You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘progress’ tag.
You may or may not know, I’m planning some WWW (world wide wandering) from June onwards, which leaves me about four months of Melbourne time to get stuff done. Many of my tasks are huge projects that CAN NOT be finished in this time, but below is a list of tasks that I would really like to have completed before I get on that plane.
3. Get a working visa for the UK.
4. Buy a Lensbaby.
11. Learn to run 1km.
13. Learn to swim 1km.
19. February 2010: buy nothing (excluding necessities) month.
21. Catalogue my books.
46. Finish Calendar Project.
53. Make 10 handmade presents for people I care about.
55. Make a postsecret postcard and mail it.
89. 53 LTLYM. Give advice to yourself in the past (list form.)
92. 45 LTLYM. Reread your favourite book from fifth grade. (The Farseekers – Isobelle Carmody)
97. Finish rainbow hexagon blanket.
12 in total, almost as many as I have completed so far, and with half the time. Eeep.
Well, I haven’t really achieved much progress since the end of November apart from re-vamping the list completely and continuing to plod along with my tasks.
NO TASKS have been completed since then (pathetic.)
Not much news on the tasks currently in progress, I’m up to 650 metres for swimming (not the 800 I anticipated by Christmas because I’ve been lazy) have FINALLY read another book on the list and made another present. When Mum’s ripple blanket (my current header image) is finished I’ll be done with that task. The trouble with that is the blanket has taken me around four months already, and looks like it will take another four at least.
I’ve been horribly busy at work and exhausted in my spare time as a consequence, so my main aim is to get the energy and excitement back as soon as I am able.
Here are the tasks I have added to the list as part of my end of year clean up. (I can’t be bothered looking up the tasks I deleted, they’re the ones with corresponding numbers on the old list if you’re interested.)
#3 Get a working visa for the UK.
#9 Learn the tarot (already started on this one.)
#19 Buy nothing month Feb 2010
#20 Have four ‘food appreciation’ weeks.
#21 Catalogue books. (started this one as well.)
#23 Volunteer
#30 Study photography theory
#36 Write a daily postcard to self while travelling.
#43 Visit Yugoslavia.
#48 Melton photo project.
#49 Passed moment photo project.
#97 Finish hexagon blanket. (currently at three ‘rows’, aiming it to be about 9 in total, depending on overall size.)
#98 Try every pattern in the stitch motif book. (have already done 5 out of 250.)
#99 Crochet green shawl.
#100 Crochet wrist warmers.
Things I want to achieve before the end of Feb:
Tickets for overseas travel and trans Mongolian train booked or at least in the process of booking.
Moles checked out.
Two sections of Mum’s blanket completed.
Two more books read.
Five more albums listened to. (have two currently waiting.)
Three movies watched. (probably Pulp Fiction, Cabaret and Shawshank Redemption as I have them at home.)
Get back into swimming again, currently at 26 laps and increasing by two laps a time, either be up to 40 laps by the end of Feb or minimum 36.
Finish cataloguing books (SO easy with my amazing new software, more on that later.)
5 more crochet motifs done.
Buy nothing month completed! (this is going to be REALLY difficult as I have become a bit too free with my credit card recently.)
That’s not very ambitious I know, but I’m trying to go easy on myself in the hope that small achievements will encourage larger ones.
In the spirit of the new year just around the corner (and based mostly on my own short attention span) I have decided to do a full audit of my current 101/1001 list and remove all the redundant tasks in favour of new and more interesting things I could be doing.
Perhaps this is cheating, but I don’t care. Is it anarchy? No! Is it exciting? YES! (well it is for me anyhow.)
So, over my Christmas break I will be making the changes, the old list will remain in the Pages section (but will be renamed ‘The Old List’) and the new one will take its place as ‘The List.’
Around the same time I hope to catch up with all the posts I’m currently behind on as well.
As at 30/11/09
I’ve done quite a bit in the last couple of months! Hadn’t realised how much until I started writing this report. Starting to get excited about 2010.
Completed Tasks between 8/9/09 and 30/11/09 (6.5/1001) Overall completed 14/1001 (includes two half complete tasks)
#10 Get Photoshop. ( 50% complete 23/9/09)
#42 Visit Thailand. (16/10/09-28/10/09)
#57 Make a blanket out of crocheted granny squares (22/11/09)
#62 Clean up the Page St garden (30/9/09)
#72 Get a professional massage (17/10/09)
#76 Try rock climbing (19/9/09)
#95 Make a video of someone dancing (4/9/09, somehow missed on last progress report.)
Tasks in Progress between 8/9/09 and 30/11/09
#10 Learn to use Photoshop – slowly feeling my way around the program and have requested an instructional book for Christmas to help.)
#13 Learn to swim 1km (up to 600 metres at 18/11/09, trying to up it by 50 metres a week to be completed by end of January 2010.)
