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by r3n 3054 days ago
I try to find out why he made this list, and here is what I found on the google.

https://www.mail-archive.com/silklist@lists.hserus.net/msg08...

> ... In any event, it occurred to me that, past 30, I could no longer defend my peccadillos on basis of youth. I would have to acquire some minimal sense of responsibility. While I didn't want to be a grown-up, I wanted at least to act like one in the less toxic and stultifying sense of the term.

> So, I sat down around 2 am on October 3, 1977 and I drew up this list of behavioral goals that I hoped might assist in this process. ...