- weigh your empty hard drive on a digital gram scale

1. Weigh your empty hard drive on a digital gram scale
   
2. Take the hard drive, and load every digital file you own onto it
3. Weigh the hard drive again, noting the difference in weight
4. Put the equivalent in weight into a small jar of anything from your body (blood, semen, hair, etc)
5. Photograph and mail it to neilson@thisneverhappens.com

- draw a blueprint of your childhood house

1. Draw a blueprint of your childhood house
2. Pin it up where you would see it everyday
3. Spend 5 minutes of everyday with it for a week
4. Throw the drawing away

- find a partner

1. Find a partner
2. Before beginning, designate one person as the translator and the other as the transporter
3. Start off by sitting on the floor, facing each other
4. Slowly start breathing together
5. Close your eyes, and start slowing down your heart rates until they sync
6. When both parties are synced in breath and heart beat, have the transporter start projecting thoughts of themselves into the translator’s head
7. The translator projects that thought into a real space around them
8. As the process is happening, keep the thoughts constant, or else seperation will form
9. The greater the distance between the translator and the transporter, the greater connection is necessary for the process

- make a 9 inch wide squared base frame out of copper

1. Make a 9 inch wide squared base frame out of copper
2. Create a frame for a pyramid so that at the base of each face, the triangle should be 61º on both angles
3. Gather three Bastnäsite-(La) mineral stones
4. Arrange these minerals so that the greatest length points up
5. Have these minerals sit so that they rest at a third of the pyramid’s height
6. Now rest these stones on areas like your back, shoulders, and feet to help counter the build up stress that can cause you pains
7. Careful to not have the stone sit for over 10 minutes in one spot, or minor skin trauma can occur 

- find someone who you never met before

1. Find someone who you have never met before
2. Spend 40 minutes sharing secrets with each other
3. Be bold, and trusting
4. Finally, spend 15 minutes not saying a word, just sitting with each other

- go on a road trip by yourself

1. Go on a road trip by yourself and tell no one that you’re leaving
2. Drive with no real designation
3. Stray from interstate highways
4. try to eat at as few chain restaurants as you can
5. Document none of the trip
6. Have your trip last for a week

- go for a jog and wear a sweatband 

1. Go for a jog and wear a sweatband
2. Drain and seal the liquid into a jar
3. Use face blotting papers a few times a day
4. Seal the face blotting paper in another jar
5. Repeat these steps for a month
6. Add both jars together along with equal parts oil in a pan
7. Slowly heat up the oil, until it hits a slow simmer
8. Filter this mixture through cheesecloth
9. Put on protective gloves, apron and goggles for handling the next step
10. In another pan, add 8 oz of lye, to 24 oz of water
11. Slowly stir the water as you add the lye to it
12. Add the first solution to the lye solution after it has cooled down to 100ºF
13. Bring this new mixture to a low simmer, carefully to try not to overheat it
14. Stir constantly as bubbles start to form in this new compound
15. As all the water boils off, smaller and smaller bubbles should start forming
16. When the solution finally starts becoming pale, it is ready to be poured
17. Pour it a greased mold and have it sit for over 48 hours
18. Use the soap you’ve made

- before going to sleep

1. Before going to sleep, drink a glass of warm water
2. Wear comfortable clothes, keeping your ankles and wrist free of restriction
3. When you’re finally laying down, slowly breathe in and out
4. As you concentrate on your breath, you will slowly drift away
5. When you do, gently pull your attention back
6. As you enter your dream state, the your awareness and acknowledgement of this is a form of lucid dreaming
7. The next step is making your body aware of the dream state
8. Using your eyes as the connecting point between your real body and the dream body is a crucial part in managing the connection to gain full lucid control
9. While squinting and opening your eyes might cause you to wake up, utilizing steps 3 through 5 should help you re-enter the state that you were once in
10. Over the course of a few weeks, gaining more and more control of your dream body, you will start developing control over other aspects
11. Finally you will gain full control of the dream body, allowing you to fully explore the dream world to your liking
12. While this state is a constant struggle, losing control and become too aware might cause you to wake up; allowing yourself to lose a bit of control is required to maintain this state of control

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