Christy (lilgreenfrog) - A goal setter on Day Zero Project

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Jan 01, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018

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Christy

Sydney, Australia

34, and facing a re-evaluation of what I want from life. Where else to start than with a good list...

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Note added to goal Do 10 things that I'm afraid of

6 years ago

30 Dec, 18

Went white-water kayaking (Dec 2018). Was really nervous beforehand, but fine once we got going.

The 7 Things Challenge:

6 years ago

30 Dec, 18

7 Things x 2019

My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:

Learn how to drive
Start doing yoga or meditation before work
Stop distracting myself from my problems
Take a vacation to India
Find a new career
Try writing one thing a month
Be more committed

Note added to goal Make homemade pesto

7 years ago

27 Jan, 18

homemade with homegrown basil and mint!

Note added to goal Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

7 years ago

27 Jan, 18

So - not through the list yet, but been whittling them away. Current status is:

1. How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
2. Changing Planes by Ursula Le Guin
3. Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstader
4. Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
FINISHED: 5. Catch-22 by Jospeh Heller (to the end this time!)
FINISHED: 6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
8. Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
FINISHED: 8. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
9. L'assomoir by Emile Zola
10.The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam
11. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
12. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
13. Papillon by Henri Charrière
FINISHED: 14. Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
FINISHED: 15. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
16. Gift From Earth by Larry Niven
17. The Omnivore's Dilema by Michael Pollan
FINIHSED: 18. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
19. The Passage by Justin Cronin
20. Between the River and the Bridge by Craig Ferguson
21. The Player of Games, by Iain M Banks
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So - not through the list yet, but been whittling them away. Current status is:

1. How to R (...more)

Note added to goal Eat in 10 new restaurants

7 years ago

27 Jan, 18

1. Ddo O Se Yo Korean restaurant - 27/01/2018
2. Yellow

Note added to goal Read a philosophy book

7 years ago

27 Jan, 18

Reading 'The Philosopher at the End of the Universe

Note added to goal Read 20 of the board's 100 books listed at http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html [7/100]

7 years ago

27 Jan, 18

Dropped the target t0 20, because although these are classics for a reason, there are lots of other, modern books worth reading also

Note added to goal Learn a poem by heart

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

To a Haggis by Robert Burns - memorised and performed

Note added to goal Go travelling

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

Our lives are really just one travelling adventure nowadays - sometimes we stop and work for a little while or a long while, but we are definitely travelling!

Note added to goal Go to the Great Barrier Reef or an equivalent on the West coast

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

twice in fact - yeah baby!

Note added to goal Visit a Buddhist temple

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

travelling through Asia, we visited a lot of buddhist temples, large and small, ornate and plain, all wonderful in their own ways.

Note added to goal Read 20 of the board's 100 books listed at http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html [7/100]

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

Books I've read:
1. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
2. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
3. 1984 - George Orwell
4. Animal Farm - George Orwell
5. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
6. The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
7. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
8. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
9. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Wolfe

Note added to goal Read and finish Catch-22

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

Finally, I have beaten my arch-nemesis! and actually, it was worth persevering through!

Note added to goal Read 10 non-fiction books [10/10]

9 years ago

14 Jun, 15

1. 3 Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
2. No Angel - Jay Dobyns
3. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
4. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
5. Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
6. The Book of Shadows - Don Patterson
7. Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs - Hunter S. Thompson
8.Scar Tissue - Anthony Keidis
9. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
10. The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin

Photo added to goal Go camping with friends

12 years ago

14 Jun, 12

Happy little tents

Note added to goal Go camping with friends

12 years ago

14 Jun, 12

Wilson's Prom - and it was awesome

Note added to goal Learn to cook at least 10 things without a recipe [03/10]

12 years ago

14 Jun, 12

[1] Lomo Saltado - yum yum yum

[2] Awesome veggie Stir fry
[3] Meanest omlette in the west

Note added to goal Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

12 years ago

14 Jun, 12

Of Mice and Men - done! (loved it, highly recommend)

Note added to goal Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

12 years ago

14 Jun, 12

Part one is complete - I have a list of books from friends. The list is as follows:
1. How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
2. Changing Planes by Ursula Le Guin
3. Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstader
4. Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
5. Catch-22 by Jospeh Heller (to the end this time!)
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
8. Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
8. Outliers by Malccolm Gladwell
9. L'assomoir by Emile Zola
10.The Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam
11. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
12. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
13. Papillon by Henri Charrière
14. Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard
15. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
16. Gift From Earth by Larry Niven
17. The Omnivore's Dilema by Michael Pollan
18. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
19. The Passage by Justin Cronin
20. Between the River and the Bridge by Craig Ferguson
21. The Player of Games, by Iain M Banks

I am reading number 1 at the moment

I have read number 14. - Empire of the Sun (less)

Part one is complete - I have a list of books from friends. The list is as follows:
1. How (...more)

Note added to goal Read the board's 100 books listed at http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html [4/100]

13 years ago

13 Mar, 12

Note added to goal Read the board's 100 books listed at http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html [7/100]

13 years ago

26 Apr, 11

Note added to goal Read 10 non-fiction books [3/10]

13 years ago

25 Apr, 11

1. 3 Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
2. No Angel - Jay Dobyns
3. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
4. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell

Note added to goal Read 10 non-fiction books [2/10]

14 years ago

14 Feb, 11

1. 3 Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
2. No Angel - Jay Dobyns
3. The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

Note added to goal Learn Spanish

14 years ago

14 Feb, 11

2 months in South America have kick-started my learning, but I want to take a class when I arrive home

Note added to goal Do something more active for Amnesty than just give money

13 years ago

25 Apr, 11

I have started to sign online petitions, and still aim to get more involved as and when I can.

Note added to goal Grow a plant

13 years ago

15 Dec, 11

Tomatoes - to the point of being able to eat the fruit! Spinach, and a wide range of herbs - hooray!

Note added to goal Make a birthday cake for someone

13 years ago

15 Dec, 11

I am marking this as done, because although not for birthday's, I have made celebratory cakes for more than one person now

Note added to goal Have pictures taken in a photo booth

13 years ago

23 Jul, 11

Got photos of my hubby and I on a whim when we ran across a black and white photobooth - and they are fab

Note added to goal Read at least one book a month

13 years ago

23 Jul, 11

For the last year, I have read at least one book a month, more most months. I intend to try and continue to do so.

Note added to goal Volunteer somewhere

13 years ago

23 Jul, 11

Husband and I both volunteered for a Green Living fair in Brisbane. Although when I originally wrote this task, I was intending more regular volunteering, it is proving hard to get. I am still trying.

Note added to goal Visit a new continent

14 years ago

14 Feb, 11

Currently in Australia, having also been to South America since I wrote the list, and still have Asia to go

Note added to goal Visit a new country

14 years ago

14 Feb, 11

I amcurrently on a round the world trip wih my hubby and have in fact visited 8 new countries since I wrote my list!

Note added to goal Take a photography class

13 years ago

15 Dec, 11

Took a beginner's photography course to learn more about my camera, and composition a little too. Great success!

Note added to goal Stop procrastinating and get a tattoo

14 years ago

14 Feb, 11

My right foot now says 'not all who wander are lost'