FIRST BLOG POST | A LETTER THROUGH TIME
Yes… I Did All 100.
‘What a fricken ride that was”
And before you roll your eyes and say, “Alright then, Oracle Woman…” let me just tell you:
You were right to write the list. You were right to decide.
Because I’m sitting here now, looking out at the sea from my paradise home, the one with the open doors, the long table, the laughter, the dogs padding about like they own the place (because they do), and I’m smiling so hard my face hurts.
Not because life was perfect. Because it was lived.
Because it was lived.
And yes… I did it. All 100. Every single one. I ticked them off. And I loved every minute of it.
(Well, mostly. There were moments I questioned my own sanity, especially the motorcycle, and that “do something that scares the shit out of me” line. Honestly, who wrote that? Oh. You did. EEEEKKK!!!).
Because no one knows how long they have. We all die. That isn’t dark, it’s clarifying.
And back then, when I was 57, I realised something simple and life-changing:
I had a choice.
I could drift through the next 30+ years reacting to life… or I could design the life I wanted to live.
So I wrote a list. Not a “maybe one day” list. A declaration list. A blueprint for the rest of my life. A living vow that I would not arrive at the end thinking, “I wish I had…“
I wanted to arrive saying, “What a fricken ride that was.” And darling… I did.
I was travelling the world on my own. Building TOC, The Oracle Code ecosystem, with fire in my belly and truth in my throat. I craved a base, not because I wanted to stop moving, but because I wanted a lighthouse to return to.
I wanted a sea-view home where everyone felt welcome. Grandchildren running barefoot through the rooms. Deep soul-sister friendships that weren’t about business. A kind, generous man who made me laugh until I snorted. Wealth that felt clean in my body. A school built in a community that deserved more. Dogs on the beach, sunrise swims, long-table dinners, and a life that tasted good.
And I wasn’t willing to leave it to chance. So I decided.
Everything changed once I wrote it down. Because it wasn’t just a list. It was a frequency. A standard. A contract with life.
One by one, it unfolded. The Oracle Code became what I always knew it could become. The retreats happened. The schools got built. The scholarships multiplied. The women rose. The money arrived, and my nervous system didn’t collapse this time. The love arrived, not drama, not chaos… just warmth, humour, and devotion. The sisterhood deepened. The art exploded into colour and meaning. The grandchildren came, and my heart cracked open in the best way. And yes… I danced. I danced a lot.
I didn’t live smaller as I got older.
I lived truer.
THE BLUEPRINT | AT A GLANCE
Every goal, every category, every dream, the full picture of a life designed with intention.
Written on 20th February 2026 as a declaration of what was coming. Every box ticked. Every experience lived.
HOME & SANCTUARY
1) Own a paradise sea-view home with friends & family energy.
2) Design a private art studio overlooking water.
5) Build a guest villa on my land for visiting students.
6) Create a private library of spiritual and architectural texts.
65) Be grateful of the paradise home I have created.
91) Have a wine cellar in my sea-view home.
LOVE, FAMILY & FRIENDSHIPS
3) Cultivate deep soul-sister friendships that last decades.
4) Have two loving dogs who walk the beach with me daily.
12) Watch my grandchildren run barefoot across the floor in my paradise home.
45) Take a family retreat annually.
46) Experience a deeply aligned romantic partnership again.
47) Dance at my grandchildren’s wedding.
52) Dance weekly at 75 with a true love.
58) Teach my grandchildren meditation.
59) Feel my grandchildren’s creativity in my art studio.
60) Go on a road trip with my sons and family.
61) Sit one day surrounded by grandchildren knowing they feel proud of me and we love & laugh.
64) Be kissed on my terrace at sunset with love.
70) Surprise my grandchildren with a secret adventure.
73) Write a book just for my grandchildren.
79) Be deeply in love in my 70s.
80) Host (or attend) an annual friendship retreat that has zero business agenda.
81) Love with a very open heart and be vulnerable.
85) Teach grandchildren one recipe each, especially my signature dishes.
89) Take a trip purely with close friends enjoying laughter, no agenda.
98) Allow myself to be supported by peers.
LEGACY, IMPACT & TOC
7) Complete the first full Metatron cube cycle & ECOsystem.
8) Establish an annual Oracle Summit.
9) Build a scholarship fund through TOC.
10) Employ local English teachers in Cambodia or Bali.
11) Build our first school in a 3rd world country that brings students amazing prospects.
13) Write 1,000 gratitude letters to people who have made my life better.
19) Fund 100 women to start sovereign businesses.
24) Witness TOC running without me.
25) Publish the Oracle Code manual as a legacy text.
26) Launch the Master Teacher path.
27) See TOC operating fully in 5 countries.
28) Create an SAA/Oracle Temples retreat centre.
34) Return to Cambodia/Bali and open a school.
44) Create a global peace experiment.
56) Watch TOC operate without my presence.
62) Witness a TOC practitioner outperform me and feel proud.
71) Build a second scholarship fund anonymously.
