I have all this in Bournemouth with a wonderful house and lovely friends.
Marta's Life List
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1. Have a script made into something shown on mainstream TV
1 person -
2. Do a painting at least every 3 years
1 person -
3. Receive an award for a film or book
1 person -
4. Spend more time on the beach just listening to the waves
1 person -
5. Waste less time on trash TV / pointless surfing / facebook
1 person -
6. Have more lovely interesting friends in my life
1 person -
7. Write a chick lit book the Mitford sisters would be proud of
1 person -
8. Have enough money not to worry about retirement
1 person -
9. Spend bursts of time abroad to focus on my writing
1 person -
10. Have a fabulous holiday house on Lanzarote with Manrique influences
1 person -
11. Live a healthy pain free life with all my faculties intact well into my 70s
1 person -
12. Channel writing urges away from Facebook and into something more meaningful or blog or write a journal
1 person -
13. Get fitter and find time to exercise 3 times a week
1 person -
14. Create things that leave people feeling happier
1 person -
15. Stop craving things I see on the TV like vintage tea sets and Danni Minogue's black sparkly leggings
1 person -
16. Don't invest time in projects I'll be bored of a few days/weeks later
1 person -
17. Be more patient with family
2 people -
18. be kinder to other people
5 people -
19. Don't let crazy people get me down
1 person -
20. Have the desire to cook healthy good food
1 person -
21. Spend lots of the winter in sunny warm climates
1 person -
22. Regularly have tea with a friend
1 person -
23. Go back to being a size 10, and stay there!
2 people -
24. be more disciplined
388 people -
25. learn to relax
646 people -
26. Worry less.
4,749 people -
27. make a film
915 people -
28. read as many books as possible, starting with all the books I own but haven't read
615 people -
29. Strengthen my pelvic floor muscles
2 cheers8 people -
30. open a retreat
4 people -
31. go to bed earlier
1,778 people -
32. have more me time
72 people -
33. get more fresh air and sun
1 person -
34. Make people laugh.
591 people -
35. Run a Sunday brunch event with a secret twist
1 person -
36. Open a fabulous eaterie, if not a chain of them
1 person -
37. Be the business woman panellist on The Apprentice 'You've been fired' after show
1 person -
38. be more positive
2,797 people -
39. Finish my usability checklists book
1 person -
40. see the northern lights
1 cheer19,097 people -
41. become part of a community
9 people -
42. stop procrastinating
30,366 people -
43. be more punctual
1 cheer231 people
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I slowed down enough in three years to make time to watch a whole film and I loved it – it was ‘Broken Embraces’ by Almodovar.

