Listosaurus Rex

If you are like me, then stumbling across well-made and well-written lists stirs in you a desire to make a similar list of your own. AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, FilmCritic.com’s 50 Greatest Movie Endings, EGM’s 100 Best Video Games… It’s happened to me many times. I read the list, and I’m captivated, and want to delve into the presented material myself, and prove them wrong or very that they’re right.

So, for me, it’s highly inspirational to read people’s ranked lists of life goals. That’s exactly what 43things.com is: any user can join and assemble a list of life goals. The site has gone through each member’s list and presented their users’ cumulative top ten life goals:

1. lose weight
2. stop procrastinating
3. fall in love
4. write a book
5. be happy
6. get a tattoo
7. drink more water
8. go on a roadtrip with no predetermined destination
9. get married
10. travel the world

I think this taps into human nature’s most intrinsic desires: expression and individuality (4, 6), adventure (8, 10), romance (3, 9), health (1, 7), productivity (2), and, of course, overall contentment (5). Nothing about wealth, nor fame, just private happiness. I like that. I think we all could learn a lesson from this marvelous site and its broad base.

Do yourself a favor: give it a look. Maybe you’ll like it, like I did, or maybe you’ll scoff at it as idealistic. But you never know what might be a spark to lead you to being a lot happier in life.

Thanks, Tessa, for the suggestion to spotlight this site! If any other readers have ideas on lists or web-sites for me to spotlight, send me an e-mail at listosaurusrex@gmail.com.