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Less than a year to go on this list now! As expected, I didn't get much done for this update due to moving. And then I caught the flu, so that was another week of completely nothing... But hey, I have some preliminary plans for moving across the country in February and I hope the big change in life/environment will inspire some bigger moves on my goals.

List
Started: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024

In Progress:
75. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (630k/1,000k)
95. Catalog books, comics, graphic novels, DVDs, National Geographic magazines, etc.
Started on my DVDs while moving and realized this is a much more time intensive project than I'd expected lol

Completed:
3. Make a 5, 10, and 25 year plans (3/3)

Total completed: 4
Total failed: 0

peaceful_sands

101 in 1001 Home edition 8 February 2022 – 5 November 2024

This is my November 2022 update. Things are still going fairly well - I've made some really good progress on the dolphin tapestry this month. I am considering swapping out one of the other unstarted crafting project goals probably the second tapestry or a quilt as I've just found out that a friend is expecting a new baby and so I would like to make another baby/child cross-stitch as a gift and these kinds of projects are very time-consuming so it would make it even harder to reach all my targets if I do another cross-stich without removing something else from the list. I am already thinking that I have too many big crafting projects for the length of time available.

Full list can be found here.

Progress

56. Watch 10 history documentaries (10/10) (10/10/2022)
83. Declutter bedroom (28/10/2022)
37. Read 10 books (crime fiction) (10/10) (30/10/2022)
38. Read 10 books (non-fiction) (10/10) (11/11/2022)

State of play : 30/101 goals complete, 33/71 remaining goals started

peaceful_sands

The sum total of this month's progress can be summed up in the below:-

93. Breast screening (15/9/22)
48. Reduce TBR pile by 20 (531 – 20 = 511) (16/09/22)
76. Wax 5 items of furniture (5/5 29/09/2022)

(26/101 goals complete, 37/75 goals started, previous post 09/09/22)

Full list can be found <a href="https://peaceful-sands.dreamwidth.org/249231.html>here</a>

reeby10

Honestly I've worked on a lot more than I figured I had! Since my last update, things have been a bit rough. I had major car problems, but more than that, my roommate and I decided not to renew our lease in November so I've been trying to figure out where I'm going to go. Plus starting to pack and still looking for a new job. It's a lot! But I'm feeling a lot better looking at this list, because it's proof that I have been doing some things even if I don't have anything new complete.

List
Started: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024

In Progress:
3. Make a 5, 10, and 25 year plans (2/3)
10 year plan is done! I'm struggling a little with the 25 year one, partly I think because my life is so up in the air right now. We'll see if I finish it this month or put it off until when things have hopefully settled down next year.
67. Read 10 classics of literature (4/10)
I read Two Towers by JRR Tolkien!
75. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (624k/1,000k)
92. Do a collaborative creative project.
I convinced my bff to watch Stranger Things finally, and we've decided to make a post s4 game together! I'll be doing the writing and pixel art while she does the coding, and I'm really excited :)

Total completed: 3
Total failed: 0

peaceful_sands

Where did the rest of August and the first part of September go??

I did make some progress this month and managed to finish two goals:

38. Read 10 books (books that have been on my shelf for more than 5 years) (10/10)(16/08/22)
39. Read 10 books (anything not included in the above) (10/10)(29/08/22)

The rest of my list and comments can be found here. Hopefully September will see some more progress.

peaceful_sands

I've reached month 6 and have managed to finish another 4 goals.

Full details of my progress and list can be found here, but in short the progress this month was:

41. Listen to 10 books (non-fiction) (10/10) (19/07/22)
43. Listen to 10 books (anything not included in the above) (10/10)(30/07/22)
35. Read 10 books (science fiction/fantasy) (10/10) (31/7/22)
60. See 3 theatre performances (3/3) (05/08/22)

reeby10

Nothing finished for this update, but I have been working on a lot of things. I think for this month my focus will be on completing 3, 20, and 76. They're the ones that feel the most important and meaningful at the moment, and also ones that I think can be finished this month with some work.

