I'm doing 40 things
Currently reading The Brothers Karamazov. It’s great but it’s going to take awhile…
informavore's Life List
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1. go camping by myself
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2. direct a film
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3. kayak more
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4. own a kayak
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5. Build a kayak
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6. learn Russian
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7. learn german
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8. visit antarctica
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9. Peace Corps
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10. paint more
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11. Understand Quantum Physics
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12. play the jaw harp and beatbox at the same time.
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13. Learn to speak Russian
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14. read dostoevsky
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15. learn all the Bach inventions
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16. Publish a scientific paper
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17. Publish a research paper.
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18. become enlightened
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19. learn scriabin's 5th sonata
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20. own a camera
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21. Have sex eight times in one day
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22. see the northern lights
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23. be a vagabond
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24. be a nomad
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25. Live without a permanent address for at least 3 months
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26. Achieve Absolute Autonomy.
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27. develop a theory
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28. attend the burning man festival
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29. travel across Eurasia
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30. Make music, beautiful music
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31. do more art
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32. climb more
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33. DMT
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34. take an around-the-world backpacking trip
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35. Skydive
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36. learn poi
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37. surf
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38. Start my own business
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39. travel the world
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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.