WEALTH & BUSINESS
15) Become a multi-millionairess in liquid assets.
16) Build a billion-pound impact ecosystem.
17) Create generational wealth trusts for my sons.
18) Invest in land, not just digital assets.
20) Experience a £1M month without dysregulation.
21) Build a private investment circle with aligned leaders.
22) Retire from operational work by choice.
23) Sign my first 8-figure deal.
41) Win the Skool Games.
74) Have one completely work-free year.
CREATIVITY & EXPRESSION
36) Exhibit at an Art Exhibition in New York that is a massive success
37) Speak on stage to 5,000+ people.
38) Deliver a TED-level talk.
39) Be interviewed on a global platform.
40) Write an International bestselling book that changes people’s lives.
43) Fund our own documentary.
48) Design my own Spiritual Awakening & TOC clothing line.
49) Paint huge abstract art & sell for 6 figures, profits to our charity.
57) Take a 3-month art sabbatical.
66) Host a women-only retreat in my home.
72) Host a black-tie dinner in my sea-view home for charity.
82) Host an annual feast in my sea-view home with a table of close friends filled with laughter.
87) Host a long-table dinner overlooking the sea with 20 incredible humans.
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
29) Ride on a motorbike the Hai Van Pass in Vietnam.
30) Sail the Greek islands privately.
31) Travel first class purely for pleasure.
32) Walk the Camino de Santiago.
33) Monaco Casino dressed up with someone in laughter and feeling alive.
35) Learn to cook one Cambodian/Bali dish properly in the village I support.
42) Take a spontaneous train journey with no itinerary.
63) Ride a motorcycle for 10 miles that I drive with someone as a passenger.
96) Do something that scares the shit out of me. EEEEEKKK!!!!
97) Fly in a private jet with friends and/or family.
99) Take a group of likeminded souls to Machu Picchu Inca trail.
BODY, SPIRIT & SOUL
50) Be in my strongest shape in my 60’s, onwards.
51) Walk 10,000 steps daily for a season.
53) Surprise everyone with my energy and humour at 85.
54) Have a mystical experience that changes me again.
55) Experience deep contentment without ambition.
67) Swim at sunrise daily for one season.
68) Spend 30 days without a phone.
69) Forgive something fully and silently.
75) Have a 60th birthday celebration retreat.
76) Celebrate 70 in a way that shocks people.
77) Dance barefoot in the rain at 80.
78) Have a completely surprise party.
92) Fast intentionally for spiritual clarity, then break it with ceremony.
100) Practice Yoga and/or Tai Chi daily for 3 months until it becomes a habitual practice.
FOOD, LANGUAGE & EVERYDAY JOY
14) Learn a new language that I can speak fluently.
83) Learn 5 dishes from 5 countries I’ve loved.
84) Grow herbs in my garden.
86) Dine somewhere extraordinary once a year.
88) Take a private cooking class in another country and master 3 signature dishes.
90) Dine at a Michelin-starred restaurant just for the experience.
93) Take my future partner on a food tour in a country neither of us know.
94) Have a private chef dinner in my home once a year.
95) Experience a day that makes me feel exhilarated and is fun.
I have created every one of these 100 experiences.
I have loved. I have built. I have travelled. I have served. I have been held. I have laughed. I have eaten beautiful food at long tables with people I adore.
I have watched my legacy become real in the hands of others. I have been proud of my sons. I have loved my grandchildren with a kind of love that makes everything else look small.
And when the day comes that I do step through those pearly gates… I won’t be whispering regrets.
I’ll be sliding in, grinning, saying:
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER:
You don’t need certainty. You need decision.
Start ticking them off, one at a time. Write a blog after each one. Celebrate like it matters, because it does.
Because this life? It goes quickly.
So live it loudly. Live it deeply. Live it on purpose.
And I’ll see you on the terrace at sunset.
This is post one. There will be 100 more.
One experience at a time. One story at a time.
Watch this space.
P.S. The day you wrote this list, you almost didn’t. You thought, who am I to want this much? And that thought? That’s the only thing that ever stood between you and all of it. Not time. Not money. Not circumstance. Just that one small, lying thought. So here’s my question to you, reading this right now: What are you almost not writing down today?
About Ann Varney
Trained with 5th generation Shamans in Peru, Rinpoche’s in Nepal, Native Americans in Outback in California, and Druids in Scotland.
Also trained with Tony Robbins, William Whitecloud, Scott Jansen, Bob Proctor, Jeffrey Allan, Donna Eden, Michael Beckwith, Anodea Judith, Peggy Dylan, Dr Joe Dispenza, and so many more spiritual teachers…
Postgraduate Degree in Psychology and is qualified in Master Hypnotherapy and Meditation. An acclaimed International Spiritual Teacher and Author of 3 books, specialising in; Shamanic Energy healing; Angelic Healing; Alchemy; Master of Sekhem/Reiki; Pranic healing; Firewalk Instructor, Educational Leader and so much more.
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