Time's (more than) Up- How About that List?

 
Remember the list of things I wanted to do this year? Even with the extension I gave myself my success rate is pretty low. I'm reporting just to be honest, certainly not to make myself look good. Frowny face here.

I pretty much know what I need to be doing to reach at least some of my life goals, but I'm doing a really poor job of acting on it.

For illustration I offer two childhood pictures that pretty much define the problem.

Here I am digging a hole. Yes, to China. Inspired by a Donald Duck comic book where Huey, Duey and Louie were digging such a hole. Yes, I would dig whenever the mood struck me. In ten years I got it about 5 feet deep and six feet across. In my defense, I will state that this was in New York gray clay, not Michigan sand. (I was quite shocked when I moved to Michigan and discovered that mere mortals COULD actually dig holes.)



Here I am fishing in a creek with no fish. Why? Because I had new rubber boots and a fishing pole. The presence of obtainable osteichthyes was irrelevant to me. I thought that with boots and a pole they would appear and beg to be caught.



You will notice that I look pretty happy in both instances. I was and am a process person. I care more about gardening than having a beautiful garden. I like to knit, etc, but care less about finishing projects. And on and on.

Yes, I know I was a kid. No, I'm not just being down on myself. I know my faults as well as anyone. You can draw your own conclusions as to whether I have improved on these childish methods of choosing activities. I will also draw mine.

Anyway, here's the report.

54 in 300, report on day 427
Number	Category	Item	Final
1	WRITING	begin working on North Country Quest again	got briefly inspired, then got boggged down in reality again - still about 5 chapters done
2	WRITING	edit Kiss of the Butterfly, submit for publication	nothing
3	WRITING	100 NC History pages	just the planning in Nov
4	WRITING	blog about 8 wild foods	none
5	WRITING	finish Dead Mule Swamp Druggist	16 chapters added
9	WRITING	do 10 book promotion things	9 ish- I lost count
7	WRITING	writing schedule day 50 times (this refers to a particular disciplined schedule)	9
8	WRITING	5 entries in Off the Sanctuary Wall	none
9	WRITING	pursue a contract I can't name yet	didn't happen- but I tried
10	WRITING	talk to 5 bookstores about carrying mysteries	none
11	HOUSE	fix kitchen drawer	DONE
12	HOUSE	cut down 5 autumn olive trees	DONE
13	HOUSE	clean refrigerator twice	DONE
14	HOUSE	replace kitchen faucet	nothing
15	HOUSE	get lawnmower fixed	DONE- you heard about most of this. I get extra points
16	HOUSE	clean terrace	DONE
17	HOUSE	kitchen light electric box	DONE
18	HOUSE	replace faucet by washing machine	nothing
19	HOUSE	put away model railroad stuff	none
20	HOUSE	spend 10 hours sorting books	3 total- only managed to make a bigger mess
21	FITNESS	increase to 30 pushups	gave up
22	FITNESS	increase to 100 jumping jacks	gave up
23	FITNESS	increase to 2 min planking	gave up
24	FITNESS	walk, bike, ski or snowshoe 200 times	no clue- over 100
25	HIKING	NCT Hike 100 Challenge for 2016	DONE
26	HIKING	visit 5 new MI counties to explore trails	none
27	HIKING	hike 100 more miles of the Buckeye Trail	DONE, 230+ actually
28	HIKING	clear my trail better	DONE
29	PERSONAL	Savings Goal	DONE
30	PERSONAL	Financial Goal #2	nothing
31	PERSONAL	lose 10 pounds	lost 8!
32	PERSONAL	play music 50 times	20 ish
33	PERSONAL	other #1 (200 times)	40 ish
34	PERSONAL	other #2 (12 times)	2
35	MISC	make 21 quarts juice	14 total
36	MISC	try 10 new wild foods	none
37	MISC	some genealogy stuff	very little- found John's obit, tried to locate Ricky
38	MISC	100 more pix on Shark Shots	lost track, maybe 20
39	MISC	2 photo cards documented	got most hike pictures listed
40	MISC	give 10 gifts from my kitchen	5 ish
41	MISC	eat at Brenda's Burgers	DONE
42	MISC	eat at Country Critters	closed, but now open under new management
43	MISC	take my trailer on 2 trips	one
44	MISC	finish monkey booties	DONE
45	MISC	get two programs NCT and Kitchen Sink	none
46	MISC	get rid of 100 things	??? 20 ish
47	MISC	read or listen to 100 books	lost track, but way over 100. Most not very meaningful
48	MISC	move NCC from Josh's garage	nothing
49	MISC	short bios of 5 relatives	none
50	MISC	sort my fabric	nothing
51	MISC	do something inside my trailer	removed some things I don't want. Finished curtains. Have design plans for rebuilding. Visited Scamp and learned a lot
52	MISC	add 50 things to family heritage list	15 ish
53	MISC	some VCR tapes to DVD	none
54	MISC	some cassette tapes to CD	none

There you have it. I probably would have done as much without the list...

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