Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or repressed. But you have to keep searching for your body’s deeper need, the need for genuine love. Every time you are able to go beyond the body’s superficial desires for love, you are bringing your body home and moving toward integration and unity.
— Henri Nouwen
David Braun's Life List
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1. Frolic.
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2. spend more time at Esalen
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3. make younger friends
2 entries . 5 cheers2 people -
4. play fiddle
1 entry . 6 cheers9 people -
5. take better photos
1 entry . 6 cheers228 people -
6. retire
1 entry . 5 cheers358 people -
7. have deeper conversations
2 entries . 12 cheers13 people -
8. write books
1 entry . 5 cheers237 people -
9. be of service
1 entry . 4 cheers16 people -
10. drive slower
2 entries . 1 cheer32 people -
11. have sex in an elevator
1 entry . 7 cheers65 people -
12. roadtrip
1 entry . 3 cheers83 people -
13. do shrooms again
1 entry . 3 cheers15 people -
14. Cultivate a more diverse circle of friends
2 entries . 7 cheers16 people -
15. take more naps
1 entry . 1 cheer58 people -
16. be less goal oriented
1 entry . 1 cheer3 people -
17. go to burning man
2 entries . 7 cheers1,397 people -
18. see the northern lights
1 entry . 6 cheers16,368 people -
19. Kiss a stranger
1 entry . 3 cheers747 people -
20. canoe the Boundry Waters
1 entry6 people -
21. Tip a Cow
1 entry . 2 cheers27 people -
22. get a faster computer
1 entry . 2 cheers4 people -
23. learn to touch type
1 entry . 1 cheer329 people -
24. never, EVER grow up
1 entry . 5 cheers793 people -
25. build an excellent piece of furniture out of wood
8 cheers99 people -
26. dream lucidly
1 entry . 2 cheers325 people -
27. sell a photo i've taken
1 entry . 4 cheers29 people -
28. try absinthe
1 entry . 2 cheers297 people -
29. Visit 50 of the world heritage sites
1 entry . 1 cheer81 people -
30. figure out what to do with money
1 entry . 1 cheer1 person -
31. touch and be touched
3 entries . 6 cheers19 people -
32. remember people's names
3 cheers336 people -
33. become Canadian
8 cheers18 people -
34. explore europe by canal
1 entry . 5 cheers2 people -
35. try everything once
3 cheers59 people -
36. Make new mistakes
11 cheers17 people -
37. unapologetically find people attractive
8 cheers7 people -
38. Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
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39. figure out where all the people like me are hiding
3 cheers378 people -
40. Practice Gratitude
1 cheer71 people -
41. Be there...Burning Man 2009...for a 43Things Convergence!
1 entry . 1 cheer26 people -
42. contact improv
1 person
How I did it: Focus is the only thing that will get you through. You also can't allow your wish list to blossom in the middle of the project. Once you turn the corner from "tearing apart" to "putting back together", your project list needs to remain stagnant. Read how I did it…
I am now associated with a camp. I will be camping with Camp Contact which will be associated with the HeeBeeGeeBee Healers in Nectar Village.
Come by and say “Hi” or book a massage over at the healers’. I’ll post more info here when I know which coordinates we’ll be occupying. I’ll also be sure to put myself in the electronic directory at the front gate.
See you all there
I should have marked this one done a couple years ago. Two years ago this June I:
1. Hauled the Boat to Oxnard for a test sail
2. Hauled it up to Bellingham, WA and sailed all the little islands on the inland side of Vancouver Island for 3 months
3. Hauled it back to Oxnard and set sail for Mexico
4. Sailed the Sea of Cortez for 4 months.
5. Drove to Mexico to pick the boat up out of Sonora and hauled it back to Oxnard
6. S/V Nausicaa is now at home in a slip in Channel Islands harbor eagerly awaiting trips to the islands
Done!

