1. Set alarms for the next five days
2. Send text messages to my trainer every time I practice
3. Commit to it on Facebook
4. Have a sense of humor, but be very serious about it
Saafir's Life List
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1. impregnate Björk
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2. find my obsessions and lose myself in them
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3. compel you to dance, dammit!
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4. get more Zappa
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5. practice like Coltrane
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6. experience awe
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7. give women orgasms
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8. Read the entire Bible
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9. practice meditative yoga for AT LEAST 30 min a day 3 days a week, and at least 1 hour a day another 3 days a week for one month.
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10. buy and read every title in "The New Lifetime Reading Plan" -- Read dozens of major works of literature, poetry, and philosophy over the next forty years.
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11. USE MY GIFTS of intelligence and curiosity to serve others
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12. CREATE BEAUTY. Become a steward of music, art, literature, and architecture. Create a life that is a net gain for beauty in the world.
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13. WEAVE A TAPESTRY of COMPASSION. Make my life a place of warmth and joy for the people who pass through it.
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14. use my strengths every day: at work, at play, and in my relationships
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15. Live in gratitude & be happy even if the rest of the things on this list never happen
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16. practice for 80 hours in one month
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17. finish the 600 hour challenge
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18. learn three of Ray Charles' songs
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19. learn three Stevie Wonder songs
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20. learn to play the guitar
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21. finish the "Set Your Voice Free" voice training program
3 entries . 5 cheers1 person -
22. finish the entire Hal Leonard Guitar Method: learn 80% of the songs and 96% of the chords
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23. Visit one-hundred museums
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24. understand Wittgenstein
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25. become a polymath
2 entries . 3 cheers43 people -
26. found the Funk Muffins: a collective of funk, jazz, soul, and hip-hop musicians who throw crazy parties
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27. increase my self-efficacy
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28. do a ten-day silent meditation retreat
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29. create a jazz, soul, and blues show. Perform it with at least a quartet of musicians by November 30, 2012
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30. love Aston
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31. learn the chords for "All of You"
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32. learn the chords for Mal Waldron and Billie Holiday's "Left Alone"
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33. memorize the John Coltrane solo from "All of You" September 10, 1956
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34. shoot a deer. dress it. freeze it. eat it.
1 person
This is a challenging goal, but I’m confident I can achieve it in the next few weeks. I’m going to:
a) set multiple reminders with my phone and e-mail
b) text my trainer daily
c) write out a few routines so that I don’t have to think about what I need to do each day
d) order the Yoga Shakti DVD
e) print out my intentions/plans and post them prominently
Yes!
Duration: 1.5 hours
Intensity: 70%
Concentration: 50%
today I did Brynn’s shoulder opening/handstand preparation flow.
I also did 2 sets of 5 45 lb shoulder presses. I ended with a 20 min mindfulness meditation.

