It Pleases Me

Oh my, what an amazing Saturday I had! At the August Girl Power Hour social, I won free admission to a Stratejoyworkshop, led by the amazing Molly Hoyne. The topic? Deep inhale: 101 Things to Do Before I Go: Creating a Meaningful, Powerful, Inspiring Life List. Exhale.

A little about Molly (from Stratejoy.com)

I’m a truthseeking, cheerleading catalyst for authentic living. I founded Stratejoy in the quest to start a happiness movement, connect with extraordinary women & promote the practice of creating a life you love…I love laughing loudly, the mountains, libraries, puddle jumping, wearing costumes, world travel, & having deep conversations over endless lattes or red wine. I despise apathy, imitation crabmeat, & driving in traffic. I adore my family, my king bed, great design & live music. I am a lifelong learner, exuberant dancer, horrible parker & adrenaline thrill seeker.

I’ve been following Molly on twitter for some time now and had already heard many accolades re: her and her services, so you can imagine how stoked I was to win this awesome prize. I ended up going to the workshop on my own to encourage myself to proactively socialize. You know, step out of my comfort zone. And it worked! I met many wonderful people. Some of us had no idea what we were going to put on our lists. But by the end of the workshop, all of us at my table had an upwards of 101 things. Once you start it’s hard to stop!

So how did Molly get the ball rolling? We were all given a few “forms” to help us ID our values, explore our “Slices of Life” and ultimately construct our lists. I won’t go in to much more detail- you’re just going to have to check it out for yourself. Besides, Molly and Co. will do a much better job at explaining this to you than I ever could.

But I would like to present to you my bucket list. Being the Category Slut that I am, I’ve divvied my list into 5 sections. And no worries, I won’t list all 101 action items.

Things I Want

1. A CAT!  or kitten.  Or both!
2. White Chanel Watch
3. Fab collection of purses and bags
4. Colonial style or Brick house
5. Aston Martin
6. A boat
7. Quality jewelry that I can pass down to my daughters

Travel and Culture

1. Travel through Europe
2. Live in Shanghai for at least a year
3. Visit Japan (again)
4. Drink Guinness in Ireland
5. Visit the McEwen castle in Scotland
6. Sunbathe in Greece
7. Drink wine in Italy
8. Eat in Spain
9. Visit Giza Pyramids
10. Go to the Great Wall
11. Swim in Hawaii
12. Perfect Mandarin
13. Take up Korean and French
14. PARIS!!

Fitness, Beauty and Style

1. Take up a sport
2. Get fit and STAY fit
3. Develop a style that is uniquely “Jen”
4. Have a signature scent
5. HERMES H BELT!
6. GOOD POSTURE!
7. Run at least 40 minutes at a time
8. Take up yoga
9. Have beautiful long hair
10. Stop biting my nails

Family and Friends

1. Host a dinner party
2. Develop more friendships with INSPIRING women
3. Surround myself with GOLDEN HALOS
4. Have more Girls’ Nights
5. Meet someone new and make a true connection every month week
6. Join a book club
7. Celebrate my friends’ birthdays creatively
8. Host perfect holiday parties
9. Learn to enjoy cooking
10. Be a positive force in my loved ones’ lives
11. Think the BEST of people as much as possible!

Business (InnerVibe)

1. Keep my eyes open to new opportunities
2. CREATE new opportunities!
3. Get connected- network
4. Learn to golf
5. Get at least 2 positive and inspiring articles writtenabout InnerVibe in major publications
6. Become a trusted expert in our field, a leader in our industry
7. Make consumers think “fashionable” and “chic” when they hear “InnerVibe”
8. Challenege the public perception about our industry.  Let them know why and how we stand out!

Lofty much? Apparently I dream big. But you know what? That just means I HAVE to succeed and make loads of dough so I can start crossing off a majority of my list.
I have a bunch more (self improvement stuff).  I’ll catalog my efforts to change the aspects about myself, my attitude and POV’s here as I work on them. 

I encourage you all to start on your own bucket list.    And keep your list where you can see it, so you can have a daily reminder to keep on keepin’ on.  Best of luck!