Carrying on with the catch up theme, here are the next 4 days of 30 days of lists.
Day 9: Weird stuff that makes me cry.
Someone asked me why the Melbourne Cup makes me cry. I know there is lots to dislike about the racing industry and most horses are not as lucky as these elite racers, but there is something that really moves me seeing these magnificent animals give their all in such a huge race. I loved watching Makybe Diva race and I think I cried every time she won.
Day 10: Meaningful gifts given or received.
- Photo shoot and photos (coordinated by Lil Sis) for my parents' 30th wedding anniversary.
- Engraved cake knife for Juniordwarf's first bithday
- 40 years album for Slabs' birthday
- Brooch Slabs gave me for our 10th anniversary
- Everything Juniordwarf makes for me
Day 11: This was meant to to be "things my family taught me" but I decided to make it more relevant to me now, and included my (work in progress) list of 12 commandments, as inspired by Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project.
Day 12: Favourite things about this month - which could be this month to date, or this month in general. I guess I included a bit of both
A lot has been happening, so the next few days will be catchup posts.
To start with, here are the next four lists for my 30 days of lists project. (Days 1-4 are here). I'm having fun with this challenge, even though I've dropped a few days behind.
Day 5: Things I tend to worry about:
I tend to worry big. There wasn't enough space to fit in all the small stuff . . . As for making mistakes, I think I have to re-read my own post on the subject several times. One day it might sink in.
Day 6: Rules to break:
This one was hard. I'm not very good at breaking rules. But I thought of another one to break: "Keep up to date with the challenges".
Day 7: Today I saw:
Day 8: I changed this one to suit me (that's one of the great things about this challenge - if you don't like the prompts you can change them). It was originally "childhood chores", but I though it would be more interesting to make it more current, so it has become "Saturday chores":
I recently heard about 30 Days of Lists and decided that it might be fun to join in.
It's a 30 day journalling challenge, where you get a prompt for a list every day, that you can record in any way you like. It could be as simple as writing each list down on the back of an envelope or as complicated and arty as you want to make it.
There are no rules, and you can even change the prompts if you don't like them. There's an online community to join if you want to chat to other listers, you can post your lists on your blog or do whatever you want with them.
And what you end up with is a nice little snapshot of your life in lists.
I didn't want to make it too complicated for myself, so I decided to use my Clairefontaine mini-reporter pad, which has lovely thick lined paper, perfect for my growing collection of Lamy Safari rollerball pens. (Many thanks to my lovely family for buying these for me for Xmas.)
I came in a couple of days after the challenge started, so I'm a couple of days behind. I've been posting my photos on Instagram (using #30lists) and am going to post them here every few days.
So to begin, here's Days 1 to 4.
Day 1: What's new so far this year. This one's pretty self explanatory.
Day 2: Projects I'm working on. Basically some of the things from my 100 things to do list that are on my to-do list right now.
Day 3: Things younger me would like about current me.
- I still watch Doctor Who
- I have a garden with a couple of potential secret garden spots
- I still have my favourite childhood teddy (when I can get him away from Juniordwarf)
- I have my own radio show
- My iPhone
Day 4: Favourite time wasters.
Funny that one of the things on this list is "making lists" . . .
And as for being nit-picky and not finishing things - I'm forcing myself to not make these lists perfect, and to do one each day so that I do get them done, rather than think about it and decide I can't do it because I don't know what to write.
Stayed tuned for Part 2.
