Lake multiple times, went to the National Silk Museum, Lingyin Temple and a Daoist Temple, a Tea Museum where I could see tea fields also and taste Dragon Well Tea, and also I saw West Lake Im… Read how I did it…

May 22, 09:02AM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers

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sky dive

Houston Skydiving 5 months ago

It costs $179, and I’ve decided to use my left over money from China to just go ahead and do it. Everyone is making a ‘bucket list’ and I don’t want to be one of those people who start doing the things they want to do before they die, after finding out they have cancer or something. I think it’s great that they are living up their remaining life, BUT I want to make sure I’m still having adventures years before anything like that happens. I don’t know what’ll happen tomorrow or if I’ll get in a car accident. I don’t want to take a single day for granted.

Jun 17, 11:09AM PDT | 0 comments

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