Book of Me Idea: List 50 Favorite Things To Do

Tasra recently posted a suggestion to create a list of 50 things you like to do.

This idea was pulled from Rookie Moms blog...here's their quick activity for anyone who needs to focus a little more on "me" time (and that includes pretty much all of us, right?).

Create a list of 50 things you like to do. This sounds like a self-help suggestion, but it’s actually really fun...

This suggestion reminded me of an article posted on ScrapYourStories: Easy as 1-2-100, by Tammy Thomas. 

Several years ago, when Rebecca Sower's first book, Scrapbooking Life's Little Treasures, first came out, scrapbookers everywhere were immediately inspired by Rebecca's idea to create a "100 Things I Love" layout.  Hundreds of examples soon filled online scrapbooking layout galleries.  Some people commented that they struggled with compiling a list of 100 things.  Tammy witnessed this challenge when teaching scrapbooking to some local grade schoolers.  She came up with a system to reach the goal of a list of 100 things:

Some have mentioned it’s difficult to come up with 100 things. For my grade school activity, I have broken it down into smaller parts to help the kids come up with that many items. Use this breakdown to come up with your own list of 100 Things You Love:

• 16 ACTIVITIES: ex. dancing, reading, playing games
• 16 THINGS: ex. roller coasters, flowers, journals, yo-yo's
• 10 PEOPLE: ex. mom, dad, aunts, friends, cousins, famous people
• 10 FOODS
• 10 PLACES
• 10 GAMES
• 5 BOOKS
• 5 MOVIES
• 5 DRINKS/BEVERAGES
• 5 ANIMALS
• 3 COLORS
• 3 SCHOOL SUBJECTS (applies to kids; adults could substitute something else)
• 2 MUSIC ARTISTS/TYPES OF MUSIC

So whether you list 50 things, or 100, whether it's activities, or just general "things" you love, follow Tasra's (and Rebecca's) lead, and make a list that reveals some of the goodness in your life.

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