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Table of Contents for the Soloista Life



I've been thinking of the different aspects of the Soloista life.

Here are my preliminary categories:

Friends
Family
Intellect
Arts/Culture
Recreation/Entertainment
Health and Fitness
Spiritual/Religious/Purpose/Meaning
Community
Home
Finances/Money
Work/Career/Profession/Vocation/Avocation
Travel/Experiences/Events

I'm not clear on these. Some of them overlap. Some that are combined might not fit together. Some that are separate might be combined. Am I missing something? Is something that I think is a full category really a sub-category?

I'd love to hear how other people might create categories. I think I'll also do a future post on categories I've seen in other books, blogs, etc.

I like the idea of having twelve categories--one to focus on or explore each month of the year. However, I'm not wedded to twelve.

More to come...

P.S. I just reread this post and saw that I used the word "wedded." Ha ha ha?

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