I'm doing 29 things
1) Deep water solo
2) Rock climbing
3) Quit my job
4) Backpack solo for >10 days
5) Talk to someone in German
6) Start writing a book
nivter's Life List
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1. Do something for (or at least witness) significant reduction in population explosion and elimination of corruption from India.
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2. Get rid of my cluttering (tachyphemia) FOREVER.
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3. Get a smart, funny, graceful girl.
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4. Make the most of my 20's
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5. perfect my eyesight
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6. Be a wizard of numbers and geometry
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7. trek through the Himalayas
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8. do a handstand
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9. do a split
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10. build fabulous calves
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11. Learn German
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12. Learn about classical music
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13. get in a fight
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14. live in a forest
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15. bungee jumping
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16. Learn that aliens do exist and see one myself
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17. do 20 pull-ups
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18. do 100 pushups
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19. visit my place of birth
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20. use my academic skills to help making the world a better place
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21. Polyphasic Sleep
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22. Skydive
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23. educate
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24. write a book
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25. compose music
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26. Visit every state in India
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27. Come up with my own set of fitness regime
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28. do 100 things I have never done
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29. do a muscle-up
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How I did it
It made me
confident 
How I did it: Practice - lots of it. I had a friend to correct my mistakes, but then at the end of the day it was all about practice.The most tricky part to learn in swimming is breathing. Once you learn how to breathe, things become easy.Second part of swimming - treading water. This was easy - saw a youtube video and tried to emulate what I saw. I wasn't very successful the first day but did it in my second day. Maybe treading is an incidental … Read how I did it…
It made me
content 
How I did it: The list ended with two books completely out of expectations, but nevertheless too good - The Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuik [Simply AWESOME]Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut [Nice one]There is nothing I can say about how to complete this goal. But yeah, I preferred thinner books to some extent :D Read how I did it…
It made me
whoa! 
How I did it: Ran a half marathon, with having run a maximum distance of 6km previously. Kept it slow and steady. Surprisingly did it (with a 10-sec break for some water).Took 2 hours, 5 mins and 25 secs. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
As I have mentioned before, I don’t have genetically good calves. They have absolutely no shape, not even a slight bulge beneath the knees.
I do run a lot but that doesn’t seem to help it even a wee bit. Any advice on how to get well toned calves? I would prefer doing weight-free exercises as I don’t like the idea of lifting weights.
My best attempt so far. Doing 100 pushups in one stretch is not so easy. In the beginning it looked almost impossible thing to do but now it seems within reach.
Key: Keep doing pushups until you can’t lift yourself. And then start pushups going only half-way down. Continue till your arms give up.
I have reached a stage where I stop not because of lack of strength in my arms and chest but due to exhaustion. The goal seems within my grasp now.
