Marc and Angel Hacklife is an inspiring and unique blog. First of all, they write lists! Not just surface junk; but stuff that really causes my mind to stretch. I could spend an entire evening contemplating my answers to their questions. I imagine attending a really chill and mellow dinner party with everyone sitting on over-sized cushions after a great meal discussing the their 5 Simple Truths or something like that. Of course these would have to be interesting people. Really really interesting people.
I'm going to do this as a series of 50 posts each over the next couple of weeks. I think answering these questions will help my writing and help my focus. Although I'm typing this at work right now, so I guess it's not really helping with focusing on work. Yep, there's that.
I'm going to keep a running link list here as the series home post.
- How old would I be if I didn’t know how old I was?
- Which is worse, failing or never trying?
- If life is so short, why do I do so many things I don’t like and like so many things I don’t do?
- When it’s all said and done, will I have said more than I've done?
- What is the one thing I'd most like to change about the world?
- If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make me rich?
- Am I doing what I believe in, or am I settling for what I am doing?
- If the average human life span was 40 years, how would I live my life differently?
- To what degree have I actually controlled the course your life has taken?
- Am I more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
- I'm having lunch with three people I respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of mine, not knowing she is my friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do I do?
- If I could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
- Would I break the law to save a loved one?
- Have I ever seen insanity where I later saw creativity?
- What’s something I know I do differently than most people?
- How come the things that make me happy don’t make everyone happy?
- What one thing have I not done that I really want to do? What’s holding me back?
- Am I holding onto something I need to let go of?
- If I had to move to a state or country besides the one I currently live in, where would I move and why?
- Do I push the elevator button more than once? Do I really believe it makes the elevator faster?
- Would I rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
- Why am I, me?
- Have I been the kind of friend I want as a friend?
- Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near me?
- What am I most grateful for?
- Would I rather lose all of my old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
- Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
- Has my greatest fear ever come true?
- Do I remember that time 5 years ago when I were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?
- What is ny happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
- At what time in my recent past have Ifelt most passionate and alive?
- If not now, then when?
- If I haven’t achieved it yet, what do I have to lose?
- Have I ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like I just had the best conversation ever?
- Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?
- Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
- If I just won a million dollars, would I quit your job?
- Would I rather have less work to do, or more work I actually enjoy doing?
- Do I feel like I've lived this day a hundred times before?
- When was the last time I marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea I strongly believed in?
- If I knew that everyone I know was going to die tomorrow, who would I visit today?
- Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
- What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
- When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what I know is right?
- If I learn from my mistakes, why am I always so afraid to make a mistake?
- What would I do differently if I knew nobody would judge me?
- When was the last time I noticed the sound of my own breathing?
- What do I love? Have any of my recent actions openly expressed this love?
- In 5 years from now, will I remember what I did yesterday? What about the day before that? Or the day before that?
- Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Am I making them for myself, or am I letting others make them for me?
