I'm doing 43 things
4 May 09
6 months ago
bought a guitar today and went to my first lesson
purplepope's Life List
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1. Organise family weekend away for parents
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2. Forge a closer relationship with A&A&A
1 person -
3. Go to Chad
2 people -
4. Volunteer in some organisation
1 person -
5. Travel overland from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska to Russia to Europe to North Africa to Cape Town
1 person -
6. Learn to do yoga proficiently
1 person -
7. Reduce to and maintain 82kg or less
1 person -
8. Take a massage course
16 people -
9. Participate in the 48-hour short film competition
1 person -
10. Clean out - get rid of all unnecessary things
1 person -
11. Live in a city in another country for a period
1 person -
12. Travel and live in a van/ bus for several months - anywhere
1 person -
13. Make a movie
2,963 people -
14. Act in a major role on stage
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15. Live out a fantasy - one I've never done before
1 person -
16. Exercise everyday
372 people -
17. Eat healthily - everyday
2 people -
18. Help someone turn their life around - someone who otherwise would have no chance
1 person -
19. Be more aware of my ego - this is more intangible, and a continual thing
1 person -
20. Do something to raise the level of passion New Zealanders feel about their country
1 person -
21. Complete the Round Taupo bike race
1 person -
22. Write a book. Publish it.
1 person -
23. Read the biography of Oscar Wilde
1 person -
24. Cook 52 fabulous meals in 2009
1 person -
25. Do Body Electric course
1 person -
26. Go on a Mediterranean cruise with friends
1 person -
27. Buy a holiday shack
1 person -
28. Find a business idea and write a business plan to bring it about
1 person -
29. Complete the New York meisner summer acting school
1 person -
30. Compose a song
241 people -
31. Learn the guitar
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32. Take Dad away alone for a few days
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33. Take Mum away alone for a few days
1 person -
34. Find someone I feel spiritually connected to
1 person -
35. Write a life poem, my legacy
1 person -
36. Settle on a theme and location for the most fabulous 50th birthday party in history
1 person -
37. Take language lessons - French or Italian
1 person -
38. Go to Burning Man festival
11 people -
39. Meditate at least an hour each week
1 person -
40. Read the koran
153 people -
41. Take a month off, and spend it in a remote bach without communications - write and meditate
1 person -
42. Ask at least 10 old people what they think the point of life is, and document it
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43. Write a TV / play comedy script
1 cheer1 person
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