 I'm doing 40 things |
| 1. |
Send a story in to Quality Women's Fiction
2 entries . 7 cheers |
2 people |
| 2. |
Take Three Beautiful Things to the top
3 entries . 2 cheers |
2 people |
| 3. |
visit the house the Green Knowe stories are set in
1 entry |
1 person |
| 4. |
send a card or letter each week
12 entries . 4 cheers |
36 people |
| 5. |
get up when my alarm clock goes off
9 entries . 2 cheers |
213 people |
| 6. |
see the northern lights
4 cheers |
14,813 people |
| 7. |
Always say yes to unexpected invitations
4 entries . 13 cheers |
6 people |
| 8. |
Make yogurt
3 cheers |
33 people |
| 9. |
Write thank you notes more often
4 entries . 3 cheers |
1 person |
| 10. |
identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
1 entry |
6,226 people |
| 11. |
Read my friend's novel
1 entry . 4 cheers |
1 person |
| 12. |
learn to do internet banking
2 entries . 2 cheers |
1 person |
| 13. |
Bring five different photos to work each week and put them up round my desk
11 entries . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 14. |
get rid of lower back pain
2 entries . 1 cheer |
7 people |
| 15. |
Get a pair of custom made jeans
1 cheer |
23 people |
| 16. |
Write a 100-word story and use it as my Christmas card
1 entry . 2 cheers |
1 person |
| 17. |
practice mindful consumption
1 entry . 2 cheers |
170 people |
| 18. |
Identify something I do because I've always done it and see if I need to change it
4 entries . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 19. |
remember birthdays
2 cheers |
255 people |
| 20. |
read a game of thrones
2 entries |
2 people |
| 21. |
Make MP3s from my LPs
1 entry . 2 cheers |
15 people |
| 22. |
become a Wikipedia contributor
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225 people |
| 23. |
Learn How to Use a Slide Rule
3 entries . 1 cheer |
14 people |
| 24. |
go on an archaeology dig
1 entry . 1 cheer |
16 people |
| 25. |
see orang utans in the wild
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3 people |
| 26. |
visit antarctica
2 cheers |
375 people |
| 27. |
write a graphic novel
1 cheer |
112 people |
| 28. |
Read every book written by Charles Dickens
1 entry |
14 people |
| 29. |
Collect books
1 entry . 1 cheer |
11 people |
| 30. |
watch humpback whales in the wild
1 cheer |
3 people |
| 31. |
Read more comic books
1 entry |
21 people |
| 32. |
work in a charity shop
2 entries . 1 cheer |
7 people |
| 33. |
Banish elder abuse from my family
1 entry . 1 cheer |
1 person |
| 34. |
start a pension
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17 people |
| 35. |
visit a printers and see a publication in the press
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 36. |
go to a bamboo forest
1 cheer |
2 people |
| 37. |
walk the South Downs Way
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2 people |
| 38. |
Learn to understand surface pressure systems on weather charts
1 entry |
1 person |
| 39. |
beat my boyfriend at go.
1 cheer |
1 person |
| 40. |
Identify and Rid Myself of 43 Items of clutter
1 entry |
5 people |
I’ve just picked up the form to volunteer in the Oxfam bookshop—they need someone on Wednesday morning. The trouble is, the more regular commitments I have, the harder it will be for me to get temp work.
I don’t want to be a pain by making them train me, only to suddenly find myself needing to take up a paid short term contract.
Oh well—it will encourage me to make money from the writing.
I’ve started A Feast For Crows. Train journeys and reading sessions just seem to vanish. I’m sad that it only covers half the characters, though—can’t wait to lay my hands on the next volume.
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