I'm doing 40 things
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7 months ago
Currently reading The Brothers Karamazov. It’s great but it’s going to take awhile…
informavore's Life List
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1. travel across Eurasia
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2. learn scriabin's 5th sonata
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3. paint more
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4. direct a film
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5. kayak more
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6. own a kayak
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7. Build a kayak
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8. learn Russian
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9. learn german
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10. become enlightened
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11. Publish a research paper.
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12. read dostoevsky
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13. Understand Quantum Physics
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14. Skydive
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15. see the northern lights
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16. play the jaw harp and beatbox at the same time.
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17. Learn to speak Russian
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18. learn all the Bach inventions
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19. Publish a scientific paper
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20. visit antarctica
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21. Peace Corps
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22. do more art
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23. Make music, beautiful music
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24. be a vagabond
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25. be a nomad
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26. go camping by myself
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27. Live without a permanent address for at least 3 months
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28. Achieve Absolute Autonomy.
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29. develop a theory
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30. attend the burning man festival
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31. travel the world
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32. own a camera
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33. Have sex eight times in one day
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34. climb more
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35. DMT
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36. take an around-the-world backpacking trip
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37. learn poi
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38. surf
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39. Start my own business
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40. Improve my chess skills
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Recent entries
Living an enlightened life is to live one of balance. Knowledge must become wisdom, strength must become gentleness, discipline must become instinct… The ultimate goal is to form a harmonious bridge between one’s perceptions and behaviors. The knowledge that all substance in the universe is the same and that you are not an insular entity, fundamentally no different from the rest of your species and other lifeforms, is also an important milestone in understanding. To recognize your own nature, and act according to it. It is the art of living—to become like an animated self-portrait.
Additionally, people should strive to attain a state of flow throughout as many areas as they can. By “flow” I mean that ecstatic state that musicians, for one example, can feel when they are thoroughly involved with their work. The chatter of your thoughts subsides, and you become an observer of yourself, no longer the deliberate puppet master tugging at the strings of your body. Centering your life around this experience can bring about true happiness.
Across the bay
12 months ago
Kayaked across a bay and down a river. Great rhythmic activity for thinking and sight-seeing.
