Monday, December 29, 2008

48: Get Rhythm

If you'd rather trip the light fantastic than trip over your two left feet at office party, why not take up dancing lessons? And don't be a karaoke refusenik at the next teambuilding exercise - find a singing teacher and turn that caterwaul into a croon

49: Downsize Your Life

The number of so called "downshifters" was estimated to be four million last year. " It's driven by the people wanting the time and energy for things that the cannot do working the hours that they do," says a datamoniter analyst. " After years striving for material wealth, people are saying they need to change their life style and are happy to 'pay' for it by means of accepting a lower income.
But opting out of the rat race deos not have to be as dramatic as relocating to a rural Welsh farmhouse. Organisers of the International Downshifting Week held each April suggest "dippling your toes in" with the simple steps such as starting a compost heap, cutting up a credit card or hand making a birthday card for a friend. As someone once so eloquently sang, the best things in life are free.

50 : Just Do It

So you have got to the end of the list and i hope that you have been inspired by what you have read. But it's one thing being inspired and quite another actually doing something about it. Go on, give it a try andlet me know how you get on - I would love to hear from you. You can email me at dragonfahad@gmail.com.