Dream it, List it, Do it!

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1. 100 Things that Make Me Happy

- Sakura, Cherry blossom bloom

- Shooting stars

- Rainbows

- Sunrise

- Sunshine

- Sunset

- Get postcards/ letters/ packages from friends overseas

- Comfortable and gorgeous hotels

- Spend a whole day in bookstores

- Picture of my family and friends

- Feeling I'm loved

- Feeling I'm blessed

- Drink delicious teas, sake, and wine

- Go beauty salon

- Get aroma therapy

- Wear my favorite clothes

- Wear Kimono, and Yukata, Traditional Japanese female clothes

- Spend time in Shinto shrines

- Spend time in any religious places

- Listen to Gagaku, ancient Japanese music

- Listen to any religious music i.e. Gospel

- Live jazz music

- J- pop in '80s and 90's

- Listen to favorite songs

- Feel "We share the feelings"

- Attend cultural events i.e. film festival, travel expo

- Driving on sunny days

- Inspiring words

- Feel Mother Nature

2. Be Independent

- Say no (set boundaries)

- Live at my own pace

- Take charge of my life

- Spend at least once day a week by myself doing what I really want to do

- Stand up for what I believe in

3. Enjoy Nature

- See an amazing Aurora in the sky

- Sleep in the desert

- Swim with dolphins

- Enjoy watching the sunrise and sunset with my loved one

- Go to Shimanto river in Kochi

- Go to Kyoto, and enjoy the sound and view of Kamo river

- See the rainbow in Hawai

4. Love My Job

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life"

- Be my own boss

- Get paid to write

- Have a killer resume

- Work 3 days a week

- Get a job that I am proud of

- Get a job where I'm respected for what I do

- Be more appreciated at work

- Work in a creative field

- Get paid to travel

- Work outdoors

- Do what I love and trust that the money will follow

5. Be happy

- Count my blessings

- Enjoy the sunshine

- Enjoy the silence

- Jump for joy

- Make time to relax

- Surround myself with people who I like

- Wake up happy

- Smile every day

6. Find Love

- Fall in love with the right person

- Love and be loved

- Marry for love

- Get engaged

- Meet the love of my life

- Find someone to share my life adventure with

- Wake up every day in my love's arms

- Get married, stay married, and live happily ever after

7. Make a Difference

• Make someone I care about happy Make someone else's dream come true

• Give more compliments

• Donate books to the public library

• Be the change I want to see in the world

8. Fix My Finances- Talk to a financial planner

• Eat out less- Save for my wedding

• Pay back my parents- Get a second job

• Support my family

• Pack lunch instead of buying it- Get rich

• Work more hours- Become a billionaire :)

• Pay off my school loan

• Have time and money to volunteer. Tokyo International Film Festival, Setouchi International Art Festival

9. Live in the Moment

• Take a whole summer off, like a kid from school

• Sit under a tree and enjoy the fresh air

• Follow my instincts

• Tell him/her how I really feel

• Spontaneously fly to Paris for dinner

• Celebrate being single while I'm single

• Sit someone with a great view, a great friend, and a damn decent bottle of wine

• Never take anything for granted

• Live my dreams instead of dreaming my life

• Always remember that tomorrow is not promised to me

• Live my life with arms wide open

• Look at every morning as the beginning of a new adventure

• Be more spontaneous

• Take a moment each day to notice that I love my life

• Spend the day in a hammock

• Live as if heaven is on Earth

10. Reconnect with Loved Ones

• Spend more time with Mom and Dad

• Organize a family reunion

• Call my friends just to see how they are

• Give back something for the people who supported me during difficult times

• Organize a high school reunion

• Reconnect with my mentors

• Invite friends for a home party

• Look through old photo albums with my mom

• Call my dad just to say "hi"

• New Year's Party for my family

• Send family and friends postcards

• Go to my school reunion

• Invite my best friends to my 50's party in Kyoto and Kiyosato in Japan

• Take my mom out for a fun day- Keep in touch with people who are important to me

