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Friday, December 2, 2011

If 2011 Was Going To Be The Last Year Of Your Life, What Would Be In Your Backpack?


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We all die. We do not know when.

We all die. We do not know when.

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My Perhaps List 2011 -- 1st draft

  • See the Aurora Borealis
  • Sell All Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit
  • Build Your Own House
  • Design Your Own Cocktail
  • Own an Original Work of Art
  • Answer a Personal Ad
  • Learn That Instrument

Don't Bother List

  • Live Out of a Van
  • Bungee Jump
  • Get Arrested
  • Be a Human Guinea Pig
  • Be Part of a Threesome

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Philippe de Champaigne's Vanitas

Philippe de Champaigne's Vanitas
(c. 1671) is reduced to three essentials: Life, Death, and Time

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  • Mortality salience
  • Memento mori
  • Vanitas
  • Ars moriendi
  • Danse Macabre
  • YOLO (aphorism)
  • Coffin Texts

Note Bene.

Well. This is like lil place on the Interwebz to ponder and ruminate about Mortality...

As they say, there are only 2 certainties in this life.
#1. That we all die.
#2. We don't know when that is.

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For the I'm-New-To-This! bucketlist makers...

So you've all seen that movie The Bucket List, right? Well, that movie really didn't do a whole lot for me. -_-;;; If I were male AND older maybe I might've related better... BUT - the movie's title sure did raise lots and lots of questions in my head ever since!

So, below are some suggested starting points for you to begin shopping for Your Own Bucket List. (The links will open in this window. So if you don't want to lose this window, right-click and open in a new window!)


Suggested Outside Links

  • "2DO Before I Die : The Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Rest of Your Life" by Michael Ogden on Amazon.com
  • 20,000 Days and Counting by Robert D. Smith
  • Five Wishes Video by Gay Hendricks
  • How To End Procrastination, Fear, Doubt, and DeClutter Your Life -- "The Last Year of Your Life"
  • John Goddard's "Life List"
  • Neat tool for creating your Bucket List on the web
  • Official Site for Richard Horne's book "101 Things To Do Before You Die"
  • Reaper List
  • Refuge Vows
  • The New Buried Life Trailer

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