Normal List Pt. I

One of my biggest worries about going on a mission, other than the constant rejection and the fact that I won't have a lazy moment for the next 18 months, is coming back. There's a lot of anxiety attached to coming back to regular life after living in a hyper-spiritualized environment for an extended period of time. And, while I know that I'm not going to come back a better version of myself than the one than left, I kind of like who I am now, know what um sayin?

SO, I've created a list of things I need to see/listen to within the first 72 hours of my return to get me back to normal. I've enlisted the help of a few key friends to help slap me back to normal as well.

Here it is...

What to watch:

1. The Social Network

2. One Fine Day

3. Inglourious Basterds

4. Drive (edited)

5. Tron

6. The Hunger Games

7. Five Year Engagement

8. Every episode of How I Met Your Mother

9. Every episode of Breaking Bad

10. Every episode of Mad Men

What to Listen to:

1. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire

2. Brothers - The Black Keys

3. Treats - Sleigh Bells

4. Teen Dream - Beach House

5. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -Wilco

6. Merriweather Post Pavillion - Animal Collective

7. Burst Apart - The Antlers

8. Keep it Hid - Dan Auerbach

9. The Execution of All Things - Rillo Kiley

10. Wounded Rhymes - Lykke Li

Others: Bon Iver, Florence and the Machine, Dark was the Night, Twilight soundtracks, Ryan Adams, etc.

What to do:

1. Go to a concert

2. Go to Los Angeles

3. Eat at Chipotle

4. Chug a 2 liter of Diet Pepsi

5. Stay up for 72 hours straight

6. Go to a gym

7. Hug a man

8. Get a job.

9. Get a mohawk

10. Wear jeans.

There's more where this came from.