Enjoy!

1) This is a story of a father and his physically-challenged son – and he carries, rides and pulls his son along as he participates in an Ironman Race – for the BOTH of them. Meet Dick and Rick Hoyt….. This is true love folks.

2) This is the video of surprisingly talented Susan Boyle as she auditions on Britain’s Got Talent. Based on first glances, and how people instantly judge – she went out there and blew everyone away, much to the embarrassed consciences of the audience and judges. A true case of human spirit and believing in yourself.

3) This is a video more personal to me… my son who is in University now made this a few years back as a High School project. He used free programs to create it, so it’s not perfect – but the sentiments are truly there for all of us to remember to PROTECT OUR EARTH and our ENVIRONMENT. It is the thread that ties the world together.

4) “NEVER GIVE UP”, Nick Vujicic in a School talking to the kids. He has no arms or legs, yet he inspires them all. And gives them a lot to think about.

5) This is a video for all people to watch, and especially those with young girls (and boys too). It focuses on today’s society and the messages young women get that looks are valued more than their “whole being”.

6) This last one is of my youngest son. He has had many challenges in life already (he is 8 years old now)…. but this kid just keeps on going and never gives up. A great message for all of us. He inspires me daily. TENACITY BABY!!!!

Have a great week everyone!

Kimberley

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One of the major benefits that DemGen offers its entrepreneur clients is efficiency.  Not only do we offer     support in categories such as marketing, administration, lead generation and social media for example, along with everything we manage for you, our experts always prioritize creating systems and processes that make the most of your money and time.

Today, I wanted to share with you some of the best programs I have come across that I use both personally & professionally.

Here are some of the newest, and most impressive software programs I’ve been using recently.

Most of them are either free, or at least offer a free trial period to test out before you buy.  And these days, most of these companies no longer operate on the “annual contract” model, they tend to be pay-as-you-go, which is great for testing and measuring without fear of any contracts.

Skype 

In their words:  ” * Free Skype-to-Skype video and voice calls * Free instant messaging * Connect with your Facebook friends”

In my words:   This a fantastic program that I use in both my business and personal life.  The general platform is free, I use it mainly for instant text messaging, but and it allows you to make computer-to-computer free phone calls between Skype users.  It also allows you to leave voicemail messages for a person if they are unavailable.  There are various add-on’s you can purchase, including the ability to make calls to non-Skype users for a very low cost, depending on where you might be calling.  I purchased an annual package for North American for under $15.00.  You can’t beat that!!

Dropbox  

In their words:  What is Dropbox? “Your life’s work, wherever you are.” Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website. Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others, whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent. Even if you accidentally spill a latte on your laptop, have no fear! You can relax knowing that Dropbox always has you covered, and none of your stuff will ever be lost.

In my words:  A fantastic program that allows you to store precious files & pictures in “the cloud”.  This frees up space on your computer and gives you piece of mind should anything happen with your computer’s hard-drive.  The free category gives you a generous size of storage, with the option to purchase more space.  I use it for everything, as my family is attempting to move towards being as paperless as possible.

Grasshopper  

In their words:  Sound like a Fortune 500 Company.  Grasshopper lets you run your business using cell phones!

Toll free or local number - local or national presence

Unlimited extensions - for departments & employees

Call forwarding to mobile phones - work from anywhere

Voicemails via email - play online or on cell phone

Manage online or by phone - no hardware to purchase

New Feature! - 855 Toll Free Numbers

Starting at $9.95 a month

In my words:  A great program, with so many features available.  The main way that I use this program at the moment is for converting paper into PDF files, by faxing them to my grasshopper number.  Grasshopper can be programmed to accept faxes, convert them to PDF’s and email them back to any email address you specify.  Voicemails can also be converted to text messages and emailed to you.  Any virtual business can use Grasshopper to create a fully-functional telephone and voice-mail system, giving the impression of an actual office with staff.

Xobni  

In their words:  Put a face to every email. Xobni automatically creates your address book from your email, phone call and SMS history. Each Xobni Contact in your new address book includes the person’s photo, contact info, title, company and updates from LinkedIn, Facebook etc. as well as all the emails and attachments exchanged.

In my words: I own a Windows computer (I use both Outlook and GMail), an iPhone and an Android Galaxy tablet.  This program can be downloaded on all 3 devices, bringing all of your contacts together in one place, along with any previous emails / conversations relevant to the person.  Free trial version available.

