Live It! {And Get A Chance To Win A Coach Purse!!}

Can you believe that 2011 is almost over!  On January 1st the SuEde SoFa will begin the “LiVe It LiSt” challenge!!  In case you haven’t read or heard about our “Live It List” challenge, here it is in a NuTsHeLL:

The “Live It List” is sort of like a “BuCkEt LiSt” only with the emphasis on living rather than on dying.  Not only does it focus on living life, but living it to the full TODAY, not sometime down the road when circumstances are more ideal.  The “Live It List” targets the little things in life that really make the biggest differences such as relationships, fulfilling your purpose, and enjoying life.  And if that isn’t exciting enough, the Suede Sofa will give one fortunate reader a brand new Coach purse!  You can find out more about the challenge by Clicking Here.  But wait!!  Before you click for more details what’s on your list?

Here are some ideas to get your imaginations soaring!!

“Live It List” Ideas

1. Create a vision board.  (A bulletin board with pictures of things that motivate and inspire you)
2. Work your way through a cookbook like in the movie “Julia and Julia”
3. Take a course from “The Great Courses” (www.thegreatcourses.com)
4. Learn to make jewelry, knit a scarf, make pasta, etc. via watching a YouTube tutorial
5. Reconnect with an old pen pal
6. Volunteer
7. Do a triathlon
8. Volunteer with your child
9. Organize a community event
10. Sew/quilt
11. Photograph old barns or your favorite people/items/animal/scenery
12. Start an Etsy business
13. Grow herbs
14. Start a blog
15. Visit your physican and begin a healthy life style
16. Journal
17. Carve out 30 minutes a day reserved only for your child/children
18. Spend 15 minutes a day praying, meditating, etc.
19. Complete “The Love Dare”
20. Complete “The Purpose Driven Life”
21. Establish a date night once a week with your spouse, significant other, child, friend, or family member
22. Change your look
23. Do a personal make-over
24. Do a home make-over
25. Pamper yourself once a week
26. Ask an estranged friend/family member if you can “Begin Again”
27. Do a random act of kindness once a week
28. Learn to decorate a cake
29. Plan a weekend get away
30. Search for your favorite childhood toys/books/ etc on Ebay
31. Send a care package to someone in the military
32. Visit the Drive-In, Diners, and Dives in your area (from Food Networks “Drive-Ins, Diners, and Dives” television show)
33. Take a dance class with your friend or spouse
34. Do a room makeover for under $100
35. Start a new family tradition
36. Document your family traditions
37. Take flight lessons
38. Make a piece of furniture
39. Hunt for a vintage piece of furniture from a flea market, antique shop, etc.
40. Start working on the home-based business you’ve been dreaming of
41. Turn a hobby into a business.  Need some ideas?  Check out this website of hobbies:  http://www.notsoboringlife.com/list-of-hobbies/
42. Invite friends over for weekly cooking classes hosted by those people who make your favorite foods  i.e. have Mom teach how she makes her famous fried chicken, Grandma teach how to make her delicious apple pie, etc.
43. Start a collection by going to antique shops, Ebay, garage sales, etc. – vintage cameras, geodes, vintage letters or numbers
44. Finally begin pursuing your passion
45. Determine what your passion is
46. Write thank-you letters to people who have made a difference in your life
47. Create a budget that you can live by
48. Take Dave Ramsey’s Finanical Peace University course
49. Get a puppy
50. Do on-line dating
51. Finish your bachelor’s/Master’s/Doctorate Degree
52. Get a certification in your field
53. Take a martial arts class
54. Turn one room in your house into one that inspires you
55. Create a top 10 list:  i.e. Places to visit, Home projects to complete, Friends to get reconnected with, Activities to do, Goals to pursue and complete by Dec 31, Foods to make, etc.
56. Make your family’s own personal “Yearbook” by documenting pictures as well as the stories that go with them by going to websites such as: www. shutterfly.com, http://www.Winkflash.com, etc.
57. Create a list of eight things you are going to do (one for each week) that is achievable, yet exciting and motivating
58. Call your friends/family to say, “I love you”
59. Talk to a financial planner and start planning for the future!
60. Make your own art gallery
61. Get on a travel website and dream
62. Find the thing that encourages your imagination and begin dreaming
63. Begin writing a book
64. Adopt an elderly person or a child to be kind to
65. Take your kid fishing
66. Take your dad fishing
67. Finally read a book that you have been wanting to read
68. Visit your hometown
69. Reminisce with a childhood friend
70. Give blood
71. Pay the toll for the car behind you at a toll gate
72. Make snow angels after the next big snowfall
73. Run for an elected office
74. Get a Red-Cross certification in something
75. Resurrect an old skill such as playing an instrument, writing poetry, singing, drawing, etc.
76. Give away or sell everything you don’t need/use
77. Make a difference in oNe LiFe

HaPpY LiVe-iNg!!