I'm doing 18 things
thepseudoculture's Life List
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1. live in a foreign country
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2. travel with my bike and tent for a month
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3. leave notes of encouragement for strangers
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4. Watch "Hiroshima, mon amour"
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5. Learn Thai Sword Fighting
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6. swim with sharks
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7. Experience Vipassana for at least a week
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8. Go snowboarding for the first time!
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9. scuba dive
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10. go camping
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11. get a prayer tattoo
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12. Travel to Thailand
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13. Learn to surf
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14. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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15. sell everything I don't want anymore
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16. Become Financially Independent
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17. go see an opera
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18. move out of Illinois
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How I did it
It made me
my happy place. 
How I did it: Like many people, I was disillusioned by the fantastical things that Japan has to offer...but mostly when I was younger. Outrageous clothing and funky, weird things all around you.Well, now that I visit Japan several weeks, sometimes months, out of the year, I've found out several things:1. Tokyo isn't that great. It's ugly, though it does have SOME interesting architecture.2. Okinawa is where it's at.3. Yes, they still do have cute, weir… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: A birthday gift for my 18th year, with compromise thrown in: I paid half, the gift giver paid the other half. I had already saved up a good amount within that year so I was able to pay my half.Voila. Read how I did it…
