I turn fifty at the end of 2017. This is a list of things I’d like to accomplish before then. The list was started around 22 June 2014 – so I allowed myself quite a bit of time to get this done.
Also, 50, what the hell? How did we get here so fast?
- visit Vietnam and Cambodia
COMPLETED: APR 2017 - run a total of 700km
(was: run a total of 100km in fun runs – revised 15/06/16 | was: run in a half-marathon – revised 13/02/16)
ABANDONED - participate two runs (of any distance) that are not in Sydney
1 at Nov 2016
Not completed - stay (well) under 70kg (154lbs) for the next 1,254 days
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - gtfo of SML
(or resign myself to seeing out my days there and shut the hell up about the horror)
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - 100 proper push-ups in a row
(currently I can do about 5, okay probably 3)
COMPLETED: JUL 2016 - sign up for a pilates class(es)
COMPLETED: APR 2016 - make a patchwork quilt
Not started – carried forward - sew a garment for myself and wear it
(pyjama pants don’t count)
COMPLETED: AUG 2017 - visit Japan
COMPLETED: SEP 2016 - attend a chamber music concert
(was: build a wee model boat (still so bitter that my parents would not allow me to buy a kit) – revised 14/02/16)
COMPLETED: OCT 2017 - stop drinking alcohol, like forever
(was: go skiing – revised 17/11/16)
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 (though obviously ongoing) - complete the painting of ThePalace(OfLove)
COMPLETED: SEP 2016 - see a decent production of Macbeth
COMPLETED: JUN 2017 - construct something with electricity
(building a computer doesn’t count)
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - learn to complete a cryptic crossword
Commenced, but abandoned – carried forward - visit Hong Kong
COMPLETED: JAN 2015 - do the splits (9cm to go)
- do a back arch from standing
ABANDONED - learn to meditate
(was: get decent & pleasing portrait of self – revised 27/11/16)
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - eat no meat for a week
(was: make wine + limocello (or other alcoholic thing) – revised 12/12/15)
NO! – carried forward - do the 100 days of happiness challenge
(was: take Joe/Frank to Europe – revised 27/11/16)
COMPLETED: APR 2017 - make will / estate planning
COMPLETED: MAR 2015 - reduce frequency of sports injuries
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - bike ride 50km in one day
(was: see a moose InRealLife – revised 13/02/16)
COMPLETED: FEB 2016 - buy an overlocker or stop talking about it
COMPLETED: FEB 2016 - Ride bike to and from work (on one day)
COMPLETED: JAN 2017 - Make a piece of jewellery
Not started – carried forward - Complete an edx or coursera course
ABANDONED - Cook something ridiculously complex
NO! – carried forward - Make a sourdough loaf
COMPLETED: FEB 2016 - listen to an audio book
(was: make a piece of furniture – revised 27/11/16)
COMPLETED: JAN 2017 - Solder something
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - Go indoor climbing
NO! – carried forward - Make something from clay
NO! – carried forward - Read something long and challenging
COMPLETED: JUN 2016 - ride a pony
COMPLETED: JUN 2016 - make something from resin
Not started – carried forward - complete a family craft activity
In progress – carried forward - complete a complicated jigsaw puzzle as a family
COMPLETED: DEC 2015 - complete a piece of embroidery or needlepoint
In progress – carried forward - Enter Sydney to Gong bike ride
(was: family laser tag or locked room activity – revised 15/06/16)
NO! (Well I entered but withdrew) – carried forward - 5 x hikes of >10km
COMPLETED: APR 2017 - blog every day for a 12 month period
(photos count)
COMPLETED: DEC 2016 - knit a complicated shawl or scarf
(was: knit a garment for myself – revised 14/02/16)
COMPLETED: MAR 2017 - watch those Zeitgeisty/Important/Classic films which have passed me by – one every 6 weeks? (that makes 16)
(was: finish advanced manageressing course – replaced 16/11/15)
14/16 at NOV 2017- O Brother where art thou
- Jackie Brown
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- American Beauty
- Lantana
- Being John Malkovich
- The Matrix
- The Apartment
- Blowup
- Die Hard
- Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
- Dr Strangelove
- Seventh Seal
- The Princess Bride (was The Ice Storm)
- The Grifters
- The Royal Tennenbaums
- no internet in the evenings for a month
(was: make a planter with trellis for the front veranda, plant viney *things* and keep them alive – revised 27/11/16)
COMPLETED: MAR 2017 - see four plays (~ 2 per year)
COMPLETED: DEC 2016 - buy new music on average of once per month (that makes 24)
COMPLETED: NOV 2017 - make/craft something special for each of the family
COMPLETED: 2/4 at OCT 2017 (Bessie and Joe/Frank)
COMMENCED: 1/4 at OCT 2017 (Don)
PLANNED: 1/4 at NOV 2017 (Joan)
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The project was inspired by the 30before30 list on the lovely danslelakehouse.