Before I die I want to...

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From TED.com

In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: "Before I die I want to ___."

Her neighbors' answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?)


Filmed July 2012 at TEDGlobal 2012


"Talking about death clarifies your life."

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Before I die I want to...


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  • Profile picture of the author ThomM
    Where to start
    I just the simplest answer would be, Live.
    I don't mean that as simply drawing a breath, but to fill each day with things I enjoy doing and when I can't do that enjoy whatever I'm doing.
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      Thom, I see you have a bike as your avatar. Is there a place you would really like to ride to?



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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

        Thom, I see you have a bike as your avatar. Is there a place you would really like to ride to?



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        Can't think of any off hand Joe.
        I'm not a destination type of person. Whenever I ride someplace the first thing I always want to do when I get there is go for a ride.
        I wouldn't mind riding out west some day or maybe visiting everyone I've met on this forum and facebook. It would be kind of neat for people to see that I'm just as much an annoying pain in the ass in person as I am here
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        Life: Nature's way of keeping meat fresh
        Getting old ain't for sissy's
        As you are I was, as I am you will be
        You can't fix stupid, but you can always out smart it.

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        • Profile picture of the author HeySal
          Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

          Can't think of any off hand Joe.
          I'm not a destination type of person. Whenever I ride someplace the first thing I always want to do when I get there is go for a ride.
          I wouldn't mind riding out west some day or maybe visiting everyone I've met on this forum and facebook. It would be kind of neat for people to see that I'm just as much an annoying pain in the ass in person as I am here

          Yeah, it's about time for you to get on your shiny metal a** and take a trip out here. My ex roomy/landlord lives down the road and would probably enjoy the hell out of getting on his hog and taking you for a tour down the loneliest highway in America.
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      Visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C.

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    Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

    Before I die I want to...
    . . be born again.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I keep having to make a new bucket list because I keep doing everything on mine.
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