101 Things To Do Before You Commit Suicide
The economy is down, times are rough, you lose your job, you lose the love of your life. Ever contemplated on committing suicide?
First of all, let me be clear on this. I never advocate taking one’s own life, and I am now officially trying to stop you from doing so! For goodness’ sake, DON’T DO IT! If you do it, you can’t even have time later on to sulk about how life really sucks. That’s the sad part.
But since I actually possess no power to stop anybody and you’d just probably do what it is you wanted to do, here’s my last request. Won’t you please read this article before committing suicide?
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101 Things To Do Before You Commit Suicide
1. Write a ten-page letter discussing why you’re doing it. I know, you may complain you’re too depressed, you’d easily run out of words to say. But hey, consider these the last pages you’d ever write. After this, you’ll never need to write anything anymore, not a single damn page. So why don’t you consider this for now. See, people would miss you. They’ll long to hear more about you. Aren’t ten pages too short then to write everything you’ve ever wanted to say?
2. Write down the three important items you’d want to give away and to whom you’re giving it to.
3. Write a separate letter to three people that mattered most to you. Tell them why you’re thankful you’ve had them in your life. (Don’t worry, the next item won’t be about writing anymore).
4. Cry for a moment for your own passing. Well atleast you’d know somebody cried for you. Grieve over the great loss the world would feel in losing this very dear person.
5. Write down 5 good things this person has done in his/ her life. (Sorry to be back about the writing stuff. But this time, its for this special person, you know?)
6. Write down 5 more things he/ she could have done had his/her life not ended so abruptly. (No need to feel guilty here now).
7. Plant a seed, a plant or a tree in memory of this special person.
8. Create a website summarizing his life and his heart.
9. Scan some of his baby photos and paste them at the website made.
10. Compose some e-mail greetings to be sent automatically in the future to greet special people in your life. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if they could still receive greetings on their birthdays or during Christmas season from you? Go to www.lettermelater.com and do that for free.
11. Eat your favorite food.
12. Have some vanilla ice cream.
13. Say goodbye to your pet. Buy a cute puppy if you don’t have one. And then say goodbye.
14. Make a last round of strolling about at your local market or favorite cafe. Give the people you meet there everyday a firm handshake.
15. Record your favorite song and have it burned on a CD.
16. Write down the background music you’d want to be played in your funeral.
17. Buy that dress you’ve always wanted to buy.
18. Treat your classmates to lunch.
19. Dance one last time.
20. Ride a bike one last time.
21. Buy some caged birds and then set them free!
22. Reconcile with your enemies.
23. Take a cold shower.
24. Buy some fresh roses.
25. Go to a theme park, be like a child again and enjoy the rides.
26. Do some bunjee jumping. No need to be afraid now.
27. Watch some fireflies.
28. Catch some fireflies.
29. Do some wall-climbing.
30. Do some go-kart driving.
31. Taste some snow.
32. Watch a sunrise.
33. Make a poem about the sunrise you just saw.
34. Bake some cookies, give them away to kids across the street.
35. Visit some kids suffering from cancer.
36. Go to China.
37. Go to Paris.
38. Ride a train.
39. Ride an airplane.
40. Try some skydiving.
41. Learn how to be a pilot.
42. Climb a tree once more.
43. Watch your favorite movie.
44. Join a marathon.
45. Light a candle, make a wish.
46. Write a book.
47. Give your Mom a hug.
48. Let her hug you back.
49. Kiss your cute daughter.
50. Let her kiss you back.
51. Wish upon a star.
52. Watch a Disney film
53. Watch the movie Forest Gump
54. Explore the jungle.
55. Kill a lion!
56. Live with tribesmen.
57. Scuba dive.
58. Snorkle.
59. Learn German.
60. Join a reality tv show!
61. Go ghost hunting.
62. Research about the world beyond and see if you can still haunt people after you die.
63. Talk to a priest.
64. Read WHEN GOD PRAYS at www.itakeoffthemask.com and settle your matter with your God. Let Him know how angry or how frustrated you are. Take off your mask, be true to yourself and find what you’ve been looking for.
65. Learn how to paint and leave a masterpiece.
66. Write the most heartbreaking novel based on your own life.
67. Join www.plurk.com (a social networking website). Make 700 friends there and then announce your looming departure from life.
68. Join a boring book club.
69. Join an adventurous camera club.
70. Help a streetkid find a home.
71. Talk to your old grade school teacher.
72. Scold your silly boss!
73. Get ready for a fist-fight.
74. Go to Hollywood.
75. Ask an autograph from Brad Pitt.
76. Go to Rome.
77. Ask an appointment for the Pope.
78. Serve the army.
79. Do dangerous stunts.
80. Audition for a theater play.
81. Play some drums. Make as much noise as you can. Bother your roommate. Bother the guys next door. Bother the entire neighborhood!
82. Make a proposal to the most beautiful person you’ve ever met.
83. Marry that person.
84. Have kids.
85. Have grandchildren.
86. Be a stage-parent.
87. Buy a house.
88. Run for Congress.
89. Run for Senate.
90. Run for the Presidency!
91. Save the world.
92. Be a mystic.
93. Be a prophet.
94. Be a martyr.
95. Make a difference.
96. Make people happy.
97. Be happy.
98. Heal people.
99. Let go of your hurts.
100. Look forward to a beautiful new morning.
101. Live a little longer and ask yourself, “What does God really want me to do?”
We all try to commit suicide at one time or the other, by ignoring our life, our time, our opportunities. We kill ourselves with stress and with griefs from a past we can no longer pull back. Life is a gift. Each day is a gift. We’re all going to die one day anyway. Why not live to the full while you may?