11. Find Inner Peace

• Balance my chakras

• Worry less

• Take a spa vacation

• Forgive and forget

• Don't take things so personally

• Look for the positive and appreciate it

• Take a hot bath

• Have a day of complete relaxation

• Love without fear

• Listen to my inner voice

• Smile more

• Avoid drama

• Find a way to express myself

• Ignore what others think of me

• Live by the sea

• Let go

• Love myself

• Simplify my lifestyle

12. Stay focused

• Spend less time online

• Admit what I really want

• Ask for help when I need it

• Remember what is important for me

13. Have Faith

• Never, ever give up hope

• Believe in serendipity

• Develop a spiritual life

• Pray with more focus

• Be proud of my faith

14. Develop Supernatural Powers

• Learn telepathy

• Communicate with animals

• Freeze Time

• Be someone's garden angel

15. Get Out More

• Attend a film festival

• Attend a yoga workshop

• Spend more time outside

• Spend a day at a spa

• Attend a poetry reading

• Visit a flea market

• Go to more lectures

• Have a picnic at sunrise

• Go to the beach

• See a play

• Pick wild berries

• Go swimming

• Attend wine- a tasting event

• Hear more live music

16. Be More Adventurous

• feeling more alive one moment

• Be the heroine of my own life story

17. Travel More

• Day trip to the international airport

• Go to a hot spring

• See the stars on a desert island

• Wake up to the sound of a tropical rainforest

• Travel abroad with my kids

• Drink wine and people-watch at a sidewalk cafe in Paris

• Take a trip with my mom

• Go to Venice and ride in a gondola

• Explore old movie locations

• Stay at Ice Hotel on Island

• Visit Machu Picchu

• Mediterranean cruise

• Take a bike tour of Italy's wine country

• Go to World Exhibitions

18. Have a Family

• Teach my kids to trust themselves

• Take a family portrait with my whole extended family

• Have a happy, healthy pregnancy

• Introduce my kids to nature

• Help my kids be confident

• Have sons

• Come to an agreement with my partner about having kids

• Make sure my kids know I love them

• Have healthy kids

• Have a baby boy

• Be a mom

• Raise my sons to be a good man

• Be a grandmother

19. Create

• Shoot a documentary film

• Publish a book

• Make a living from my art

• Create a logo

• Be confident in the art I make

• Write a cookbook

• Make my own essential oil

• Design my wedding ring

• Publish my own magazine

• Write haiku

• Have my own art studio

• Make a Japanese- style lamp shade

20. Understand Myself

• Figure out what makes me truly happy

• Believe in myself

• Identify my strengths

• Analyze my dreams

• Find my passions

• Define my core values

• Understand my parents

• Love myself

• Trace my family tree back at least six generations

• Be proud of me

• Accept me

• Choose a theme song for me

• Loving myself is making the most of your natural beauty, talents, and skills: sharing them with others, and nurturing these aspects of yourself

• Find my purpose in life

• Eliminate the stuff from my life that doesn't fulfill me spiritually, emotionally, or creatively

