I don't think I've updated since early summer...
So since it's the end of the year, I might as well update my list, change a few goals, and figure out what to do next.

1. Finish the Harry Potter series. [6/7]
I'm in the middle of THE LAST BOOK, over halfway through it and soooo ready to finish. :D

( Here's the rest of my list. )

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Okay so I haven't updated in so long, tbh I forgot about this :/ But I've looked through my resolutions and there's a few I've managed to do anyway...

the cut isnt working properly so a link here (16 completed)

It's been 6 months since I last updated so as the end of the year is coming I thought it was about time.

Bold - Completed.
Bold & Italics - Work In Progress

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I can't believe it's almost been a year since we started!

I have completed 15 goals and have 14 in progress at the moment. I'm not making as much progress as I would like, but I'm happy with what I have done. The goal I am most proud of? I completed my bachelor's degree this month! :D :D :D And my goal of finding a graduate school is in progress. I'm working on applications for the fall. Also, I took my nieces for their day out. The Princess and the Frog is a very cute movie, and we also went for lunch. I ended up having them for about 6 hours and we had a grand old time. :D


( Completed goals are crossed out. In progress are in italics )

Okay, I think it has been four months since I even looked at my list... somehow I have managed to complete 10 goals, Fail at 5, and I have 15 in progress. Oh, and I still only have 76 goals.

I feel like I'm very busy putting one food in front of the other, but I don't really know where I'm going. A friend asked me the other day, "Who is Sara?" and I couldn't give her an answer, I really don't know.

I think my list is going to see some more tweaking while I figure that out! So I added:
49. Get a therapist
50. Write a statement of who I am

In the meantime I've created some new art that I'm really happy with, so I'm sharing a picture here. I call it "Okinawa Chalice" and I made it for a fellow Unitarian Universalist (the chalice is the symbol of our church)


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It's taken me quite a while to get back on here... but here I am. ( Read more... )

It's been forever since I last did an update, so here you go.  This is my end of 2009 update because I wont be around at New Year. Completed (13/101) In progress (18/101) ( My list... )

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23. Pay my bills on time each month

I'm doing well on this one, mainly through setting up a number of standing orders.

27. Not apologise when someone bumps into/barges into/pushes me in the street

I'm really doing badly at this; I even apologise if I have a near miss with someone in the street. I feel very guilty about gettng in peoples' way.

34. Read at least 30 books I’ve not read yet (20/30)

This month I have read "Ghost Song" by Sarah Rayne and finished "Liverpool: A Season on the Brink" by Guillem Balague.

51. Strike up one conversation a month with a person I don’t know (12/31)

I started talking to someone else in a queue for food at an exhibition a few weeks ago, about how crowded the place was.

84. Cook dinner for a family member or friend without any assistance

COMPLETED: I cooked a meal for my Mum a few weeks ago; it was a fairly simple meal, including pasta and vegetables, with sauce, mostly from scratch.

86. Visit five stations on the London Underground that I have not yet visited and take photographs (if possible). (1/5)

I visited #1 a few weeks ago - Canning Town station, on the way back from an exhibition at ExCel. I didn't get a chance to take a picture, though.

97. Buy Christmas decorations for the office instead of waiting for someone else to buy them

I meant to do this one this year, and never got round to buying the decorations. Hence my area of the office looks very bare; I will resolve to actually do this next year since I know I don't have time.

At last I have a bit more progress to report on: two more goals finished and two that I've made progress on. I'm thinking of revising my list about New Year to replace some of the goals that don't appeal to me with ones that are a bit more relevant right now.

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