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What a clever and inspiring post. This made me smile. Thank you.
Thanks! Made me smile also knowing you smiled
Good day and keep in touch…
thank you for this post.
lol. What a post! When i started, i thought that it was a serious writing. But ha ha ha hat, it’s full of comedy. Whatever, nice.
guess you know who “jughead” is???? That was a nice one, parang si “L” lang, gusto pa mabuhay pero nagcommit mamamtay within 23 days…. hahahahaha…. anywayssss… everything written is TRUE… Life is too Beautiful just to say goodbye…
thank you.. that actually made me reconcider.. =]
Glad you dropped by, Samantha
You guys suck…
Do you people really have a reason to keep on living? For those of you out there who don’t even believe in a God.
They’re the ones I feel sorry for, and that its been tough for me… regardless of me believing in God.
But, honestly… what about those who don’t? I’d like a reasonable answer as to why they do. (Unfortunately I won’t even bother responding…. because I know that nobody even has a good reason.) With simple logic, they leach off of life from emotions and feelings they don’t even fucking understand. goodbye now…
thanks
Hi “m”! Thanks for dropping by
Thank you for the great list. Maybe there is a few things to do before I go. I wish that I’m able to do all of them.
First of all, whats up C LANG GANG BANG! Cant believe one of the comments is you up there!! Haha thats my nigga!
A lot of the stuff is just comedy (stress relief)… But some of the stuff truly makes me reconsider!
For me, the most important steps would be 83-85… Unfortunately that is the reason i will soon be leaving since it can never be done and will be full of grievances.
I did ask her, she did say yes… But there is more to it than just that.
I love you baby (you know who you are), and I’m sorry, I know you would not expect my post here, I love you my gorgeous and will always love you.
Hopefully if there is an after life, I will be waiting for you there to start a new beginning together, because together is what I always wanted.
Muahz
That’s cute…unfortunately not much help. When you have screwed up and failed in every area of your life what do you have left?? 3 beautiful kids, yes, besides that absolutely nothing. No success, no accomplishments, no friends, no lover, no family, no money, not enough education, horrible parent, no patience, no hope. I know I will be missed and for those that will miss me I truly am sorry but the pain is too much anymore. I tried to be strong, I have been strong but how long can you continue to be strong with no positive results?? Nothing changes I got myself into this mess and there’s only one way I know how to get out of it. - tell me one thing…When your life is a complete failure what is the reason to go on? I mean if I could think of ONE thing that I could do right I might feel like life was worth living!! I don’t even know why Im on here.. I was looking for some help somewhere but there doesn’t really seem to be any out there! Too many people seem to think it’s a joke!
This was a really alwesome post…I liked it. It actually made me realise a few things…like how much writing I’d have to do if I want to kill myself. Thanks for it. I’m not the most positive person and I am a virtual screw up in most areas of my life…but maybe with a few things to do before I die…maybe I’ll be distracted from my own hopelessness for long enoughy to find something to live for. Again…thank you for the post.
this is the best thing that i read. it totaly means alot… and this made me realize somethings.. like how much writing i have to do… and all the fun stuff i might be missing…
Some of the commenters up there are so depressing. We’ve all had hard lives, people’s families have been murdered, their limbs amputated, their hearts broken into pieces, but they keep fighting. They don’t become cowards, and choose to give up. You guys aren’t weak, the only thing you guys are is stupid, there is nothing better than this world. If there is an after life it will only be worse for you, if you can’t deal with this, good and bad, you sure as hell don’t have a chance in wherever you go. Your mood will follow you.
Allhopeisgone had it wrong, she made a cute little note saying she was sorry for leaving, but she wasn’t. If you love someone, or even care about someone, you don’t traumatize them, and torture them through your self-aniallation. It’s selfish, it doesn’t matter your circumstances.
Whatever, I guess it doesn’t matter anyway. This isn’t exactly natural selection, but I suppose you guys leaving this world will drive down the overpopulation. Jeeze, no wonder people wonder why I don’t commit suicide, it’s because you yahoo’s lead everyone to believe that whoever is depressed is gonna hurt themselves.
Some of you don’t even have a reason that would make me budge on my opinion at all. “Oh, well I don’t have family.” “I don’t make friends easily” “You don’t get it” “I’m SO depressed”
Well people, I medically am depressed, I have that chemical imbalance that makes the happiness dull, you don’t see me ending my life do you??? No.
God, you’re all so whiny!
Interesting, but would’ve been better if god was left out.
hey what acool post…actually i just love your whole website,i just copid a poem to send to ma lovedone…for the post,thanx itis pretty humourous yet seroius
thaks for writing this….I needed it
Wow. Thanks it Helped me alot!actually im laughing right now. its funny!!It Made me stop thinking about it..Life so Precious!!!
@kdrc88 - Life is precious indeed, let’s savor each moment we’ve got!
Nice list. I have done many of the items on the list. That made me smile.
When one is truly depressed, tried of the struggle, feeling sad, feeling hopeless, this list is a nice momentary diversion. It doesn’t change the reality of being sad, feeling the hopelessness and the pain that no one else can know unless they’ve experienced it. Yet even then, everyone’s experience and tolerance for pain is different. Feeling suicidal doesn’t come from having a bad day, a bad month or even a bad year. It is far more complex. The neurology of depression isn’t easy to understand.
I am surprised by both the lack of compassion by some of the posters and the Pollyana type “oh just get over it” attitude of others. Some people say suicide shouldn’t be used as a permanent solution to a temporary problem and I agree. Although for some of us depression isn’t temporary and we have tried many treatments and behavior changes without finding success.
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