102 Free Things to Do

A letter to your future self is a good way to take stock, to focus on what is really important, and to take courage in your journey through life

Dear Future Self,

I sit here today obscurely troubled. I have problems at work, the children are a constant source of worry, I am fat and unfit, and I am getting older by the minute.

Can’t you at least try, for my sake, to make the effort to change? Will you always be dominated by nagging worries, will you always be dissatisfied, prone to mood swings, unhappy with your appearance, your relationship’s and your career?

Come on, get your finger out. I’m relying on you. Don’t let me down.

Yours sincerely,

Your Past Self

We compound our ignorance and lack of appreciation with an active hostility to our own bodies. We abuse our bodies because it is easy

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is highly recommended.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is highly recommended.

, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is highly recommended.

Getting up earlier brings definite benefits. After waking and dressing you have an appreciable amount of time to yourself before you need do anything at all.

Getting up earlier brings definite benefits. After waking and dressing you have an appreciable amount of time to yourself before you need do anything at all.

But what about going to bed earlier and getting up earlier?

A bedtime at 10.30 means rising at 5.30 – or, if you need less sleep, even earlier.

More likely you will find that the removal of the obligation to ‘keep a diary’ will allow you the freedom to write something truly meaningful