List
Started: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024

In Progress:
3. Make a 5, 10, and 25 year plans (1/3)
I've made a 5 year plan and started on my 10 year plan. I think it's been good for focusing me on what's important to me.
5. Do full face, non cosplay makeup 5 times (3/5)
For the bff's birthday, we went out to brunch and made terreriums and I did full face makeup for the day out.
20. Get a job with health insurance.
I've started applying to places. This one has become much more important since my current job has cut my hours significantly and at this point seemingly permanently.
29. Complete Foundations of Yoga videos (23/41)
Got a couple of these done, but it's on hold for the moment. Even though these are beginner poses, I'm realizing that I need to build my strength up some to actually be able to do them.
75. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (615k/1,000k)
76. Get an etsy store up and running.
I started a new etsy store, but I haven't exactly gotten it running yet.

Total completed: 3
Total failed: 0

peaceful_sands

So this month I have completed 6 goals - which was more than a little surprising - one crafty, two reading related, 1 movie/TV related, 1 social and 1 health related. The health related came up a lot sooner than I expected to get to it and was made more urgent by other health related matters - glad that something positive came out of it all *grin*

( Goals completed this month under this cut )

reeby10

It's not a whole lot of progress, but I got two more things completed, so I'm feeling good about it! I mentioned in the last update I wanted to pick a couple larger/longer term goals to start working on. I've decided to concentrate on 3. Make a 5, 10, and 25 year plan, since I've been feeling very unmoored in my life and need to figure out what direction I want to go, and, relatedly, 20. Get a job with health insurance, since my current job has been cutting hours lately. Wish me luck!

List
Started: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024

In progress:
15. Do full face, non cosplay makeup 5 times (2/5)
At A-Kon this past weekend I did full makeup every day! Two of them were non cosplay.
29. Complete Foundations of Yoga videos (19/41)
67. Read 10 classics of literature (3/10)
I read The Epic of Gilgamesh.
75. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (611k/1,000k)

Completed:
18. Do a tarot reading for someone else.
I offered tarot pulls for

3weeks4dreamwidth and did a full reading for one friend! I honestly really enjoyed it and I'd like to work on my tarot reading skills more.
47. Start a new compost bin.

Total completed: 3
Total failed: 0

peaceful_sands

For full details of where I am with my list, I've posted here but in summary, in the last month I have completed 2 more goals bringing the total to 6 and I have a further 39 goals started.

( Progress )

In the next month I'm hoping to make significant progress on at least one of the crafting projects - if all goes well I hope to complete one of the cross-stitch projects. I'd also like to complete one of the reading goals.

peaceful_sands

I'm now 2 months into my latest 101 list and I've made some more progress.

Newly completed this month
1. Crochet sweater for me (17/03/2022)
14. Complete 2 jigsaws (14/3/22)

I've now started a further 34 goals:
( Started goals below the cut )

The full list can be seen at my journal here

(4/101 complete 34/97 as of 08/04/22)

reeby10

Hey, first update on the new list! And off to a pretty good start so far, if I do say so myself. Six things in progress and one already completed, and I hadn't even though much about completing things yet. I would like to pick a few of the bigger/longer term goals to consciously work on soon, so hopefully I'll have some updates about that next time.

List
Started: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024

In progress:
29. Complete Foundations of Yoga videos (5/41)
67. Read 10 classics of literature (2/10)
I read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, which I didn't care for much, and The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien, which I'd read before but enjoyed much more listening to.
68. Read 5 books I already own and haven’t read (1/5)
I read The Pig by Jennifer Barr, which has been sitting on my shelf for gods know how long. It was cute!
75. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (600k/1,0,00k)
76. Write 12 fics with trans characters (1/12)
I wrote a fic for HP Trans Fest that's been posted but hasn't revealed yet. I can link it when it is if anyone's interested.
91. Play 5 new to me board games (1/5)
I played Red Dragon Inn with the bff and her family. It was pretty fun and I def think we'll be playing again.

Completed:
40. Attend a book/SF/fantasy convention.
I went to the North Texas Teen Book Fest! It was a lot of fun, and I got several free books :)

Total completed: 1
Total failed: 0

peaceful_sands

I'm one month into my next round of Mission 101 and I've completed two goals and started work on a further 27. Not a bad start, although one of the goals ended up coming a lot earlier than expected for health reasons and being easy.

Full list can be seen here at my journal.

