Second Prize:
Here's my Wish List of "50 things to do before I turn 50":
1.Get rid of all the things in my house that are just clutter and would benefit someone else (AND I KEEP BUYING MORE STUFF!) I need to streamline my home – reduce the mess – get rid of everything I don't need and make things more functional.
2. Stop caring what other people think of me. It should not bother me now that I shall be 50.
3. Eat more healthy food, very important if I need to live in good physical shape.
4. Learn to be more patient. I need more of endurance for sure.
5. Stop brooding about growing old, whose is growing old, anyway? I shall be just 50, isn't?? I have to c onvince myself that 50 really is the new 40!!!!!
6. The voice in my head is telling me that it's time to begin a new life switch on to a better comfortable life now.
7. Publish a book, of which I am likely to do soon.
8. Learn how to solder more responsibilities and not depend on my husband; remember that I shall be 50 soon.
9. Take longer walks, a must for my size and well-being.
10. Stop using plastic bags altogether, I got to be an example to others.
11. Find a cause I really believe in and do something about it.
12. Do volunteer work it really enriches me.
13. Get my finances in order, very essential.
14. Forgive someone who wronged me, never mind if some has harmed me, it is better to forgive and forget as life is short.
15. Learn a new language, I just long to learn Spanish.
16. I want to win the big lottery, and donate half of it towards a good cause in my community and the other half I need to keep it for my family.
17. I need to go on a world tour with my husband and I look forward for this very much.
18. To watch my children grow up, begin working and start families of their own.
19. Stay happy in the company of my loved ones, in my house and community.
20. Enjoy life and what it has to offer me.
21. Lose weight and get in optimum form and for my daily exercise is essential and I look forward to be serious of this aspect.
22. I want to be in great shape before I am too old to feel young.
23. Make a real prank phone call. I can never do it, because I laugh. Just once, I want to be in the frame of mind where I can take it seriously and follow the joke through to the end.
24. Teach someone something valuable. I hope this doesn't sound too cheesy, but I want to work at a boys and girls club—a place where I know people's names and about their families and passions.
25. Recognize my friends and what they do for me, on a regular basis. They deserve the public recognition, and I need a written reminder.
26. Remember and recognize the birthdays of friends and family. As I love to be remembered on my birthday so also I want to remember birthdays of others.
27. Establish a writing habit. That's like a good drug habit, but also somewhat like a job where I sit myself down for an established time and write - no matter my mood or how much the bathroom needs cleaning, ignoring all but emergency cries for my attention elsewhere. My soul craves the thrill I get from creating story, and I need to stop ignoring the cries of my soul.
28. Establish a habit of reading daily from books. It's like exercise for my brain and my mind loves the input as much as my body loves the endorphins from physical exercise.
29. Finish the dental work I started this year. One more crown and I will be done.
30. Make meditation a part of my regular habits and practices. (Doing this, but I can do better.)
31. Maintain a terrific relationship with my siblings and their children for the rest of my life.
32. Laugh every day, do something outrageous to maintain zest, and never act like everyone else just because it is easier to follow the crowd.
33. Always stand up for my beliefs….. this is what I firmly believe.
34. Learn how to fix a major appliance in the house so I don't have to always rely upon repair people, this is very important as I am very bad at this.
35. Learn which supplements and vitamins are essential, and take them every day.
36. Never tell my children I'm too busy to listen to them, be available for them at any point of time. I am and shall be available for them always.
37. Call a friend once a week; no matter how busy I am, to find out how they are
38. Join a Bible Study group, it is important to be spiritual. This shall inspire me to be a better woman .
39. Help a needy family educate their children at college got to do this as there are so many talented children who cannot afford college education. If I could help then I shall be too happy to do so.
40. I love my life, all the big and small pieces of it, and hope to continue learning and experiencing more every day.
41. Tell some people what I really think of them, they need to know whether it is good or bad but it should come straight from my heart.
42. Organize family photos, it brings back good memories specially of those of our lost loved ones. They are for keeps as they are the only memories that I can cling to.
43. Share hugs, smiles and kisses a little more frequently, it is very easy to do this then to frown at others as it improves my face value, for sure.
44. Reconnect with a friend, classmate, old neighbour etc who I have lost touch with. And for this reason I have formed a yahoo net group of my School Alumni where we are nearly 400 members today where we interact on daily basis. This group is a link where nostalgia flows upon and I have found so many of my mates here.
45. Rediscover my best friend through my other friends over the net.
46. I would like to do a good deed to someone anonymously. I would perform a random act of kindness and make someone else happy.
47. Live an organized life as I am not growing younger but older so high time that I plan things out as also early to sleep and early to rise.
48. Have my own bunglow (as now I live in an apartment) where I can sit and relax and see my grandchildren playing around in my old age.
49. Have the perfect first date with my husband…ooo la la….it shall be exciting, indeed.
50. Above all renew my wedding vows on my 50 birthday, why not, it shall bond our marriage better, I truly believe in this.
-Arlette Azavedo
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