Having a library of books is easy—curating them so that you only have ones worth having that are of use to you is a little harder. BUT worth it!
bullethell's Life List
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1. read books that change my mind
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2. own a bar
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3. be pious
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4. play chess well
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5. be humble
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6. Learn to pick locks
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7. pay off my credit card
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8. make eye contact with strangers
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9. win an eating competition
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10. join a private members' club
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11. take better photographs
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12. be a world expert
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13. have a family
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14. be scary
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15. wake up with a beautiful person who loves you
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16. give large sums of money to charity but tell nobody about it
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17. invent something
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18. win a road race
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19. Be a renaissance man
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20. get a phd
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...it’s got it all. We’ve got all the toys, and can literally save lives during a days’ work with immediate results, rather than long-term incremental changes. A HELL of a lot of work though…!
