melb100 in 2008

2008, so far, is 88% worth living.

In 2005, melb100 did 43 things, went 0 places, met 0 people, and consumed 0 products.

Years: 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. January goal: write Iris, type all Daphne notes, order
  2. January goal: [learn to] crochet 1 square
  3. six months goal: buy no clothes. Nothing. Double nothing. Nani mo kawanai... — completed 5 months later
  4. six months goal: save 1 000 000 yen — completed 5 months later
  5. Stop buying books until I've read the ones I have on my bookshelf!!!
  6. 2008: be beautiful (serenity), resplendent (with compassion), joyful (I am living youth) and truth (the source of all things)
  7. the clothes I never wear: sew or throw — completed 6 months later
  8. limit internet time to 1 hour a day
  9. try veganism for two weeks — completed 21 days later
  10. February: The Happiness Project CREATIVE
  11. February: The Happiness Project SOCIAL — completed about 1 month later
  12. February: The Happiness Project HEALTH — completed about 1 month later
  13. February: The Happiness Project GOOD HABITS — completed about 1 month later
  14. February: The Post-July Project JAPANESE — completed about 1 month later
  15. February: The Post-July Project FINANCE — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. watch the sunset from the comfort of an outdoor onsen — Worth doing!
  2. learn how to put up a tent — Worth doing!
  3. January goal: get up at 6 am every single glorious day — Worth doing!
  4. celebrate the next Discardia, from 21 Dec 07 to 8 Jan 08 — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. December goal: knit a cardigan
  2. January goal: write Iris, type all Daphne notes, order
  3. limit internet time to 1 hour a day

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make a living will
  2. celebrate the wonder of Eurovision 2008 — completed 3 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. December goal: read JRC papers and make research proposal decision — Worth doing!
  2. try veganism for two weeks
  3. Celebrate Darwin Day on 12-02 — Worth doing!
  4. cheer WooWinter — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. reduce my carbon footprint
  2. Give more than I take

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. finish
  2. be up to date — completed 3 months later
  3. complete NaNoWriMo 2008
  4. get a holga
  5. Watch the 100 greatest films
  6. celebrate the next Discardia, from 19 Mar to 5 Apr — completed 16 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. visit hiroshima — Worth doing!
  2. Have a weekly goal review. — Worth doing!
  3. February: The Happiness Project SOCIAL
  4. February: The Happiness Project HEALTH
  5. February: The Happiness Project GOOD HABITS
  6. February: The Post-July Project JAPANESE
  7. February: The Post-July Project FINANCE
  8. February: The Post-July Project WRITING
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. practice yoga everyday
  2. get up at 6 am every day for two weeks; every day meaning EVERY day, and not just the days I feel like doing it.
  3. November goal: not buy any clothes/earrings/ skin potions/ hair accessories/ brooches BECAUSE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I DON'T NEED ANY MORE
  4. February: The Happiness Project CREATIVE

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. jog 10 hours in May
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. buy a stranger something from their Amazon wishlist every month — Worth doing!
  2. godisimaginary.com — Worth doing!
  3. see a sumo wrestling match — Worth doing!
  4. celebrate the next Discardia, from 19 Mar to 5 Apr
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. put random items into other people's shopping baskets when they aren't looking

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. remember how a guitar works
  2. move to sapporo
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. celebrate the wonder of Eurovision 2008 — Worth doing!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. do something for every letter of the alphabet
  2. do first things first
  3. plan weekly meals in advance
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be less scathing
  2. feel smug more often — Worth doing!
  3. stop binge drinking — Worth doing!
  4. Go someplace very, very dark and look at the stars all night — Not worth doing
  5. appreciate my co-workers more — Worth doing!
  6. cycle to sounkyo — Not worth doing
  7. December goal: make that skirt — Worth doing!
  8. six months goal: buy no clothes. Nothing. Double nothing. Nani mo kawanai... — Worth doing!
  9. six months goal: save 1 000 000 yen — Worth doing!
  10. be up to date — Worth doing!
  11. -----------------June-------------------------- — Worth doing!
  12. one week goal: no chocs or sweets or crisps or other such things — Worth doing!
  13. Lavish my body with 1 week of unadulterated health — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. write a novel
  2. November goal: complete three non-scarf knitting projects
  3. January goal: [learn to] crochet 1 square
  4. get a holga
  5. jog 10 hours in May

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Kick my sugar habit for good
  2. open an ISA
  3. sort out my finances
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. find out what my blood type is — Worth doing!
  2. buy an in-tray — Not worth doing
  3. get a cat — Worth doing!
  4. read all of the Agatha Christie books — Not worth doing
  5. pick strawberries — Worth doing!
  6. Take the Real Age Test — Worth doing!
  7. Watch a total Lunar Eclipse — Worth doing!
  8. the clothes I never wear: sew or throw — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. move to sapporo

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. put my photos onto redbubble
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. November goal: start a colour and texture scrapbook — Worth doing!

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