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January To-Do List: People say the word can't should be banned from our vocabularies • But then how would we ask this: Why can't we… • Allow our- selves to dream bigger • Live larger • Challenge the status quo • Read "Twilight" and The Wall Street Journal • Write our own fairytales • Be our own knights in shining armor • Live alone, dine solo or buy a single movie ticket without being called a spinster • Hold the title of mom, but also rock star, breadwinner and genius • See youth not as inexperience but a chance for fresh ideas • See age not as sign of being washed up but of Facebook (no really, why can't we?) • Know that treating ourselves does not mean we're mistreating others • Go out on a limb • Try something new • fail • Agree to disagree • Find com- mon ground • Eat cereal for dinner • Get a black belt in karate • Stand taller • Unplug • Burn our bras (just the old ones). And bikinis • challenges as opportunities • Stop trying to be everything • Accept Just be • Give back • Forgive • Move forward • Try again • Walk, talk, chew gum and change the world at the same time • We can ••• January 2012 bravamagazine.com 71 wisdom • Stop judging others… and ourselves…and our thighs • Close Try • Today's The Day to Start Saving Lives Please join the American Heart Association, alongside J. Carter Ralphe, MD, chief pediat- ric cardiology and Charles Stone, MD, FACC, interim co-chair, cardiovascular medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medi- cine and Public Health, for the 2012 Madi- son Heart Ball. The premier social event salutes the American Heart Association's impact on the greater Madison community, with a focus on children's health. The Heart Ball is an elegant, black or 'red' tie celebration bringing together the community's most prominent physicians and corporate and healthcare leaders for an inspirational evening of dinner, dancing, entertainment and silent auctions. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Wisconsin Institute For Discovery Individual tickets and corporate sponsorships available by contacting Brittany Lee at (608) 221-8866 ex. 2332. madisonheartball.org