I'm doing 36 things
1. That I am not sitting in a cubicle with artificial light and too-cold air conditioning, in front of a computer screen for eight hours a day, looking at the clock and waiting to go home.
2. That I am doing what I have dreamed of doing since I was a child sitting on the roof of my house: Having an adventure, growing as a person, finding what I’m supposed to be doing and where I belong.
3. That I am living without regret. No matter how tough this is, I will never, ever regret doing it. I would have regretted it if I hadn’t.
4. Breathing. My heart beating, blood in my veins. Take a deep breath. I am alive, and that is everything to be thankful for.
5. Being strong. No matter how weak I feel, I am strong because I am doing this. I am different from everyone who wishes and dreams and never does.
6. Speaking Spanish fluently.
7. Absolute, heartbreaking beauty. Green jungles, sunrises, blue sky, torrential rains, sweltering heat. What an amazing world!
ssevans's Life List
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1. Finish my novel
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2. Learn to surf
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3. Learn to scuba dive
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4. Learn to play the guitar
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5. Swim in the Dead Sea
161 people -
6. Visit Jerusalem
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7. Spend a night in the desert in the middle east
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8. Stay in contact with friends who are far away
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9. Ride in a helicopter
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10. Get a tattoo
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11. Finish my fanfiction
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12. Go on a blind date
91 people -
13. Go to Madagascar
61 people -
14. ride a camel and an elephant
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15. swim with dolphins or seals
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16. Go camping with my dad
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17. Make a list of 100 things to be thankful for to keep me strong in the Peace Corps
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18. See California
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19. Drive cross country
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20. go to Scotland
440 people -
21. go to grad school
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22. drive a motorcycle
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23. learn to play poker
432 people -
24. become fluent in Spanish
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25. Write more
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26. Have sex
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27. Live in England
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28. Meditate with monks in Tibet or Thailand
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29. Watch a soccer game at the World Cup
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30. Watch a soccer game in a country that is crazy about soccer
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31. Become a travel writer
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32. Write a fan letter to Bill Bryson
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33. Detach myself from my computer
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34. Publish my book
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35. Start taking beautiful photographs with my new camera
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36. Finish the HPV series shots!
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