I'm doing 26 things
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12 months ago
I’m currently living in Marseille, for 5 months and I think I improved my french. But it’s still best when I’m drunk :/ (which happens not often though)
placidrain's Life List
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1. be good to myself in mind, body and spirit
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2. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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3. learn
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4. face my fears
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5. have a strong, healthy back
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6. eat less meat
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7. RUTHLESSLY Get Rid of Stuff, Junk and Clutter
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8. practice and spread acceptance, understanding and compassion
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9. stop procrastinating
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10. have kids
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11. ensure that my children feel loved and respected by me
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12. live a life unfettered by possessions
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13. Improve my photography
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14. live in the mountains
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15. Build home off the grid totally self-sustained
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16. grow an herb garden
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17. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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18. leave little messages, quotations,pieces of art etc. for strangers to find
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19. Improve my French
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20. take climbing lessons
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21. see the northern lights
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22. learn to dance
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23. graduate
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24. find out why people don't sit next to you in the subway when it is almost empty
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25. increase my vocabulary
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26. design my own clothing
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How I did it
It made me
more me 
How I did it: Not I did it. He did. He decided to travel through Europe and as we met on the Internet and he's american, he wanted to meet me. and vice versa. It was glorious. We hitch-hiked around Europe, slept in his tent in woods and next to highways... and I'll try to go to the US next year. Read how I did it…
It made me
aware 
How I did it: I actually am studying abroad for a few months and well, ... it is not difficult to see places alone, I don't have a problem with it. Not anymore. But I don't like it as much as travelling together.Before I came here I wanted to travel alone and I tried to do a lot of things alone but never really did. Like ... go to a concert or into the cinema, museum, or leave home for a day or two by train or car,... well... at least I made it into th… Read how I did it…
It made me
patient
How I did it: I don't know actually. It hurts and is strenuous to try to control things beyond your reach. It's not worth doing.And to let go is not easy but I try to see things as fluent. nothing is constant, everything flows. Panta Rhei right? Even thoughts flow, as wishes do and dreams! You cannot hold on to it. You cannot control it. When there's a wave that flushes you away, stand up and don't worry about it because there is no way you can change … Read how I did it…
