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Life List
It’s been nearly four weeks since 2009 brought promises and resolutions along with a new calendar. Many of us are already finding ourselves bogged down by work, worries, and winter— the last thing on the mind seems to be keeping that resolution. Perhaps it’s the perfect time to switch gears and think long-term. Pull out a sheet of paper and a pencil… it’s time to make a list. Take a deep breath and a few contemplative minutes, then begin to write. Make note of what comes to mind, What do you want to accomplish? Where would you like to visit? What would you like to see?
This life list could be the start of something great. Whether you would like to climb mountains, navigate rivers, live with locals, or just visit a museum or write a letter to a certain someone, putting it down on paper helps. Take this first step and begin chipping away at your life list with renewed youthful exuberance and vigor.
Need a bit of help getting started?
Take a peek at a couple of other life listers:
John Goddard
At 15 years old John Goddard made a list of 127 goals, now, decades later with 109 of these goals accomplished there is no turning back. He was the first man in history to explore the entire length of the world’s longest river, the Nile, in a 4,160 mile expedition which the Los Angeles Times called “the most amazing adventure of this generation.”
The Smithsonian Life List
Part of a January 2008 article published in Smithsonian magazine, “We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to,” novelist Graham Greene once wrote. A growing number of Americans of all ages are embracing that idea by renewing a resolve to live life to its fullest.
Jill Smolinski’s How-To
Jill Smolinski is an author whose work has appeared in major women’s magazines.
What made it onto your life list?