What's on your bucket list? You know - things that you really want to do before you kick it. Things that you want to achieve, or experience, or at least see while you're in this world. Running the London Marathon was on mine. I did it this year, and it was quite an experience: exhausting, but exhilarating too (and I raised a lot for charity)!
Think of three things you'd like to do. They could include learning a language; surfing in Hawaii; seeing the Taj Mahal. It doesn't matter how far-fetched they are, you can always change them later! Make a list - somehow it always helps to write things down. Then beside each one, put the first step that you'd have to do, to make it happen. This might be ordering a brochure, making a phone call, asking a friend for advice....
Now pick one one of them, and do it. Without spending any more time or thought on it.
Google it while you're on the computer, and press that button.
There, easy isn't it. You're one step towards achieving one of your dreams.
Life Works is an ad hoc, alternative and occasionally aspirational approach to everyday life. Drawing on a combination of sense, sensibility and ancient wisdom it shows the relevance of mythic themes and archetypal figures to the modern world. Jane Bailey Bain teaches mythology in West London. Her book 'LifeWorks' was published in January 2012. For more information and further postings, visit the main LifeWorks site at http://janebaileybain.wordpress.com/