Current Mood: satisfied

peaceful_sands

Seeing

reeby10's recent posts has inspired me to start a new list of my own. This list is far less exciting than previous lists but in taking account of the current situation I've given it more of a home and crafting focus. I've also broken a bunch of the goals into chunks so there are a fair number of either repeats or similar goals (but saying, for example, that I'll reduce the TBR pile by 100 seems too difficult whereas 20 at a time looks more manageable).

The full list can be found here at my personal journal.

9 of the goals can be considered underway (mostly already started craft projects or books) with 3 items that require an appointment to be booked organised at this stage (some of them won't happen until next month but that's okay).

With 8 February 2022 as the start date, I calculate the end date is 5 November 2024.

reeby10

Since my fourth list finished up last week, it's time for a new one! Several are things I've carried over, but I exchanged many with new goals that I've been thinking about earlier. There's still quite a lot of travel and activity centric goals, so I hope I'll be able to get to them this time around even with some things continuing to be restricted.

Start: February 6, 2022
End: November 23, 2024
( The List )

reeby10

And so it ends! I spent the last week of January out of state and most of the month before that prepping for the trip, so I really didn't get much done since my last update. I've put the full list under the cut. Completed tasks are italicized and underlined, and everything else is a fail. Which is a lot of the list tbh. Ahh well, next time I'll try to get more done.

List
Started: May 5, 2019
Ended: January 30, 2022

( List )

Total completed: 15
Total failed: 86

reeby10

Getting real close to the end! Which makes me feel like I should have more to show than this rather paltry update, but it is what it is...

List
Started: May 5, 2019
End: January 30, 2022

In progress:
42. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (586k/1,000k)
51. Make a Japan scrapbook.
I bought the scrapbook for this! Now to track down all the things I want to include in it.

Total completed: 15
Total failed: 1

reeby10

Did I forget to update last month on my usual schedule? Maybe so... unfortunately the extra month didn't mean I actually got anything extra crossed off :/ I'm gonna chalk it up to things being v stressful right now as we try to find a new apartment to move to in November and the fall having a lot of events finally happening.

List
Started: May 5, 2019
End: January 30, 2022

In progress:
42. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (583k/1,000k)
72. Complete 10 Duolingo Japanese lessons (2/10)

Completed:
3. Attend a non-school theatrical performance.
I saw Wicked in September! It was fabulous :)

Total completed: 15
Total failed: 1

reeby10

A really great update this month! I managed to complete a lot of things, probably the most I've ever had in one update. A couple of them were things I've been slowly working on, so it was nice to be able to cross them off! I feel like the last month especially I've also been working a lot on getting myself together and not feeling so much like I'm running around with no destination and doing nothing important. So I think that's helped give me a push on some of these? Either way, I'm pleased :)

List
Started: May 5, 2019
End: January 30, 2022

In progress:
42. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (571k/1,000k)

Completed:
13. Bake something randomly to give to someone.
The day after Mother's Day, my grandfather was visiting. He and my dad are both gluten free, so I made some gluten free snickerdoodle cookies, my mother's favorite, and brought them over.
64. Try 10 new ingredients I haven't cooked with before (10/10)
Completing this one all at once! I made pickled daikon (which didn't turn out great, unfortunately), pickled red onion (which turned out great!), Japanese sweet potato cheese mochi (which also turned out great!), and sesame garlic sauted purple cabbage (which was fantastic!).
94. Have $500 in investments (500/500)
96. Set up a recurring donation to AO3.

Total completed: 14
Total failed: 1

reeby10

Just a little update this month... It's been slow going on goals tbh. I've been struggling a lot with depression (which has made it hard to get motivated to do anything or even continue good habits like my language learning), plus a death in the family and a sick pet. Not fun! Since a lot of my goals that are travel or event related aren't really doable right now, I think I want to start focusing on the smaller ones that will hopefully give me a boost of happiness in doing them (like sending postcards) or help make me healthier (like yoga and pilates). Wish me luck :)

List
Started: May 5, 2019
End: January 30, 2022

In progress:
42. Have 1,000,000 words posted on AO3 (562k/1,000k)
61. Complete hand lettering book.
I started it! And discovered that I can only do a little at a time because it makes my hand hurt to letter so much lol
94. Have $500 in investments (466/500)

Total completed: 10
Total failed: 1