#22 Achieve ideal weight and maintain (at last check at beginning of November had lost 13 kgs since start – 4 since last report – but feel I have put on since then.)
#23 Get a gym assessment/program. (assessment with measurements/blood pressure etc was completed at the end of Sept but no program was drawn up and have since decided not to become a member of the gym, so this has been put on hold for now.
#24 365 G.I.S.T lists (22/365)
#25 Monthly ‘me’ days (6/33) Finding it increasingly difficult to get a full day to myself, especially now that I’m back in Melton.
#28 Read 100 books (5/100) Have only read one ‘Fingersmith’ since last progress report, really need to pick up the game and get excited by books again.
#30 Learn 30 recipes (1/30) Learned to make a pie from scratch from Jason. Need to blog this still.
#33 AFI Top 100 films (6/100) Watched ‘Sound of Music.’
#34 Listen to 100 albums (7/100) Muse ‘The Resistance’ and Vampire Weekend.
#35 10 new skills (2/10) Learned rock climbing and belaying.
#43 Make 1000 cranes (40/1000) Found some good cheap origami paper.
#45 Keep a diary (22/365) Falling behind with this one too.
#46 Finish Calendar project (still need 5 numbers and 3 letters before printing and assembling.)
#51 Blurb book (no change)
#53 10 handmade presents (8/10) Three photos for Angus and a wedding photo album for Kate. Still making Mum’s blanket and planning last present for Fi.
#54 A photo a day (182/1001) Two missed days! 6/10/09 and 29/11/09. Still soldiering on however.
#58 Organise room and throw out clutter. Moved house and disposed of a few things that way, still working on a few remaining boxes. This task has merged with #64, plodding along slowly.
#59 Start saving coins for ING account. ($85 saved so far, emptying coins into a box from wallet regularly to prevent spending.)
#61 Pay off car. (more than $12,000 now paid off, putting extra into savings for when overseas.)
#64 Sort out belongings in Melton (see #58)
#66 Blogging notes. Bit behind with the blogging since going away but slowly catching up.
#70 Attend a music festival. Scored tickets to Great Plains in March next year!
#73 20 gigs (5/20)
#79 Try 50 new eateries (14/50) That’s 8 in the past 2 months! Woah!
#81 10 new foods (5/10) Tried Duck, Quail’s eggs, Guava and Roast Beetroot.
#96 Document 10 found faces (2/10) Not yet blogged.
Aims before the end of 2009.
Tick 2 tasks off list.
Start another 2 tasks.
Get up to date on posting completed items, currently have half a dozen things waiting to be blogged.
#13 Swimming – get to 800 metres by Christmas.
#14 Get moles checked – find a good clinic and make an appointment for a scan.
#22 Achieve ideal weight – get back on track and lose another 2 kgs at least.
#24 G.I.S.T lists – another 10.
#28 Read 100 books – finish a book! And develop a reading plan for next year.
#33 AFI Top 100 films – watch 2 and develop a plan for next year.
#34 100 new albums – listen to 2 more, get ideas for next year.
#45 Paper diary – another five entries.
#46 Calendar project – finish in time for 2010 calendar.
#58/#64 Keep steadily sorting through belongings.
#87 Make an encouraging banner. Plan crochet patterns for letters.
#92 Read favourite book from 5th grade. Complete this one.
As at 8/9/09
Today is Day 100 of this project, it’s already 10% over!
Completed tasks between 9/07/09 and 8/09/09 (4.5/1001) Overall completed 7.5/1001
#12 Go to the gym 5 times a week for 4 consecutive weeks (20/07/09-16/08/09)
#15 Two weeks without coffee (18/07/09-31/07/09)
#58 Organise and catalogue DVDs (half of one task – 25/7/09)
#75 Go to Bliss for Women (1/08/09)
#91 Take a flash photo under your bed (from LTLYM – 25/7/09)
Tasks in Progress between 9/7/09 and 8/09/09 22/1001
#13 Learn to swim 1km (up to 500 metres as at 16/08/09)
#22 Achieve ideal weight (lost 9kgs since start, need to pick up the game a bit!)
#24 365 ‘Grace in Small Things’ lists (12/365)
#25 A ‘me’ day once a month (4/33)
#28 Read 100 books (4/100, falling WAY behind with this one, should be up to 9 or 10 by now!)
#33 AFI top 100 films (5/100)
#34 100 new albums (5/100)
#35 Ten new skills (no change since last time 1/10)
#42 Visit Thailand (flights and all accommodation booked, only the train left to organise.)
#43 1000 paper cranes (no change 30/1000)
#45 Paper diary (16/365)
#51 Make a Blurb book (photos downloaded to program, 3 pages complete)
#53 10 handmade presents (6/10, not bad for 2 months! Currently working on a crocheted blanket for Mum)
#54 A photo a day (99/1001, still managing one a day but have not been focused on taking good photos for at least a month, too stressed about life.)
