I'm doing 26 things
but in fact have not read anything since finishing Book 2 – Thigmoo – a couple of weeks ago. Must try harder!
feistyredhead's Life List
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1. make at least one step towards towards 1-12 on my list each week
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2. get better at keeping in touch with people who are important to me
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3. live an extraordinary life
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4. get in shape
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5. sell or give away my excess belongings
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6. reduce my environmental footprint
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7. grow my own vegetables
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8. Improve my French
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9. visit one new restaurant a month
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10. Improve my Grammar
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11. Learn to rollerblade
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12. start horseriding again
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13. make films
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14. learn to box
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15. Learn Urdu
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16. learn Arabic
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17. Work through The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
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18. go to glastonbury festival
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19. run a successful festival stall with my Top Chic
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20. ride a horse along a beach
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21. have my own business
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22. submit a script to the National Theatre literary department
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23. foster a child
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24. Learn to rock climb
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25. see 52 shows by the end of 2012
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26. read 52 books by the end of 2012
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: After several attempts, my most successful strategy for exercising 3 times per week was to sign up to run a 10 mile race for charity with a friend. This gave me three impetuses to exercise - a definite training goal I wanted to meet and could see progress towards, helping a good cause, and not wanting to let down the friend I was training with. I selected a training programme I felt I could trust, and after the first couple of weeks, was … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Likely to be a cultural highpoint for the year. Having not gotten around to booking tickets during the whole 3/4 year period that Jerusalem has been running to rave reviews, I ended up queuing for day seats – from 4.30am! I really doubted it could live up to the hype and the effort, but in fact it was amazing. A very poignant story of an outsider and how the world treats him, but also bringing in layers of lost traditions and magic, as well as a good slice of dance music and drugs!
This show reminded me that I really should make more of an effort to go to the theatre or other cultural events, hence this new year’s resolution. It is going to be a busy 2012…
Recommended by a friend who knows my love of all things feline, this is a detective novel where all the key characters, including the inspector, happen to be cats. Some gruesome bits, for a cat lover at least, but an enjoyable novel, made more interesting by footnotes giving background information on cat behaviour, about which the author Akif Pirincci has written at least one dedicated book, Cat Sense.
An good start to this goal!
