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Having trouble sparking your creativity, take the day off or write a to do list. Not one of those, five things you have to do today, though that’s allowed too, but something more, well, creative.

I’ve noticed on a number of blogs I read, that many writers have written long to do list by the time they are thirty, thirty five or before they leave this wonderful state called life.

Today, to get my creativity going and motivate myself a little bit, I’ve come up with a shorter list.

10 things I want to do before 30 April 2010. Why this particular date? It’s my 27^th birthday and I’m starting to feel old and behind on all the things I want to achieve in my life and my writing. So here is my list;

1. Travel to 10 new destinations (Australia my home, Hong Kong, Austria, Germany, Krakow, Ukraine, Amsterdam, Zakopane, Slovakia & Białowieża National Park), and then write about them for international magazines and newspapers, as well as on my www.an-aussie-in-poland.blogspot.com blog.

2. Attain 100 publication credits in magazines and newspapers around the world, online and print (5/100)

3. Find an agent for my novel, and start working on the new one

4. Learn to relax and laugh more

5. Challenge myself as a writer and person, physically and mentally

6. Be grateful for my wonderful family, friends, and the life I have been blessed with

7. Run a half marathon and full marathon

8. Pay off all my debt, build an emergency fund and celebrate

9. Apply for a TEFL job in Switzerland or Italy for summer next year

10. Speak German (B1 level) and Spanish (A2 level)

I’ll be the first to admit that some of these goals are ambitious. However, for me it’s not the end result that matters as much as the process. I love challenges and working towards them. If I achieve fifty per cent of what I’ve set out to do I’ll be pleased with the effort as long as I have put in 100% along the way.

I’m working on the list of 100 things I want to do before 30. I’ll post it sometime in the near future, this list is stretching my creative muscles.

 There are plenty of other types of lists you can complete to spark your creativity. You never know what article or story idea might emerge along the way.

• Shopping List for a dinner party

• Things you shouldn’t do on holiday

• Fun things to do in your home town

• People I know

• Things that drive me insane

• Achievement lists

• Birthday lists

• Xmas Wish List

• The many faces of procrastination

• 10 ways you’ve wasted time over the past 24 hours

• 5 people you want to me and why

I’d love to hear what you’d like to do in the next year or what kind of lists you like making.

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