Life List Development using My50.com
The next method for developing a life list is the My50 website. They focus on developing 50 goals to accomplish in your lifetime. It is very similar to SuperViva and Life Tango in that you can add your list on-line, look at other people’s lists for inspiration, and set the timing of when you want to accomplish your goals.
First, I set up an account, pretty easy to do. Next I went to the 50 suggestions section to get ideas. This section gives you 50 popular ideas to give you a starting point for your life list. What I really liked about the 50 suggestions was the paragraph or two describing each one, plus some details about why they like the goal. Adding a goal to your list is super easy, just click the link and it’s done. They also have links to more information about each goal, with more ideas. Although this site is based in the UK, you can still get ideas if you happen to live elsewhere, the ideas just won’t be as specific to your geographic area.
After going through their 50 suggestions, I ended up with 25 goals, and 14 achievements. I think that shows that the 50 standard suggestions are good ones, ones that almost anyone will find some good ideas from. Some are generic in nature (See what’s happening in your community, be creative, take photos of your family and friends), others are specific (visit Paris, ride a rollercoaster, sleep under the stars).
The next step was to go to the Ideas section to find some more goals. This section is broken out into 9 individual categories (Activities and Sport, Flying and Driving, Creative and Entertainment, Health and Relaxation, Travel and Holidays (Vacations for me), Making or Saving Money, Relationships and Spiritual, Getting Back to Nature, and Education and Learning. Within each category, there are about 30 goals to choose from. After going through the different goals, I ended up with 67 goals, and 11 achievements.
I then tried looking up other people’s lists to get more ideas. This wasn’t that easy to do. You basically need to type in a keyword and it will pull up different people’s lists. What I need to come up with for the future is a list of keywords that I could use. I got stuck trying to find out what I should type in.
Next I went to the Places to Visit tab. This basically allows you to drill down on different continents, then countries, then regions, then cities. I think this would be more useful if you were trying to find specific cities to visit.
Overall, this was a pretty good site for coming up with ideas for your life list. I didn’t stick to the 50 goal suggested limit, but hey, I’m an overachiever, what do you expect?
You can see my “My50″ list here.