On Rocking the Casbah
4 years ago
I realized that this is something that I do all the time. Hence, it’s not a goal anymore, it’s a state of existence.
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live a well-examined life
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1 person |
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discover the meaning of life
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105 people |
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write brilliant novels
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1 person |
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move to Germany
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80 people |
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earn my Ph.D in philosophy
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learn to speak five different languages
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1 person |
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write and finish my book on Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin by the time I am out of college
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continue to learn something new every day
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transcend space and time
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6 people |
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figure out the way the categories work in my mind
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learn to read people's characters better
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1 person |
| 12. |
fall in love
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24,621 people |
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learn to sing
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2,620 people |
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travel the globe and thensome
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2 people |
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be a better daughter/sister/friend
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own an enviable collection of sundresses
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2 people |
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graduate college being less cynical about it
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own my a room of my own
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1 person |
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be better at correspondence
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be more honest with other people
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1 person |
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be financially independent
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1,554 people |
| 22. |
expose postmodernism for being the flawed philosophy it is
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1 person |
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go back in time to make love with Marlon Brando
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3 people |
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be less uptight
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15 people |
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regain my mad piano skills
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1 person |
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own an enviable collection of hats
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1 person |
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own an enviable collection of scarves
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1 person |
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develop a better memory for conversations and people
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1 person |
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learn more about Mystisches Karten Liegen
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One Word: Aphorisms, and One Phrase: Learn How To Write Them
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1 person |
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translate ranier marie rilke
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raise the importance of philosophy in public education
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be more stable
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learn to sleep better
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write a screenplay
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2,204 people |
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fight mediocrity
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meet bob dylan
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78 people |
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Have better handwriting and be able to write faster
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25 people |
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keep my room straight for a week at least at some point in my life
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1 person |
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found my own public library
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1 person |
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join the mile high club
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901 people |
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learn to draw illustrations for my books
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1 person |
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be able to realize when I'm expecting too much out of myself
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1 person |
I realized that this is something that I do all the time. Hence, it’s not a goal anymore, it’s a state of existence.