50 things 2012

No B.H.A.Gs (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals), just 40 small (and 10 slightly larger) mini tasks/goals  - 'things' to achieve throughout the year in 2012.

Here they are in no particular order!

1. Get our favourite family photos taken through the last 30 years digitized COMMENCED - Feb 2012
2. Have a 30th Birthday 'shin dig' and really enjoy myself DONE - Jan 2012
3. Resurrect my old 'EduBlog' and use it to share my ramblings and innovations
4. Walk the "Botany Summer Fun Run & Walk" 10km course again (done in 2011) ACHIEVED 12/2/12
5. Walk the "Round the Bays" 8.4km course again (done in 2011)
6. Walk the "Orewa Half Marathon" 10.5km course for the first time
7. Attend a Photography Course & hopefully get to grips with my camera some more DONE 11/2/12
8. Attend the Auckland Lantern Festival & take some photos DONE - Feb 2012
9. Get one of my best photos printed on canvas to hang in the house
10. Attend an outdoor concert
11. Complete my Toastmasters "Competent Communicator" manual
12. Send or give out Thank You cards out after Christmas, my birthday and any other special occasion COMMENCED - Jan 2012
13. Make 10 posts on a special family history blog (to be created) to chronicle important historical stories in my immediate family (using the #1 goal photos)
14. Make a collage of pinterestingly motivating images to put in front of my cross trainer for motivation
15. Make a plan to use the above mentioned cross trainer at least twice a week
16. Organise and Chair the International Speech & Evaluation Competition at Toastmasters
17. Make a list of 15 special or interesting places I'd like to visit around Auckland and start to visit these places DONE - Feb 2012 - see this list here and watch as I mark it off!
18. Design and build (or purchase) a small vege garden & plant it + grow my own lettuces
19. Finish painting the front fence (only 1/4 painted after over a year!)
20. Get some nice family portraits taken of my immediate family (Mum, Dad, me) DONE - Jan 2012
21. Frame the best family portrait image and display in my home
22. Continue my 'Donate a Can' pledge of 2011 and donate a variety of different canned goods to the food bank charity EVERY time I go to the grocery store (73 cans donated in 2011)
23. Keep my iphoneography photo a day challenge going and capture something special with my iPhone camera each day of 2012- uploading it to my "Life Thru the Lens" blog
24. Create a new Trade Me username and discard the old immature account name DONE - Jan 2012
    
25. Have a Facebook-free week (this will be tricky)
26. Make a regular monthly 'date' to catch up via phone/skype with overseas friends
27. Go through all my clothing each school holidays and donate at least 2 bags of items I don't need to the Salvation Army - Summer Holidays DONE 4 x bags
28. Make at least 10 of the fabulous ideas I have pinned on Pinterest for my classroom or home
29. Go out to dinner somewhere fancy in the Viaduct and get dressed up!
30. Go once again for a day (or overnight) trip to Waiheke Island and really explore the place
31. Make a schedule for housework-type jobs and a plan for attacking them (then stick to the schedule!)
32. Get a flatmate (who I get on with) for my spare room
33. Read at least 2 dodgy 'chic lit' fun, no-brainer novels each school holidays - record these in this blog Summer Holidays DONE Jan 2012
34. Host a dorky 'action-ary' (pictionary charades) evening and have fun!
35. Pin at least 10 of my own teaching ideas to Pinterest and share the love
36. Visit my Nana in Hamilton at least once every 2 months, and call at least once a month DONE - Jan 2012
37. Go berry picking again in Nelson
38. Grow (or maintain) a bonsai tree
39. Take a community education class for a term on something I enjoy
40. Write a list of 50 achievements that I am most proud of - display these somehow in an attractive way (some creativity required here)
41. Be able to run/jog 5kms (no given time limit, I just want to achieve this 
42. Lose (and keep off) 10kgs ALL YEA
43. Create something special out of the 'Bucket List' items I have pinned on Pinterest
44. Achieve a greater work-life balance - no work after 9:00pm  & create (and maintain) a work-free evening once a week (not on a Friday) - and stick to it like glue!
45. Get more sleep - increase my average total sleep time (using the Sleep Cycle app) to over 7 hours
46. Keep the kitchen bench and dining table clutter free EVERY DAY (this will be hard for me as they are my 'dumping grounds')
47. Make a monthly plan for my finances (bills etc) and a plan for paying off credit card debt STARTED Feb 2012
48. Go Tandem sky diving!
49. Write a book or article (ideas still swimming around on this one)
50. Finalise my divorce (sad, but needs to be done after more than 4 years of legal separation) COMMENCED - Feb 2012 - see blog post here