Evernote

In their words:  Remember Everything.  1) Capture Anything.  Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see. 2) Access anywhere.  Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone, or mobile device out there.  3) Find things fast, search by keyword, tag and even printed or handwritten text inside images.

In my words: This is an amazing program that I absolutely adore.  It comes with a web-clipper you install on your dashboard, simply press it and it takes a copy of the webpage and stores it inside Evernote for later review.  There is a similar plug-in for your email programs, and once installed it will show as an option when forwarding messages… you can simply send it to Evernote to safely keep for you.  Write yourself message and simply send it to Evernote.  It’s FREE, and there is an Evernote for Dummies book to walk you through every feature and all possible uses.  And, it’s all in the “cloud”.

Mint  

In their words:  Your financial life, all in one place. Mint pulls all your financial accounts into one place. Set a budget, track your goals and do more with your money, for free! Makes your life easier. At Mint, we believe money is for living. So we make everything simple and streamlined. Sign up takes less than five minutes. Then Mint automatically pulls all your financial information into one place, so you can finally get the entire picture.

In my words:  A fantastic program that I have on all of my devices.  In an instant I can see my entire financial picture, including up the minute credit card balances, bank accounts and more.  It’s has smart programming that can advise you of areas you can cut unnecessary spending, graphs showing where you are spending your money, and alerts such as “ATM fee charged”.  Check it out, it’s FREE.

(Another similar program, (but not quite as robust as Mint), is PageOnce, (www.pageonce.com), which I would also recommend as very good).

Join me 

In their words:  Instant screen sharing. Instant Aha! Get everybody on the same page, when they’re not in the same room, instantly. Review documents and designs. Train staff. Demo products or just show off. join.me is a ridiculously simple screen sharing tool for meetings on the fly.

In my words:  There is a free trial of this program.  With join.me, you generate a code and share it with others so they can instantly share your screen.  It is so much easier to do a live demo of something you want to explain – what a time-saver!

I hope you found something in here that might make your life even more efficient and productive!!

Have a great week everyone!

Kimberley

© 2012 DemGen  All Rights Reserved.

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My name is Kimberley, and I am DemGen’s Expert of the Month for May.

I think I should start with the confession that I have never written a blog post before, so I’m going to thank you in advance for your perseverance in making it to the bottom of Kimberley’s Blog Post # 1!

When I was asked to write a few posts for our site, I was given free reign and told to just talk about anything that seems relevant to me about any aspect of my life.  I took on the challenge knowing it would be easy-peasy.  Hey, everyone else is doing it, and I’ve read my share, that’s as good a blogging background as any, right?  Wrong.  Once I geared up with fingers resting on the keyboard, I sat there, stumped.  Not stumped that I had nothing to share, but stumped on what I could possibly say that was profound and interesting – that other people would actually want to know about me.  I felt that if this was my 15 minutes of fame…. I needed to make it count!

I never did come up with the answer to that, but this blogging experience did allow me to go back through my significant number of years as an employed person and reminisce about all of the different places I’ve worked, and all of the good, great, (and some of them bad & ugly) memories along the way.  Overall, as good as some of those memories may be….I realized that none of them even remotely compare to the amazing life I lead now.

I knew I wanted to share with you how working virtually has changed my life, as well as why I love working under the DemGen umbrella so much, and everything else awesome about DemGen that I can manage to squeeze into my May 2012 “Expert of the Month” stint.  (Gosh, I might need June as well – just kidding.)

So, I need to take you back a little bit, but before we go there, I want to fast-forward to 2012 to at least give you the “quick & dirty” of where I am now, and what I do.

1) I am a licensed (and part-time practicing) Broker in Real Estate, and

2) I work as an independent contractor for DemGen, offering Executive Support (virtually) to the DemGen Executive Team.

I support a few of the DemGen clients as required, and I am also the Project Manager for DemGen’s new niche-market, specializing in providing Assistance to the Real Estate Industry (Agents and Brokers).

The world of Real Estate is essentially, in my opinion, an entrepreneurial world as well.  My career with DemGen is a perfect blend of my more recent experience and background, and as I take you back to my earlier work experience, everything has come together in a perfect way.  Let me tell you, 10+ years ago, I would never have dared to dream my life would be where it is today.

My working life has taken the same initial path that many of you have taken, but a few years ago it took a major right turn and I have never looked back.  That right turn was choosing a path that I controlled, that I became the leader, the visionary and the beneficiary of.

