I am reading a book called "Creating your Best Life - The Ultimate Life List Guide" by Caroline Adams Biller. She has a Masters Degree in Positive Psychology - Yes, that´s positive psychology. I have to admit I have never heard of such, but as I began to dig deeper into the meaning of the book and how to create your best life I thought to myself, what a great degree for some to have!

The book was no different in affirming the fact one needs lists to achieve goals and find self discovery. Now, we all have lists no matter what our age. Shopping lists, list of things to do, a list of places to look when we lost the other list...

But the book talks about specific lists and the reasons why we create such lists. It refers to life-lists as an ultimate achievement of goals. The silver screen brought that attention to us back in the early 2000 with "The Bucket List" starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Both gentlemen met in a hospital and made a list of things they wanted to do before they "kicked the bucket." They movie was quite hilarious and yet moving, helping all of us to realize that no matter what our circumstances are, it isn´t enough to make a list, but more so taking on those lists as goals and give them a run for their money understanding life is sometimes about pushing the envelope.

Many women today are working longer and playing harder. In my conversations I am finding the reason is for some in their latter years, they have just started to achieve self-discovery and finally have knowledge to "push that envelope". Now as the 60 is the new 40 and the 70 is the new 50, many are taking a good long look at their motivations and desires and now patterning them with their abilities. Some have even learned to master the art of improving productivity and harnessing the energy of their dreams.

So how does a list help us achieve our ultimate goal of creating our best life? A life-list helps us to create a detail vision of where we are today and where we want to be in a specified amount of time. One thing I have learned is these life-lists do indeed help us create a positive flow of energy us helping us develop a path to which we find ourselves consciously or subconsciously following. Does the list change? Yes. It changes with each goal reached or each checkmark made, thus allowing for another goal to be added to the life-list. Sounds to me like a little Positive Psychology...

I think the amazing Walt Disney summed it up when he said "A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter that the outcome, he will know he has been alive."