SPARC Book Club - "The Life List"

Dr. Seuss famously wrote "the more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” We invite our members to "SPARC" new ideas and knowledge through our Book Club,  an opportunity to explore a variety of topics to help us individually and collectively grow in our work as leaders, visionaries and entrepreneurs.  Our Book Club discussions are facilitated by Laura Kelly, CEO and Founder of The Handwork Studio and Karen McCann McClelland, Director of Auxiliary Programs at Sidwell Friends School.

Our final book for 2023 will be Kate Christie’s The Life List: Master Every Moment and Live an Audacious Life.  Join us at 11 AM ET on Friday 12/8/23.

As summer and auxiliary programs professionals we know the value of living intentional lives. We develop summer and school year programs that help teach wonderful social and life skills to our participants and young staff.  We encourage taking risks and trying new things.  Well what about us?  Are we being as intentional in our own lives? With the help of the SPARC community, could we be doing better at living an audacious life full of wonderful activities and purpose?  Join us for a fun conversation that takes some of Kate’s tools to see how we can set our own...

• Go Big Goals
• Go Small Goals
• Go Now Goals

We will explore ways to live with more gratitude, purpose, and momentous experiences everyday and to build a support system to keep ourselves accountable to these goals. This is a perfect book for the SPARC community!  See the book description below.  Sign up early and we will send you a worksheet to capture reflections and ideas ahead of the book club discussion.

Note: Jump Into the Puddle as all good SPARC people do - the book is written from the perspective of a middle aged woman and makes references to that as her primary audience - her lessons are applicable - just be creative and flexible with some of her stories - and laugh along the way!

The Life List: Master Every Moment and Live an Audacious Life is your guide to designing the next magnificent part of your life, starting today. An energising, honest, at times hilarious and at times devastating call to action, this is a transformational, life-is-for-living handbook. And it belongs in the hands of every person (woman) who yearns to do something more spectacular!
After turning 50, losing her former life partner to cancer and seeing her kids move on as young adults, Kate Christie was faced with the fact that life is too short. And it was time to do something about it. So Kate created the concept of a “life list”: A list of everything she wanted to do and be while she was still young enough to enjoy it. A list of abundant, joyful new discoveries and opportunities. Using her unique framework to inspire not only big goals but also real action, Kate shows you exactly how to design and implement your own life list. Why? Because it’s your turn. You are energetic, confident, comfortable in your skin, successful and ready for more. This is not a crisis: it’s a catalyst.

With The Life List, you’ll learn how to:

• Find a new perspective, identify what matters most and celebrate with gratitude
• Set and smash incredible, life-changing goals
• Embrace life’s endless possibilities while you’re still young
• Master every moment, with simple steps for living in the now and planning your future
• Create and manifest momentous experiences in your everyday life

It’s time to join the movement and do whatever the hell it is you want with the rest of your life. This is your life ― by design. So live it big. Be audacious.