The “Body” category is one that is represented by the Fiery Red of leadership and action. It is the physical side of me, the action-taker, the pro-active, take charge, kick butt and take names me. Outside of a work environment, not a me you see very often.

In the past, some of my successes in this area have been kayaking, finding new doctors or dentists, going whale watching / hot air ballooning / climbing a mountain, travelling to Nova Scotia / Cape Breton / Quebec City / Sherbrooke / Bahamas / Amsterdam / Gaspe / St. John’s / Hawaii, doing a 5KM walk, learning to golf, and actively going for massages.

Last year,I had six priorities, and separate from some one-off contributions here and there,  I did nothing about any of them in any consistent fashion. All of them will roll forward onto this year’s list. One positive aspect was related to careers — I moved off of the one-off special projects that were EAP / SR / SORO / DRAP and back into my “day-job” elements of audits, performance measurement, and evaluations.

This year, there are several activities that mutually reinforce each other — stretching exercises, more proactive back care (stretch, massage, chiro), and losing weight. On the formalized health front, there are some boxes that I need to tick with my regular doctor and need to find a new dentist and hygienist. In addition to getting organized for giving blood, I also want to improve my management of “sleep” times (i.e. going to bed earlier). And, just cuz I want to increase my frustration perhaps, I want to go golfing more often this year. Once a year is just not enough for an activity I enjoy.

With those goals in mind, here’s my working to do list for the Heart category:

ROCKS	GRAVEL	SAND	WATER	AIR
Annual Update
Exercises Proactive back care	Weight Golfing	Outstanding health issues	Sleep times Dentist	Give blood (#25)
Ongoing Tracking
BP changes Checkup	Stress mgmt Meditation	Kata	Mentoring Coaching French	Ethics: EX Ethics: WA Teaching role Municipal Theatre
Bucket List Areas
#23. Meditation #24. Slide down a firepole #27. Weigh under 200 lbs #28. Skate Rideau Canal both ways #29. Ride a dogsled #30. Whitewater rafting #31. Kayak a river #32. Go fly fishing	#33. Rappel, zipline #34. Try surfing #35. Rock climbing #36. Snowboard #37. Tree-top sleeping #38. Cross a rope bridge #39. Cage diving with sharks	#40. Upgrade scuba certification #41. Take athletic trip #42. Horseback riding #43. Learn to sail #44. Learn to waterski #45. Learn to play tennis #46. Learn a martial art #47. Learn archery	#48. Learn to fence #49. Learn how to swim properly #50. Milk a cow #82. See free lions, penguins, alligators, pandas, polar bears, dolphins (Hawaii, September 2008) #84. See Northern (Ottawa, 2008) and Southern lights	#85. Drive convertible #86. Take trip in RV #87. Houseboating #88. Ride in gondola #91. Ride an airboat #92. Take a cruise #93. Ride an elephant #94. See an iceberg #95. Haunted house #96. See a castle #97. Tall ship
Priority Travel Areas
England Territories Grand Canyon	Galapagos Ortona	Iceland Scotland, Ireland	Aust / NZ Fiji	Egypt Antarctica
Additional Travel Areas
Canada     Ontario / Quebec Ottawa sites Quebec – Northern BC – Interior and Northern Alberta, including Waterton Glacial Park Saskatchewan Manitoba Newfoundland – rest of island, Labrador Yukon NWT, including Nahanni National Park Reserve Nunavut PEI again New Brunswick again Cape Breton again Nova Scotia again	USA     Grand Canyon Vermont New Hampshire New York New Orleans San Francisco + San Diego California – Route 1 Alaska Boston Chicago	Latin and South America     Galapagos Belize Chile (including Patagonia) Argentina (including Patagonia) Peru Costa Rica Brazil Cozumel (sinkhole) Falkland Islands	Caribbean     St. Lucia St. Martin Dominican Windward / Leeward Islands San Andreas Curacao Cayman Islands	Western Europe     Spain Greece Italy – Rome, Ortona, Venice Portugal Austria Germany Nordics Iceland France UK +
Eastern Europe     Russia (St. Petersburg) Czech Rep. Ukraine Hungary	Western Asia     ‘Stans? Nepal	Eastern Asia     Thailand Andaman Sea (sharks) Malaysia Vietnam Laos Japan China Mongolia Tibet	Oceania, South Pacific     Australia New Zealand Kiribati (diving) Diving atoll Fiji Polynesia	Middle East, North Africa     Egypt Nile Morocco
South Africa     Kenya / Kilimanjaro South Africa Victoria Falls Seychelles Madagascar	Northern and Southern Poles     Antarctica Arctic

That wraps up the priority-setting in each of the areas. Now I just have to figu re out how to pull it all together visually, and set up regular tracking! Oh joy, oh bliss, oh joyful bliss!