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Despite not many goals being crossed off at the moment, there are a few that are progressing. - For goal 1 (take a meditation class), I have found the place that I am going to do the class - For goal 21 (learn to play bridge), I have signed up to do ...
Nigel Parker
I have written occasionally on this blog about people who inspire me. Now I have decided to make this more of a regular feature of the blog, and when I hear about someone who does something inspirational, or even just plain nice, I am going to shout ...
Goal 164 (Complete a difficult jigsaw puzzle) – Done
Month completed: November 2009 There is something quite nice, I find, about doing a jigsaw puzzle. I think it might be that in order to solve it most efficiently, you need to develop a process (i.e. start by finding the corner pieces, then the side p...
Goal 115 (Get my teeth whitened) – Done
Month completed: November 2009 I saw this goal as a scientific experiment – to evaluate one of the many teeth whitening kits out on the market in London. To get a one hour teeth whitening session in London you are looking at upwards of £150, s...
Goal 28 (Watch seven hours or less of TV per week for eight consecutive weeks) – Done
Month completed: October 2009 In an earlier post I mentioned that the new flat that Nat and I moved in to in June has no TV. Now, in early November, it still doesn’t. The only TV we now watch is Home and Away (how embarrassing, I know) and the ...
Goal 103 (Read every Harry Potter book and see every movie) – NEARLY Done
With the latest technology available to the youth of today, from Xbox, to all the latest apps on the iPhone, to the millions and millions of pages of the Internet to surf, I have always been interested in how the Harry Potter series cut through all t...
