I'm doing 17 things
We explored the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey, another English heritage property, on a recent trip to Canterbury. Ironically, I didn’t have my EH membership card on me, but since we have joint membership, I was let in on my husband’s one.
Alecto's Life List
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1. write another novel
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2. publish a book of short stories
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3. make my living as a writer
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4. achieve my WEEKLY writing goals, which will lead to my long-term goal of becoming a published author
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5. write a vampire short story
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6. visit ten English Heritage properties
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7. visit every state of Australia
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8. create a list of 100 must-read books and read them.
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9. attend an international book fair
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10. return my library books
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11. learn how to prepare 10 excellent meals
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12. try five new Subway sandwiches
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13. learn to make sushi
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14. Achieve my weekly fitness goals
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15. run a 5km race
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16. complete the second draft of my work-in-progress
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17. get the novel wordcount up to 55,000
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How I did it
It made me
Excited 
How I did it: After being stuck on about 25,000 words for several months, I attended a writer's retreat with the Arvon Foundation and completed not only the 30,000 word target but also the first draft of my new novel. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Okay, so it’s the start of the year so I’m going to ease myself into this.
Goals for this week:
- Join a gym and go at least one other time.
I actually made it to my new gym twice this week – on Wednesday for an induction, and on Friday for a normal session (weights and cardio).
- Walk from Bank station to work and back at least four times.
Did this three days out of the five, and on the other two days I took alternative routes that included just as much walking.
- Use the stairs rather than the lifts.
Did this every day at work.
At last night’s Bookcrossing meetup, I passed on Wicked, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Life of Pi and Growing Up Twice. That takes my total up to 20, but I doubt I’m going to meet this goal.
