On Thursday evening I was taken by one of my sons to an evening with Sebastian Terry. My son had read the book last year and gave it to me to read. The short version is that a friend of his died whilst Sebastian was abroad and he couldn't get home for the funeral. He wondered if his friend would have lived his life differently if he knew that he only had this set amount of years and decided that he wouldn't have changed anything. However Sebastian himself decided that he if knew he was going to die tomorrow he would have regrets about what he hadn't done yet.
So he sat down and wrote a list of 100 things that he would like to do, and then set about doing the things on his list.
Four years on and he is still completing his list and now he is helping other people to complete their list. He has also raised money for charity and is now raising $100,000 for 10 different charities.
Hearing him speak was very inspiring. I had already started my own list but it was pretty small compared to Sebastian's list. I started to think about other items that I could add to my list and for what purpose. How would they help me grow?
On the way home I thought some more and decided that even better than this for my list I could help 100 people achieve one thing each on their list.
Sebastian Terry is in the process of setting up 'Beyond 100' where people can post their lists so that other people can help them achieve their items.
It can be easy to stay in our comfort zone and having a 100 things list can help us to move outside of our comfort zones, to continue to grow and develop.
Currently on my personal list is learning how to do the jitterbug/lindy hop and getting a series of books published.
What could be on your list?
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Sarah
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