#57 Granny Square blanket (32 of 48 squares crocheted, 4 of 6 rows joined, project downsized from original 10 rows of 8 squares to 8 rows of 6)
#58 Organise room and throw out clutter (about 30% done, made necessary by moving house.)
#62 Clean up garden at Page St (tentative cleaning plans made as moving house by end of Sept.)
#64 Sort out belongings left in Melton (cleared out half my wardrobe in preparation for move on 6/9/09, threw out about 8 bags of old clothes)
#66 Maintain notes on LJ (still going strong! Finding it difficult to find the time to post updates, however.)
#73 Go to 20 gigs etc (4/20)
#79 Try 50 new bars/eateries in Melb (6/50)
#81 Try 10 new foods (no change 1/10)
Aims for the coming month.
#22 Achieve ideal weight – want to lose another 2 to 3 kgs before Thailand.
#24 ‘GIST’ lists – want to complete at least another 10 lists.
#28 Read 100 books – want to have read another 3 this month.
#34 100 new albums – want to have listened to another 4.
#45 Paper Diary – at least 10 more entries this month.
#54 A photo a Day – get the inspiration back and start experimenting with cameras/themes.
#57 Granny Square blanket – another row complete.
#58 Organise room – want to have this completed and my new room sorted.
#62 Clean up garden – MUST be completed as moving.
#64 Sort out Melton belongings – want this completed as part of the move.
#79 Try 50 new eateries – try at least 3 new places.
Tick at least 5 tasks off the list by end of Oct.
Now slightly more than a month into this project.
Completed tasks at 9/7/09
#16 – Go one week without chocolate (9/6/09-15/06/09)
#85 – Say Goodbye (from LTLYM) (11/06/09)
#94 – Take a picture of the sun (from LTLYM) (18/06/09)
Tasks in Progress at 9/7/09
#22 – Achieve Ideal Weight (lost 7kgs since start, not bad.)
#24 – Complete a year’s worth of Grace in Small Things lists (3/365)
#25 – Have a ‘me day’ once a month (1/33)
#28 – Read 100 new books from ‘1001 Books to Read Before You Die’ (2/100)
#33 – Watch the AFI Top 100 films (2007 ed) (2/100)
#34 – Listen to 100 new albums (3/100)
#35 – Learn 10 new skills (1/10 Crochet Granny Squares, 14/6/09)
#42 – Visit Thailand (tickets and accommodation in Phuket booked)
#43 – Make 1000 paper cranes (30/1000)
#45 – Keep a paper diary for 365 days (12/365)
#51 – Make a Blurb book (currently downloading photos from Flickr to the software, a lengthy and annoying process.)
#54 – A photo a day (38/1001)
#57 – Make a blanket out of granny squares (learned to crochet granny squares, three complete.)
#58 – Organise room (started sorting through boxes in wardrobe.)
#66 – Keep notes on LJ. (doing good so far, not too behind!)
#73 – Go to 20 gigs, etc (2/20)
#79 – Try 50 new Melbourne bars, etc (2/50)
#81 – Try 10 new foods (1/10 Borscht, 21/6/09)
Aims for July
Continue with all tasks in progress (hoping to finish #58, others not so likely.)
Begin the following tasks
#12 Go to the gym 5 times a week for 4 weeks
#13 Learn to swim 1km
#30 Learn to cook 30 recipes
#53 Make 10 handmade presents.
#69 Get a tattoo.
#91 A flash photo under your bed (before I clean under it!)
Think I’m doing OK so far, would like to cross some more things off the list soon for that sweet sense of achievement!
I have officially started 7 tasks since Monday.
#22, Achieve ideal weight (started this a bit early, so far have lost two kgs)
#43, Make 1000 Paper Cranes (have made 10 of 1000.)
#45, Keep a Paper Diary (have written one entry of 365)
#51, Make a Blurb book from photos (downloaded Blurb software, started to download photos and choose designs)
#54, A photo a day (have taken 4 out of 1001 photos)
#66, Livejournal notes (have been keeping up to date since before project began)
#79, Try new bars/cafes/restaurants (have tried 1 out of 50 new places)
Tasks I plan to start in the next week.
#16, a week with nochocolate (not looking forward to this! So I’m getting it out of the way.)
#25, A ‘Me Day’ once a month (either Sun or Mon will be 1 out of 33)
#28, Read 100 books (now that I’ve finished the Protector of the Small series I can finally start with ‘Everything is Illuminated.’)
#34, Listen to 100 new albums (going to raid Claire’s collection.)
#85, Say Goodbye
With any luck I will be able to cross one or two things off the list by next week!
