Personal: Countdown Day 6: Five Things

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Day 1 - Ten random facts about yourself
Day 2 - Nine things you do everyday
Day 3 - Eight things that annoy you
Day 4 - Seven fears/phobias
Day 5 - Six songs that you're addicted to
Day 6 - Five things you can't live without
Day 7 - Four memories you won't forget
Day 8 - Three words you can't go a day without
Day 9 - Two things you wish you could do
Day 10 - One person you can trust


Day 6 - Five things you can't live without

The easy answer (oxygen, water, food) isn't the most interesting answer, as usual, so I'll skip those things in favor of something else. For most of these, it is true on an abstract level that I can't live without them (e.g., what is the point of life without these things?), but also in an absolute concrete way, in that I have come close to death, and sometimes very recently, but remain alive because of some combination of these things. In no particular order:

1. Family and friends.
2. My sweet, cuddly, protective dog.
3. Stories and storytelling.
4. Sun and sand and sea.
5. Technology.

It feels like these are pretty self-explanatory but also that I could talk about them for hundreds of thousands of words, which in some cases, I'm pretty sure I have.

The thing I am surprised I am surviving without: my bipolar medication.