Met a waitress in Santa Monica from this beautiful paradise. I have no idea why she would leave, but she definitely inspired me to go!
gonegoing's Life List
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1. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
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2. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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3. bring electricity to a small village/town via solar electricity
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4. feng shui my apartment/life
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5. Bike 100 miles in a day
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6. run a marathon
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7. complete an ironman
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8. become a father
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9. work at the apple store
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10. move to hawaii
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11. learn martial arts
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12. hike the PCT
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13. visit 43 apple stores
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14. write a book
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15. Learn to play the guitar
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16. live simply
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17. go to sundance film festival
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18. get enough sleep
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19. fly in a hot air balloon over afica
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20. travel to fernando de noronha
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21. do 20 pull-ups
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22. do yoga again
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23. Love without fear
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24. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
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25. Be in Barnes and Noble for the whole day
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26. start a blog
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27. communicate better
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28. take a train up the coast
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29. become debt free
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30. grow my own food
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31. cycle the california coast
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How I did it: I sent out some e-mails prior to leaving for my backpacking trip to SE Asia, and only ended up getting one serious response. Luckily for me, it was from a farm in northern Thailand owned by a guy from the U.S.! I jumped on the opportunity, told him I would e-mail him when I had a better idea of when I would be up north since I was arriving in Bangkok, and then set out.A few weeks into my journey, I finally made it up there along with two … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I started out by decluttering my apartment and putting things in "use/don't use/maybe will use" boxes. All of the don't use stuff went either to donations or eBay if it was valuable enough. It's really refreshing to clean house and get rid of the stuff that you don't need or use but just takes up space, especially if you can make a few bucks while doing it! Once you get the ball rolling on selling stuff, it's pretty addicting and quite fu… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Threw a few things into a backpack and took off on a one way ticket to SE Asia. Took the slow, observational, reflection route that allowed me to really think about what I want out of life and what I have to offer. Read how I did it…

