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the mailbox was along the road at the end of the very long driveway.
    And recreation? Even when she was home in Stamford, watching television and reading were her main past times, especially now that Molly had a boyfriend to keep her busy.
    It was her own fault she remained alone. The epiphany sat heavy in her chest.  
    Her mother might be right. Just that realization alone shifted Ginny's entire perception of reality.
    “So what do I do?” She whispered the question aloud as the woman standing in the television audience asked the Love Doctor almost the same thing.
    “I want you to make a list of everything you want in your life. By writing down and acknowledging your goals, you’ll unconsciously take the steps necessary to achieve them.”
    Tossing the blanket to the side, Ginny jumped up and lunged for the desk. She grabbed a pad of paper and a pen.
    The audience member began to tear up. Ginny frowned at the reaction. Crying would do no good.
    Then again, writing down what she wanted probably wouldn't do much good either, but at least it seemed more productive than sobbing on national television.
    She began her list by writing at the top of the page What I Want in Life.
    Ginny paused. What did she want? She tapped the pen against the pad of paper while considering the answer to that very important question.
    Her lack of ideas wasn’t a very promising start. Did her writer's block extend to list making too?
    Ah, ha! That was what she wanted.
    “I want to get over my writer's block. I want to write a novel.” She wrote as she spoke and felt better the minute something went down on the paper.
    On a roll, she went back and added the words and publish after the words to write .
    Ginny thought some more and added the words bestselling before novel .
    She reread the sentence with the additions.
    To write and publish a bestselling novel.
    As long as this was a wish list, she might as well make the wishes good.
    Feeling as if she was finally off to a good start, Ginny continued to consider what she wanted in life.
    She glanced outside at the snow and thought of another point for her list. She was tired of feeling helpless. She’d had enough of being unable to fix things that broke or start a snow blower.
    I want to be able to take care of myself.
    Independence was important, however, she didn't want to be alone all the time either. Ginny added one more thing to the list.
    I want a man .
    Hmm. Better be more specific than that. She started a bulleted list of criteria below that.  
    Young
    Handsome
    Unmarried
    Smart
    Honorable
    After a moment of further consideration, she added two more.
    Good in bed
    Lets me be my own person
    Glancing up, Ginny saw the woman on screen had finally wiped her eyes and started making her own list.
    The doctor kept speaking, “Once you have your list, the points you’ve written become your destination. But you need a map to get to your destination. What steps can you consciously take to move you in the right direction to help achieve your end goals?”
    Ginny supposed she could get out of the house more.
    No wonder she was alone and had writer's block. How could she obtain any material to write if her entire existence consisted of this house, the television and her computer? She needed to get a life in order to write a book and land a man.
    Molly and Marco met at the snack bar at their gym. Ginny had never belonged to a gym. She preferred exercise videos she could workout to in the privacy of her own home.
    That was just one more way she unconsciously made the choice to be alone. Maybe she needed to join a gym. She added that as step number one.
    She glanced at her list of male criteria. To find a man like that, she definitely needed to get out more, but not going just any old place would do. She supposed she could take day trips into New York City.
    There she could visit museums and art galleries. Smart men would hang around there. Right?
    Maybe she could sign up for some adult education