I Never Wanted to Watch the World Series

There are many things I’ve always wanted to do—none involving baseball goals.

But when my friends invited me to a walking distance bar to watch the World Series, how could I refuse? The bar turned out to be THE bar of choice for Philly fans. So it was fun to see my friends on the local news. Now they can check their goal to be on TV off of their life lists!

On my SuperViva list I’ll add this experience as a “private memory note” - since it wasn’t a goal - and have it there along with all the other cool and fun things I’ve done this year.

Today will mark another great event to add to my list: Attend a legal gay marriage!

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DIY Halloween Costumes on a Budget Plus a Contest

What a great year for DIY and “reduce, reuse, recycling” to be so in vogue. With all the DIY websites it’s easy to find a fun way to make your own Halloween costumes—which just happens to be one of the fun Halloween-related goals on SuperViva.

Find ideas for Halloween costumes on these sites:
Enter the Make Magazine Halloween costume contest - by November 9 - and see some of the crazy costumes people have made.

ReadyMade magazine has some creative ideas as does Instructables, like “elf ears in 5 minutes.” Yahoo! has homemade kids costume ideas. And Discovery.com has a few more.

Post links here to any pics or videos you put online!

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What Would You Do If You Knew You’d SUCCEED At It?

Forgot that saying about “What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t FAIL.” Why think about failure when you’re about to rock the world?

Please answer in as little or as much detail as you would like. Your answer can be anonymous or not.
By writing it down here you are on your way as well as inspiring others

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What would I do?
Ask 1000+ people answer this question then go on a well known TV talk show talking about your aspirations and results!

Click to see a full long list of people’s dreams and goals in addition to all the lovely aspirations below.

My Favorite So Far

if i knew i would succeed, i’d answer back when bureaucracy seemed pointless. i would stop hiding the office romance that my heart tells me is the one, and i would take the stares and criticism with a smirk. i’d chase the one i now pussyfoot around with my heart in my mouth, trying not to scare him off, with the words of self-help dating websites doing the hoopla in my head. i’d ask him to divorce the woman he left for “freedom” and pursue a future with me, and i would build that future grand and tall and work and live and laugh and love. i would take the chance to travel knowing my family will be safe and well and in good health when i return, and i would never keep my feelings to myself but shout them loud knowing they will be returned.

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Daily Gratitude Habit Is Easier Than You Think

I’m grateful for the amazing bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables this year!

A study by Dr. Michael McCollough, of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Robert Emmons, of the University of California at Davis, in which several hundred people kept a daily log of things they were grateful for, concluded that “daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, optimism and energy.”

At first, listing what you’re grateful for daily could appear to be yet another task you won’t get to. Tim Ferriss points out that “gratitude training” is the way to go, to make counting your blessings as routine as doing sit ups (or perhaps more routine for some!)

So here is a real-world example of how, if you break it down to the tiny things, you really can find things to be grateful for:

• I’m grateful for the nice evening light that caused me to open the curtains.
• I’m grateful my food is taking so long to cook, we settled on the couch to watch the DNC on tv.
• I’m grateful for my sense of humor that made me point out a man standing across the street, jokingly saying he was looking into the house.
• I’m grateful my friend had the presence of mind to shout out “I think he’s giving me a ticket!”
• I’m grateful that the parking person kindly let us off the hook. (It was a bizarre unobvious red zone in front of a stairway.)

In the September 2008 O Magazine, Oprah gives some good examples from her own gratitude journal:
“I am grateful for my breath and the recognition that I am here alive. Breathing. I am grateful for life. And for this time alone.”

OK a little deeper than my examples. But see how easy it is to find things to be grateful for?

Getting in the Gratitude Habit

What better use of Twitter, or status messages on your social networks, than to blast what you’re feeling grateful for? I know I know…there are better uses but it’s a good one!

A bunch of people have goals on SuperViva to feel more grateful or to start a gratitude journal.

The idea of seeing thousands of things I’m grateful for compiled does seem amazing. For now, I will at least continue counting my blessings to fall asleep. Sheep are so last millennium.

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