Tuesday, February 24, 2009
... and then there were three.
Thanks to Amanda for the fabulously friendly tips on getting three columns. I feel super-geeky and super-proud all at the same time. Now, how about those 101 tasks......
Monday, February 23, 2009
Welcome to the new look
Finally got myself a custom header picture - really not that hard! Still trying to figure out how to get to three columns. Baby steps though. Now will be the continual analysis of my photo library to find the very best pic...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Progress update
I've progressed a few more things in the last week. I think there's a little favouritism towards the fancy new tasks, but a couple of old ones have received some attention too.
New 2 - Travel A-Z - I just blogged on this: 2 out of 26 and a few more planned.
New 41 - Flickr365 - I've been faithful to my daily photos - some of the pics are a little uninspired, but I'd like to think I'm getting better - this is one of my favourites so far:
New 44 - Had some inside time today nursing a hangover, so knocked off a few thousand grains on Freerice - had a tinker with the art and countries options but am mainly sticking with vocabulary. I have another counter running on my work laptop, so cumulative total is closer to 7,000 (I think...)
49 - Relearn to ride a bike - I wouldn't consider this done - I was very shaky. But it was definitely progress. Really fun to have Paris as a backdrop and use the velib' bikes like a local ;)
Baby steps - Registered on websites for Tripadvisor and Kiva, as little steps towards accomplishing New 3 and New 4.
Time for bed
xo
New #2 - Travel A-Z
Status: In Progress
I adopted this new (halftime) task from 101ofawolf - I like the creativity and flexibility of it - Thanks!
In the last couple of weeks, I've been to P for Paris and F for Fontainebleau as part of a 3 week study session at INSEAD- photo of the Fontainebleau Forest behind the lecture theatre below.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Update on "In Progress"
So far, I've been pretty good about posting items that are completed, but haven't done any updates on the tasks in progress. I'm doing pretty well on some, so time for an update...
#21 - Read 50 books and keep a list. Am up to 40 out of 50 - well over halfway. The reading part isn't really that extraordinary - I read all the time. But making the list is something I definitely don't usually do and it's been great to have a record. Helps me remember what I've read, make recommendations....
#22 - Read 5 books in French. My aunt gave me an old copy of Bonjour Tristesse, which was great. I'm in France at the moment, so must remember to pick up a couple more.
#28 - Monthly self-portraits. This was one of the very few tasks I set that had a schedule to it and I'm glad I didn't do more. I haven't truly achieved the self-portraits, but I did go back and dig up a photo of myself from each month since the start of the challenge, label them and stick them in a folder, so feel I'm partway there.
#35 - Laser. Am almost tempted to cross this off. I'm 4 sessions in out of a recommended 6 and finding it fabulous. But will hold off considering it done until the very end....
#42 - Flowers. I thought it would be really easy to buy flowers for myself, but I'm not quite halfway there. Favourite Saturday flower stall has disappeared and I like for weekends when I'll be in town to enjoy them - these are getting fewer and further between.
#45 - Knitted cushions - halfway through the second one. Will get back into it in winter when my hands are cold.
#80 - Collect friends' home addresses - My friends are too transient! At our age I guess we all move around a lot. I'll keep trying.
#95 - Gimme your stuff. I posted a list and think I actually got one comment - I should follow up.
New 41 - Project 365. I'm on day 6 - can't quite figure out how to add the link, so will focus on that for the next post...
New 44 - Freerice. Have done a couple of thousand in downtime at work (don't tell...), but aren't there now to grab a screenshot.
All for now...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Layoff season. For the list.
In this time of redundancies, it's time for a few of my list items to go, to be replaced by better, more interesting versions of themselves.
First, the ones that are being let go - I'm sorry guys...
#2,#3,#4 - These are all travel goals. Two were about returning to places, which wasn't particularly exciting and the last was trekking the Andes, which I'd still quite like to do, but doesn't really warrant a goal in its own right.
#26 - The Ginseng Bathhouse. This used to be a very cool, original style bathhouse in the middle of Sydney - rough and ready, no frills. I wanted to go and check it out but wasn't quite ready for the strict no-clothes-policy - hence its justified place on the list. However, it's since been bought by a chain of day spas and now appears to be just another day spa. I don't have anything against day spas, but no longer list-worthy.
#38, #39, #41 - Just a bit boring.
#44 - Cellar wine - I've no longer got 2 years left, and it doesn't really work with the renovation, but I have identified a couple of places to order wine from the vineyard, so fully plan to order a case and cellar it once the house is done.
#52 - Splits/Pointe shoes - these were always a little silly.
#71 - Big Sister - Not entirely sure where I'll be living in a year's time, so unfair to commit to this. Have donated to the program instead, as part of #69.
#76 - Facebook has made this redundant I feel.
#84 - Masters of Finance - this looks to be on track to happen, but it's not something entirely in my control. If I keep my job for the next 6 months ago, and pay a little attention at the 6 weeks of classes, I should be fine - not list-worthy.
12 tasks all up - think I've kept the damage to a minimum.
So. Time to introduce the new recruits...
New #2 - Travel the Alphabet (visit and blog places from A-Z) - thanks to Wolf for this goal and inspiration for others
New #3 - Review 5 hotels on TripAdvisor
New #4 - Lend $100 on Kiva
New #26 - Play poker
New #38 - Use all 7 letters in a turn in Scrabble
New #39 - Write an article for Wikipedia
New #41 - Participate in Project 365 on Flickr
New #44 - Donate 500,000 grains of rice on Freerice.com
New #52, #71, #76, #82, #84 - Want to leave a little room for creativity
Time to get started.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Halfway!
It's day 500... To celebrate, I'm planning a few light festivities: a proper update post, long overdue; a new template (partway there with new colours, but want more) and a list refresh. I think it's time to send a dozen or so tasks to the archives, and bring in a few fresh and exciting ones. Only rule is that the replacement won't be easier than the one it replaces. Will give myself the next week or so to get it all up to date.
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