What would YOU like to do before your next birthday?

DAY 7 and 8....22 days to go until I am 30!! 

Today's question: What would YOU like to do before your next birthday?

The last two days have been fun and blessings! So much happened that I can't even begin to share it with you. Got it all documented on film,  so once I figure out how to  transfer the content from James' camera, you'll be able to see it!
I also finished one of my books today (I hardly finish a book...I start several, but never actually read it from start to finish). But this one I did" The Power of NOW". Wow!Wow!Wow! I still owe you a story that changed my life. It is a story about this book that connected random people at random times in the last 6 months...But today I'd like to share something else with you...
 

What would YOU like to do before your next birthday?

In the last 10 years or so every year on my birthday I wrote a list of things that I wanted to do before my next birthday!

So when I was 28, I set 28 challenges that I wanted to do before I turned 29.  When I was 29, I wrote down 29 things that I wanted to accomplish before becoming 30 and so on. I shared this idea with a lot of my friends and we have been having heaps of fun on the way! We inspire each other with our lists! We swap ideas, we do things together, we do things separately! We laugh, we learn, we explore things about ourselves and about our friendships!

Would you like to join us?
I would LOVE you to say “YES”!

If this is something that excites you, forget the reasons why you wouldn’t do it now and TELL me the reasons why YOU would!
You can do it on your own, but trust me things are more fun when done collectively!

We are all different people, different ages with different backgrounds and goals.Yet, we are all the SAME! 

We all want to be accepted, loved! We have desires and dreams! We all want to live a Happier Life!

I really do believe that LISTS like this (if done with our hearts and not with our egos) can bring positive change into our lives when we need direction. Reading my friends lists has opened my horizons about other people’s priorities at different stage in their lives....

And EVERY list that I read was PERFECT and UNIQUE, because it was about WHO YOU ARE! About WHAT you want!

So stay connected and start your list today and share it with me!

There are some unwritten rules about THE LIST, which I learned in the last 10 years that I’d like to share with you:

1. REALISTIC GOALS: Goals are important, HOWEVER what is MORE important that they are realistic and achievable…No point putting pressure on yourself. After all it is all about the journey, not about the destination.

2. FUN GOALS: Set some FUN goals! Play and laugh! In life nothing is so serious that you can’t laugh about it!

3.  CHANGE/ SWAP/ SHARE/ POSTPONE!

If you change your mind about your list for whatever reason, just do it. It is YOUR list!
If someone else’ idea seems more exciting just DO theirs.
If your list and your friend list has similar challenges just DO IT TOGETHER and share it!
If you couldn’t TICK all the things you have planned, just take it to your next year's birthday list, or just be happy for the ones you have done!

4. NO LIST/ HELP! If you started a list and half way through you realise that you are not a LIST person, that’s ok too! It is ALL about doing what is BEST FOR YOU! Maybe you can help someone else to do theirs.

WITH or WITHOUT lists - enjoy YOUR JOURNEY!

5. LET’S DO IT NOW:

For those of you who would like to do this, this is what I propose:

STEP 1.  Take a look at my list for some ideas and inspiration.

STEP 2. I’d like you to take 10 minutes and write down what would YOU like to do and either post it to THIS blog or e-mail it to me with your and birthday date to tekla@teklasimo.co.uk

STEP 3: I will post ALL lists and we can start sharing, swapping, commenting and doing things together!

We could follow one another’s progress! Support each other when we feel less motivated! We can learn and explore! 

We can become MORE CONNECTED! 

Tekla x

A few ideas from my "27 things that I would love to do before I am 28" list:

1. Celebrate New Year in Madrid (done)

2. Get a payrise (done)

3. Be kind to yourself and others (tried hard)

4. Do something for charity ( done )

5. Make love on the beach (done)

6. Give up chocolate for a month (done)

7. Tell my loved ones how much I care about them ( not often enough)

8. Be more spontaneous ( I have been- still a lot to learn)

9. Dance in the middle of a shopping centre ( done 2 x)

10. Go to 6 gigs ( 4 gigs)

11. Get a  bike (done and now stolen)

12. Find LOVE! (did and I lost it)

13. Make people happy! ( ongoing)

14. Meditate regularly! (done)

15. Learn to cook 5 new dishes ( I guess....)

16. Say "yes" all day for  a day! (yes, yes, yes)

and the list goes on......xx