Goal 1: To do something new each month
So far, so good.  In May I met someone new who belongs to the Shedunnit book club.  And I also got to stand on an old tank.  June I went to the farewell of the organiser for the Dare to Dabble sessions.  I also got to hold a WWII weapon at a French chateau.  July was The Daughter's graduation, for which we ( Read more... )

I have been setting three annual goals every year since 2014, which totally amazes me.  The aim is that the goals be attainable but require a certain amount of commitment in one way or another.

The other thing which amazed me as I looked back was how many of the goals I have set in the past have become part of my lifestyle.  For several years one ( Read more... )

Time to see how my goals worked out over the last 12 months:

Goal 1: To complete all FutureLearn courses on my Wish List
Total success.  To be fair, there are still two courses left, but as neither of them have run during the year, I'm very happy with this.  Some of the courses I removed from the list because I decided I wasn't really interested, ( Read more... )

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1. What is on your bucket list that you want to do in the next ten years?
There are places in Europe I'd like to visit: Ghent, Prague in particular, maybe a trip down the Danube, various places in Germany...

2. What bucket list items have you completed and enjoyed?
I've been to Vienna and Budapest and Florence and Barcelona, all wonderful cities

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Three months in I decided to reflect on this year's goals:

Goal No 1 - To complete all FutureLearn courses on my Watch List
That is coming along well. When I began there were 18 on my list, two I decided I really wasn't interested in after all, and one had been accidentally left on when I'd already done it, so that quickly reduced the number to 15 ( Read more... )

I like to set my goals in April of each year and therefore it's time to take a look at what I shall choose for the coming year. At the beginning of the year I decided that this year's goals should be rather more tangible, since the current year's goals are fairly vague. I'm still not entirely convinced but they are my goals, so I can adjust them as ( Read more... )

I set my goals during April, so the first half is more of an update, but I've added a note of my aims for 2023 in various areas as well.

Goal No 1: To use dates without specific commitments profitably

As I said in my October review, this was set when I expected more free days each week.  Now, I normally have one day during the week without ( Read more... )

wo months after the previous update, and time for further reflection.

Goal No 1: To use dates without specific commitments profitably

This was set when I was expecting there to be two or three days when I had nothing specific planned.  Things have changed and there's generally only one day completely free.  So today I watched all six half hour ( Read more... )

I set my goals at the end of April, so I thought it was time, at three months in, to see how I'm getting on.  And then I decided I would do some cross stitch and listen to an audiobook instead.  But, some hours later, I'm here.

Goal No 1:  To use days without specific commitments profitably.

Looking back over the last three months, I've generally ( Read more... )