The beautiful part, not only did I benefit, but so did those I love most, my children and family.  This path of entrepreneurship opened doors in a very deep and profound way, and I truly can say that I started to see the world very differently.  I really was starting to stop and smell the flowers.  Not that I didn’t see those flowers before, and “meant” to smell them…. but I didn’t have time so I added it to tomorrow’s “to do” list.  The problem was that I did this every day.

So, I’ve decided to just start writing about my own journey, and hope that something, even the smallest tiniest thing might resonate with you.  Maybe you’ll just laugh at something I’ve said, or smile because you can identify with something from my life, maybe you’re already on the fence of making a change and reading this can give you the strength to know it’s possible.  Anything and everything is possible, as long as you believe it deep within yourself.  No one else has to agree, as long as you “feel” it.

Now that I am rambling along well now, I will give you a bit of my background:

I probably got my first job at 15 years old, and for the most part have worked ever since.  I will be 47 this year… (boy, those two keys were so hard to press down right now), so that means I’ve been working in some way or another for almost 32 years.  And, yes, I include motherhood as my sole job for 20 of them, with my second job running alongside for the same 20.

I have worked in many industries, some in retail in my younger years, but mainly in office environments.   I really lucked into a job at a major Canadian Brewing Company, and I stayed there for 12 years moving my way up through the administrative ranks to Executive Assistant to the President (and Executive Team).   (Keep in mind I was also a single mother during this time).

I truly loved that job, when I got there.  But over those last several years there, my commute from Barrie to Etobicoke was getting longer, and longer.  And it was costing more.  My children were growing up and I needed to be home sooner, for more events, sports and commitments.  Everything I used to be able to balance easily was becoming more difficult, and not because of anything I changed.

Most of the changes were coming from external sources like increased traffic, the weather, higher gas prices and life seemed to become more complicated for some reason.  As much as technology was entering my life apparently to simplify it, for awhile there it seemed just the opposite.  Having 100 choices instead of 10 was great, but trying to understand all 100 of them alone was starting to become overwhelming.   Bring in call-waiting, gaming systems, satellite, 100′s of channels, internet… and on and on.  Somehow it seemed your usual productive hours a day were getting shorter and shorter.

Then, my rollercoaster of very quick life changes began to happen.  I became pregnant at 38 yrs old and (then – lol), got married.   I worked up until my 3rd son was born, and then began a maternity leave.   Along with the birth of my beautiful son, came a few more events out of my control and that began a fairly long journey of visits to all kinds of medical specialists, with many visits (including a few surgeries) to Sick Children’s Hospital, and “poof”, my lovely controlled life was no more.   (By the way, I can’t say enough about Sick Children’s Hospital and the miracles they perform there), hands down one of my charities of choice.

The company I worked for had also made a decision to close the location I was employed at, so my choices were to move downtown to Head Office, or take a package.  I took the package.

During my time off I decided to pursue my Real Estate License.  Once I attained that, (and after the mandatory apprenticing period of 2 years), I also attained my Broker’s Licence as well.   (I love to learn!)  When I returned to the work force it was in this new industry, and my focus was mainly on residential sales.  Somewhere along the line, I made another huge decision and decided to separate, dissolve my marriage and get back to being “me”.   I made that transition fairly quickly and without much, if any, financial backing.  I pretty much walked away, as freedom was worth every cent I did not fight over.  I was determined to make it on my own, as I always had.  I have done it before and I will do it again.  Not the most graceful divorce in the history of mankind, but it could have been worse I’m sure.

I handled all the paperwork myself, filing at the local city hall, and eventually emerged a single, and much happier lady.  Poor, of course, but with a sense of a new beginning.  I instantly felt much more authentic.   I had not planned, or had any vision in place whatsoever on how I was going to make it all work, but I took everything day-by-day, and step by step.  And you know what?  If you don’t look too far ahead, and just live in the moment, answers do come to you.   I had the support of family, and some really special friends … and I scaled back my Real Estate quite a bit.  It just wasn’t in the cards for me at that time to focus properly on clients, and I wasn’t willing to take the time required away from my kids with everything else going on in their lives.  I started to think about ways I could use my talents, my experience and put them to use in a way that allowed me to spend time at home, or at least locally.   I took every odd administrative job that I could, I helped people in the Real Estate Industry with casual admin, and I was lucky enough to land a few contractual deals from my previous company managing & planning some of their annual events, (which I managed for them while employed as well).

