karmaOWL

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  1. 1. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
    21,235 people
  2. 2. Drive across America from coast to coast.
    49 people
  3. 3. visit all 50 states
    8,530 people
  4. 4. bungee jump
    3,908 people
  5. 5. win the lottery
    3,998 people
  6. 6. Learn to play the piano
    8,241 people
  7. 7. Fall in love
    27,009 people
  8. 8. eat more vegetables
    918 people
  9. 9. Give blood
    3,075 people
  10. 10. be more organized
    3,510 people
  11. 11. pay off my student loan
    704 people
  12. 12. Send a message in a bottle
    4,128 people
  13. 13. meditate daily
    4,556 people
  14. 14. Learn to play the guitar
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    13,798 people
  15. 15. Learn a foreign language
    1 entry
    1,281 people
  16. 16. Walk on the Great Wall of China
    320 people
  17. 17. build a house
    1,360 people
  18. 18. read war and peace
    511 people
  19. 19. write a book and have it published
    2,727 people
  20. 20. send more snail mail
    119 people
  21. 21. get a masters degree
    3,101 people
  22. 22. make a short film
    671 people
  23. 23. get out of debt
    12,094 people
  24. 24. stop pretending that I don't *really* smoke and just actually stop smoking
    32 people
  25. 25. backpack through Europe
    5,217 people
  26. 26. design a building
    26 people
  27. 27. build a bridge
    15 people
  28. 28. live in New York City
    2,884 people
  29. 29. Watch the top 250 movies on the Internet Movie Database
    461 people
  30. 30. write a song
    5,094 people
  31. 31. save someone's life
    1,105 people
  32. 32. Complete a triathalon
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    409 people

How I did it
How to act in a play
It took me
2 days
It made me
Excited


How to make a soundtrack to my life
It took me
1 day
It made me
happy


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learn a foreign language
Untitled

Once, I signed up for a Russian class at my University. It was through the coninuing education department and only a 4-week course, but very intensive. The choice was between it and Chinese, and I am glad I chose Russian. I haven’t pursued it any since then, so I guess it doesn’t count. I want to buy Rosetta Stone but I don’t know which one to get. I took French in High School, but I feel Spanish might benefit me better here in Texas. Italian would be cool too. Choices, choices.



live without a television for a year
Listen Big Sis

I have been without a TV for about 2.5 years and I absolutely would not have cable (or DirecTV) again. The most notable improvement in my life was the amount of books I read. I went from basically zero books to about two a month. It’s not a lot but coming from none is a big improvement. I hear my sister complain about how much time she is missing now that she is a teacher. I know being a teacher can suck the time right out from under you, but I tell her everytime I see her that she would have more than enough time if she would just give up her tv for a year. If I could convince her of anything worth doing on this site, it is this.



spend more time with my family
The Tie That Binds

I moved out of parents’ house just weeks after graduating. At that age, I thought I knew exactly what I was doing. I suppose I did, considering I was never arrested or seriously injured. I did visit them often at first, but moving to the next town over definitely made it harder. My visits soon became less and less. When my dad got sick (cancer), my parents moved to the same town as me. This made it possible to visit them practically every day. I enjoyed what time I had left with my dad. Although, I could never quite get out of my head the thoughts of what we could have had if we just had more time. I did what I could and I cherish that. Shortly after he passed, I went to the University. I told myself I would not make the same mistake with my mom. I guess fate was listening, because it was not soon after I got sick. I moved back in with my mom so she could take care of me. This was not the kind of quality time I had envisioned, but again I was taking what I could get. When I was better, I considered moving back out. Again fate told me otherwise. My mom got sick and I decided to stay until she was better. Well, now she is all well and I am at my last semester at the University. I really want to attend Grad School, but I know I will choose one that is as close to home as possible. Now that I have spent so much time with my mom as a young adult, I have a feeling it’s going to be hard to spend more than a week without her.



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