Earlier this past summer I’d written about my desire to create a Life List.
During the festivities at this Chinese Wedding I attended, it had become apparent that my list is in shabby shape — when a friend announced that she is now taking boxing lessons!
Here was this tiny, petite Japanese woman, so quiet, refined and serene, who lives in a $million dollar flat on the upper east side of NYC — telling me she goes to a downtown gym 3 times a week.
Watching her form the word boxing simply hurt my senses — therefore I suddenly had …read more

This is what my backyard currently looks like:

And this is what the inside of my house currently looks like:

Eventually, we hope to have a very nice patio…but in the meantime, it’s jackhammering, and sawing and dust from morning, non-stop until dinner time.
My complaints aside, what is interesting about this are the men who put in more than 12 hours a day, working on this project.
By no means do I wish to express thoughts or ideas about our national argument about illegal immigration…I simply want to point out how hard these guys work…and how badly I feel for them and how …read more

At a certain point in your road less traveled, the concept of a life list really starts to become not only a weightier proposition, but a neccessary one.
I have been thinking about this a lot, and while bungee-jumping is not on my list, here are a few things that are:
Get outside my comfort zone — as in, new friends, a more ambitious business sensibility — in other words life beyond my neighborhood.
Continue to educate myself — that could mean a new language, a course on (yipes) how to properly use Excel or maybe some cooking classes.
But here is …read more

NBC-TV is running promotional spots for the new season of The Ellen DeGenerous Show. Ellen’s bit this time around is “The Life List” and she’s asked viewers to submit their list of things they want to do or have happen with their lives.
Her promise is that if it’s read on the show, she will help you achieve something on that list. “What a cute idea, I thought.” Although, didn’t Oprah do her “dreams come true” theme last season? I went to Ellen’s site to learn more about the life list.
The …read more