As time went on, I started to think about offering my services to “the world” virtually.   I had the skills, and I was sure there must be a lot of people out there needing support, but not being able to afford a full-time person.  And quite possibly, they might be working virtually as well, and not actually have a brick and mortar building to house staff in.   My plan was to head to the internet and start researching.  I put a few ads out and responses came in fairly quickly.  I am not saying they were all “good” or “qualified” responses, (especially when you are asked how tall you are instead of how many wpm you can type… LOL).   But, it was all good as I knew I was onto something.  And, as fate, karma, luck, the universe – whatever people may refer to great connections happening for no apparent reason – I happened along DemGen.

I read through their website, looked at their team profiles and read everything I could.  I knew this was the place for me.  It was perfect!  This was a company who was looking for me, and my unique talents.   Well, they weren’t exactly looking for me, but I felt something strong enough to zip up a resume and send it in.  The rest, as they say, is history.  I have been happily associated with DemGen for a year and a half now.  Not only to I make a living by doing what I am good at, but I have found a second family as well.  Everyone within DemGen is similar in certain ways (the basic good parts we like to find in people, like:  kindness, integrity, supportive, loving, genuine…. to name a few), and oh so different in others, like:  unique talents, backgrounds & experiences.  There are “experts” from such diverse fields (marketing, social media, administration, authors, lead generation, speakers, hospitality… and I am only scratching the surface), but I truly find it incredible to be part of such a dynamic and exciting team.  I love rubbing elbows with these talented people.  In fact, I am honoured.

So that is my walk to the path of working virtually.  I’ve never claimed to be a writer, so no apologies are necessary should you wake up with this still on your screen and keyboard marks on your face.

I do have a few more blog posts coming up this month, since I am “May’s Expert”, and I promise it will be shorter and lighter fare going forward.  I’m excited to dig up some of my favourite things (books, movies, quotes, deep thoughts, funny stuff) and I’m going to share them with you over the next couple of weeks.  By the end of the month, you will certainly know me better and be privy to the secret fact I am a sappy  marshmallow, who loves to laugh (at myself almost as much as at others) at my core.  The deeper the message, the more likely it is that I have it saved somewhere around here….   so, I better get looking.   Looking forward to my next post!  (I’m really getting into this!).

I had one last REALLY IMPORTANT tidbit to share … my true-love, knight in shining armour stumbled into my life quite unexpectedtly, almost 4 years ago.   I can truly say I now know what everyone talks and writes about.  We secretly eloped almost 2 years ago, and life is so darn good.  I love waking up each and every day, and sharing my life with this man. 

Kimberley

© 2012 DemGen  All Rights Reserved.

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 Business is all about emotions.

Here are some reasons why we make such a bold statement.

Emotions are your informers and your response to everything important that happens to you.

You ‘get’ intuitive feelings, hunches and gut reactions to events, people, opportunities and information all day, every day. Then you ‘give’ through your thoughts, words and deeds based on the intelligence of these emotions and sensations. Emotions inform your plans, hiring and virtually every important decision you make in business.

Emotions motivate, empower and inspire you to innovate and create, giving you greater and faster access to profit and success.

When you are emotionally ‘in sync’ with ideas, colleagues and your work environment, you soar with energy, confidence, productivity, insight, satisfaction, accomplishment and enjoyment. Critical problem-solving breakthroughs happen.

Emotions are essential to the activation of ethical values and the ability to build trusting and profitable business relationships.

Emotional honesty and transparency make your level of commitment and accountability visible and desirable to potential partners, employees and colleagues. This creates widening ripples of success. Your emotions also ‘tell’ you whom to trust and how much responsibility you can give others.

Emotions are a continual energy source that can be harnessed to work for you.

Become aware of their potential, and you can consciously grow and apply the intelligence of emotions toward your desired success.

Over the next several weeks, DemGen will share exercises that can help you to systematically develop and apply more Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, in your personal life and your work.

Stay tuned to make the conscious connection!

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A key component to managing projects is a system. We use Basecamp, a 37 Signals product, that allows for time tracking, to-do items and milestones to be managed; a place to store files and most importantly, one location for all project communications to take place. Once a new client comes on board, a project is set up and the team is assembled and we start the process!

