101 in 1001

[mallory_x]

I heard about mission101 last year when padawanpooh joined, and this year I decided to give it a go as well. I'm feeling a lot more positive lately (think I've got my thyroid meds sorted and should be starting my new job soon), and hopefully this list should help me to focus and achieve things.

Wish me luck!

Comments

[gleek_boy]

Hey! It's great to see a fellow Brit taking part.

You've got some interesting ones! ..the heck is a spider plant? XD hehe.

Good luck! x

[mallory_x]

Hello! This is a spider plant - allegedly pretty much unkillable, so perfect for me!

Re-reading my list, it seems to veer wildly from serious, grown-up things like sorting out my credit status, to learning silly poems and going skinny-dipping. I think I'm quite happy with the mix, it should keep things interesting!

[gleek_boy]

Ooh I actually used to have a fake spider plant! haha, they're cool.

I think everyone's list should contain some fun and silly stuff, it can't all be serious, 'cos then you're less likely to want to stick to it. =/

[alchemi]

Here from mission101

[mallory_x]

Thanks for commenting!

I considered putting 'complete' instead of 'attempt' for NaNoWriMo, but since I struggle with original fic I decided to leave it as 'attempt'. I will take the attempt seriously, but the thought of writing 'complete' and then failing scares me at the moment! Maybe after I've achieved some of the smaller writing goals it will seem more realistic, and I might change it at that point.

For tai chi, I used to go to classes and learnt about half of the form that our instructor taught. For this challenge, I would like to learn the whole form (sequence of movements) so that I can practice it in full by myself and not have to keep stopping to look up what comes next! (I just had a look at your 101in1001 list - did you choose yoga or tai chi?) As for skate backwards - if I'm on skates and deliberately going backwards without being pushed, hey, I'm happy!

As for 43 & 44, I'm not sure of another way to phrase them, but I know what I mean!

[alchemi]

I need to update my list soon. I haven't tracked a lot of the things I've been doing, which is problematic. (I have only been tracking my walking for a few months, but may well have reached my goal if I had kept better track).

I ended up in yoga, which I loved. I take a class twice a week, and have been going for about 8 months.

The sequence and movements thing gives you a good way to measure. Yay!

I'm with you on 43 & 44. No one's list is perfectly measurable. And, as my failure to track my walking indicates, sometimes the effort of measuring becomes a problem.

Back to nano - with any luck, doing it will free your writing a bit and might even help with the other projects!

So much of nano is learning to kill your inner editor and just trust your intuition and be willing to have a terrible first draft. Some inner editors are hard to kill, though.

[mallory_x]

I find the easiest way to stop over-editing is to write longhand in a notebook. There's not the same urge to tinker when I don't have a backspace key. Then I read it all through without changing anything at all, then allow myself a small edit when I type up the draft. Now I've got that sorted, my second major problem is finishing stuff!

[blonde_viki]

Nice list! Good luck achieving your goals :)

I see you come from Liverpool - I come from the Wirral but moved to London for a while :)

[mallory_x]

Thanks! I went back up north at Christmas and didn't realise how much I miss the accent. I couldn't live in London, I don't think. Leicester's as far south as I'm comfortable with, I'm a northerner and they do nasty things to a good pint of real ale down there!

[gaeln]

fun list, I also kept several spots open, life changes, new ideas come along and I've changed up a number of things since I started my list in April. It's good to be flexible. Good luck with everything.