• Find my talent

• Accept the fact that I am lonely, and do something about it

• Identify 10 strengths I am proud of

• Figure out what I want to do with my life

• Life is not a race, I can go at my own pace

21. Learn new things

• Never lose my sense of wonder

• Learn to cook vegetarian food

• Learn how to make a great cup of coffee

• Learn French

• Learn to bartend

• Learn astrology

• Learn magic trick

• Learn the principles of feng shui

• Learn Shiatsu massage

• Learn Gagaku, ancient Japanese music, and dance

22. Cook more
" You'll learn that cooking not only nourishes the body but feeds the soul"

• Try a new recipe each week

• Host a potluck party

• Make my own jam

• Cook with my kids in the future

• Bake my own bread

• Cook with herbs I grow myself

• Invent a salad dressing

• Prepare meals only from what's in season

• Collect my family's recipes

• Learn how to cook regional recipes of my homeland

23. Make Music

• Learn to play saxophone and ancient Japanese musical instrument

• Go to Ken's Bar

• Go Blue Note

24. Be Healthy

• Practice yoga daily

• Go swimming

• Have more energy

25. Get a pet

• Spend more time with my pet

26. Stop It

• Stop having nightmares

• Stop overanalyzing

• Stop being late

• Stop complaining

• Stop underestimating myself

• Stop doing things I don't believe in

• Stop being afraid of success

• Stop being afraid of commitment

• Stop being depress

• Stop being so serious

• Stop being so sensitive

• Stop staying up so late

• Stop doubting myself

27. Be Silly

• Have a snowball fight

• Dress up like Cinderella

• Make funny face at small children

• Pretend I don't speak English

28. Be a Better Person

• Make people laugh

• Have a sense of humor

• Live passionately

• Learn to say no

• Learn to express me better

• Give at least one compliment every day

• Be spontaneous once in a while

• Always say "Thank you"

29. Have More Friends

• Be more confident

• Create meaningful social life

• Find people with different interests to open me up to new experiences

• Start a wine-tasting group

30. Read More

• Read books with my sons in the future

• Read books in their original languages

31. Be More Organized

• Be on time

• Hire a housekeeper

• Write thank you notes promptly

32. Reinvent Me

• Have a totally different better life by this time next year

• Update my wardrobe

• Become more of a free spirit

• Become more sophisticated

• Look good in a bikini

• Be the kind of person people naturally respect and admire

33. Dance!

• Learn to dance

• Find the perfect dance partner

• Be a graceful hula dancer

34. Save the Planet

• Eat more locally-grown food

• Grow an herb garden

• Use natural beauty products

• Eat only sustainable fish

• Plant flowers

35. Be Famous

• Become a Pulitzer Prize-winning author

• Hae and article wrote about me

• Exhibit my photographs at Museum of Modern Art

• Invent something that will change the world a better place

• Be known only by my first name

• Be remembered by history

• Have a scholarship named in my honor

• "I published a bestselling book"

• Walk the red carpet

• Write a novel that becomes part of the literary canon

• Found my own library

• Be a TV chef and teach people how to cook wonderful things

• Take a famous photo

• Gain fame from doing good works

• Win the Nobel Peace Prize

• Be a celebrity blogger

• Paint a masterpiece

• Leave a lasting legacy

36. Document My Life

• keep a gratitude journal

• Make a list of 10 songs that were important to me at different times

• Have professional family portraits taken

• Keep a list of nice things people have said to me or about me

• Film myself sleeping

• List 100 priceless moments in my life

• List every gift I remember receiving

• Write a letter to my kids about what I wish for them and put it away until they're 18 in the future

37. Build something

• Build a bar in my home

• Build a workshop

• Build a beautiful hotel

• Build a school

• Build a library

• Build my own sanctuary

38. Continue My Education

• Get a Master and Ph. D.

• Go to cooking school in France

• Go to massage therapy school

• Increase my computer proficiency

• Get accepted into a university of my choice

39. Do Something Daring

• Ask someone out on a date

• Hold hands in public

• Love without fear

40. Finish What I Started

• Finish paying off my college loans

• Finish paying back my parents

41. 100 Things That Make Me Happy

• Sakura bloom

• Getting a package in the mail

• The sound of the river

• Sunshine on a chilly day

• Daydreaming

• Being complimented

• Comfortable bookstore

• Candlelight

• Being told I'm loved

• My birthday

• Good hair days

• Shooting stars

• Inspiring quotations

• Hugs from the right person

• Rainbow

• Yoga

• Watching people act cute

• Fancy restaurants

• Family reunion

• Moments of inspiration

• Feeling powerful

• Get a massage from my partner

• Sunsets

• Traditions

• The smell of fresh coffee

• Dressing up

• Falling in love

• Holding hands

• Acting like a kid again

• Relaxing in the hot tub

• Late-night talks

• Getting a nice haircut

• Trying new recipes

• Good dreams

• A glass of wine after a long day

• Visiting a nice art museum

• My mom's home cooking

• Planning trips

• Really good tea

• Hearing songs on the radio I have good memories with

• Picnics

• Drive with the person I like

Inspired by

"Dream it, List it, Do it!" by Lia Steakley