Being a master communicator is an essential part of Project Management. In our case a great deal of DemGen communication is done via email or Basecamp messages, Skype, and of course, nothing beats a phone call especially when hearing the tone in someone’s voice helps with clarity on a message!

An empowered team is another requirement for project success! Bring together a team that feels confident in supporting the goals and outcomes, is included in dialogue and decisions, and collectively moves the needle forward for results. Each member of the team must own their tasks, be accountable and provide status updates, and ensure their unique strengths are leveraged.

As a Project Manager, we need to be a role model. Treat your team with respect and love, establish motivation and set standards … and above all, BE A MEMBER OF THE TEAM! When the sleeves need to be rolled up – dig in; when the going gets tough – stand alongside the team; and when there is cause for celebration – celebrate. Enjoy the fruits of your management, it is very rewarding!

Trying to manage a project without project management is like trying to play a football game without a game plan.

K. Tate

Operations keeps the lights on, strategy provides a light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.

Joy Gumz

Pam Christie

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How do you support a team of virtual independent contractors? Really in much the same way any team or group should be supported – with love, leadership and laughter.

• Sending love notes to them “just because”, being available to celebrate with them or help them talk through a concern or issue, finding the best way to handle any lessons that come from results, feedback or completed / uncompleted tasks.
• Maintaining consistent communication that includes open dialogue through regularly scheduled support calls, emails or messages via a project management tool like Basecamp, even Skype conversations that result from a quick hello!
• Considering the “whole” person – these people are not just “staff”, they are family! They all have lives outside of DemGen that include extended family, extracurricular activities, hobbies and interests. Getting to know them for more than just their unique abilities on the DemGen team. Being there when a family member is not well, cheering for their kids activities, embracing them fully and completely.
• Not always being right! That wasn’t an easy lesson – it comes with maturity and being aware that I could learn something from each and every person. I had to let go of some past notions that came from working by myself – now I had a group of people who also cared about DemGen as much as I did.
• By having fun – heaps and mounds of it! Share jokes, fun videos, songs, crazy theme days – asking them to join the DemGen ‘playground’ … and sure we are serious too, but making every day joyful and fun means we are even better at providing the services to clients and each other!

Pam Christie

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As you know, there are MANY activities involved in running a business and I have my fingers in pretty much all of it in one way or another. I don’t have to be an expert on every aspect of other roles and responsibilities, just know enough to be aware and be able to support members of the team from various divisions such as Sales and Marketing.

I work on efficiencies constantly, keep a close eye on budgets, delegate duties, provide progress reports, solve problems, celebrate solutions and results, and plan for the future along with members of our Strategic Team.

You might find me on a call with a prospect who wants to better understand how they can work with DemGen, or supporting a team member with an issue that has come up or chatting with Gary Evans, my business partner, about everything from raising children to next steps for the business.

Daily I use tools such as Basecamp  to manage all the projects we are working on and the people working on the projects; Freshbooks  for invoicing, expense tracking, and payment updating; and Highrise  to manage all communications with prospects and clients.

I am grateful to be in this position, I have learned so much, and even though a title doesn’t always truly reflect what a person does, in my case it really means “directing and supporting all things DemGen!”

Pam Christie

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One of the most important tips aside from making time for yourself, is giving your children undivided time and attention. This was THE most essential piece for me to stay in love with what I had chosen as my path as a Mom and a Mompreneur! I always made sure we ate breakfast together, then did puzzles, or watched a show, or coloured, or went on a walk …. whatever they chose as the time with Mommy before work began – theirs and mine!

Once we had given each other attention, we could all get started on our tasks for the day. Sure there are times where your day isn’t going to go as planned.  That can be a result of clients, family, or technology – knowing that your children felt loved and supported with their needs before the day “officially” began will make each day more fun and productive for everyone.

For those who have made the choice to have their children learn at home, we found setting up space for them near the office area meant they could seek help when needed and felt included in daily activity. They could see and hear Mommy working, and we also developed signals so they knew when it was okay to ask questions…  To this day (and we now have four teenagers), we still use many of the same signals or body language if they see I am on the phone or deep in thought on typing.

Celebrate your highs and lows with your family – include your husband or partner, and children (or any extended family) in what is happening with your day! Ask them to focus with you on positive outcomes to projects, new clients signing on with you, or even that you get your top 3 completed for the day!!

Children love to mimic us – so let them! Give them an old phone, some pens and post-it notes, even a computer keyboard and their own space. You will love hearing them on the phone. They often have heard us say some of the same phrases over and over that they will use  in their conversations. They can learn about the joys of work from us and we can learn the joys of play from them!

