I'm doing 24 things
in transformation. I am always discovering new ideas, revelations about myself, things that I want to accomplish or experience, and my roles in my community. For about the last year though, I have been in a place where I am not constantly trying to get away from myself. Escapism in my early years came in the form of books and television. In my middle years of life it was drugs and alcohol. In the present of my existence I like who I am and who I see myself becoming. I no longer live to distract myself, I am too busy living for that.
jaspurlin's Life List
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1. renovate my house
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2. observe my attachments
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3. Volunteer
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4. eat more raw food
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5. Write a resume
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6. give away everything I don't use
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7. brew kombucha
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8. Meditate more often
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9. Juice fast for 30 Days
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10. improve my spanish
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11. learn more constellations
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12. give in to the ecstacy of music
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13. forage more often
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14. go to mexico again
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15. learn the edible and medicinal uses of plants
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16. give more compliments
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17. do 20 pushups
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18. be more politically aware
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19. Do 50 situps
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20. be a bum in Hawaii for a season or two
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21. share quotes
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22. Buy local, used, or not at all
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23. hike the AT
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24. keep chickens
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How I did it
It made me
have funny tanlines 
How I did it: I'd just started really getting into bike riding last year, and not really had the opportunity to ride a lot in the last year. After I got back in the country this year I hitched out to Portland, spent a couple weeks rummaging through parts bins, looking for ways to make my old 10-speed a touring machine. After the conversion, I went on one 50 mile ride fully loaded with my touring gear, and was on my trip two days later. … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
been ones of progress. I’ve almost completely gutted the thing, and with the help of my good friend Richard have replaced all of the structural damage. The roof is half on now. I decided to hire a roofer, since I have no health insurance; paying the roofer is cheaper than a hospital bill. A structural engineer did some number crunching for me, and turns out I will be able to replace a couple of existing walls with heavy beams so that I can have my big, open dream kitchen! Typically I work 5 days a week, spend Sunday at home with my lady, then my other day off is dedicated to the renovation.
and during that time my Spanish language skills improved tremendously. I still have a lot to go, but I’m more confident all the time. In a couple weeks my girlfriend and I are going on vacation to Puerto Rico, and she doesn’t have any Spanish. She knows that mine’s not perfect, but we’re both confident I can get us around.