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I started earning my own money at age 8 as a Mother’s Helper for a Greek family that lived 3 doors away, transitioned to babysitting including a family of 4 boys age newborn to 7 (cared for them full days during the summer months as both parents worked) and became a child care service provider to many families over my tween and teen years!

I was married at 21 and we had our first child when I was 25, then three more children – so four babies in five years. We also decided to become a home-schooling family…  So there I was in January 1999 with 4 small children, learning with them daily and still feeling like I needed something for ME! I adored our children and loved being Mommy.  They taught me so much about life…  Yet I felt something was missing for Pam, so the universe provided that next phase.  A program called SEB (Self-employment benefits program). It allowed me to attend classes two days per week, collect Employment Insurance and start a business

Was I crazy? Of course (anyone who knows me will agree)! I was stretching myself very thin – I was exhausted AND exhilarated! In April 1999 I officially started my own business, Research Express (an internet research business) – I remember taking our four children with me to register the business and then we went out for lunch to celebrate.

I found a way to fill that that missing “ME” piece – I was able to add income to our family earnings, stay at home with our children, and keep my mind fresh with learning opportunities which helped us all!

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We have experts on our Team to take care of that ‘extra stuff’ that is not within your unique skill set.  (In other words, all of those business activities you hate doing.)

What would you do when you only have to focus on your favourite income generating activities?!

Here are some suggestions from our Team:

1.    Finally start that one thing you’ve been putting off forever
2.    Take a day off
3.    Skydive
4.    Learn how to salsa
5.    Swim with dolphins
6.    Take some pictures
7.    Spend more time with your family
8.    Write a poem
9.    Knit a sweater
10.    Volunteer for charity
11.    Grow your own vegetables
12.    Make a list of your goals
13.    Play with your pets
14.    Watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy back-to-back
15.    Read a book
16.    Sleep under the stars
17.    Go for a hike
18.    Research your family tree
19.    Go swimming
20.    Start a blog
21.    Bungee jump
22.    Draw something
23.    Send a message in a bottle
24.    Shower under a waterfall
25.    Do origami
26.    Take a course
27.    Learn a language
28.    Go away – far, far away
29.    Exercise
30.    Swim in the ocean
31.    Learn about astronomy
32.    Plant a tree
33.    Catch a fish
34.    Eliminate your debt
35.    Make a hole in one
36.    Play in the rain
37.    Walk bare foot in grass
38.    Play in the rain
39.    Visit a new country
40.    Learn how to play an instrument
41.    Eat slowly and really taste your food
42.    Mow the lawn
43.    Sponsor a child
44.    Drive a convertible with the top down
45.    Watch TV all day (the good stuff – no talk shows!)
46.    Learn how to sail
47.    Start a mastermind group
48.    Bake special brownies or cookies
49.    Take up croquet or crochet
50.    Start a nudist colony
51.    Make a stranger smile
52.    Fly a kite
53.    Clean out your closet
54.    Look for shapes in the clouds
55.    Write your story, the true one
56.    Dance
57.    Skip rocks
58.    Make granola
59.    Mediate
60.    Learn how to say no
61.    Walk your dog, twice
62.    Give a foot massage
63.    Whittle
64.    Pick up litter
65.    Watch the sunrise/sunset
66.    Rock climb
67.    Have a baby or play with one
68.    Fly first class
69.    Take a nap
70.    Turn off all electronics
71.    Ride a unicycle
72.    Make your own clothes
73.    Play board games
74.    Make friends with your neighbours
75.    Go camping
76.    Write a short story
77.    Take the scenic route
78.    Buy a crystal
79.    Learn a random new fact online
80.    Mow the lawn
81.    Take a trip around the world
82.    Be a mentor
83.    Go whale watching
84.    Ride in a hot air balloon
85.    Draw on a wall
86.    Have a candle-lit bath
87.    Make music
88.    Paint a picture
89.    Visit Area 51
90.    Learn how to mix a fancy drink
91.    Test drive your dream car
92.    Visit the house you grew up in
93.    Try stand-up comedy
94.    Write a script
95.    Go tobogganing
96.    Make a YouTube channel
97.    Go to Disneyland
98.    Tell someone you love them
99.    Visit a wonder of the world
100.    Give thanks
101.    Be yourself

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