The list of goals was completed yesterday. So today 7th August 2009 is day-one. Day-one-thousand-and-one will be 4th May 2012.
I fully reserve the right to amend and revise this list as time goes by. Not because I will want to hide from any failures of achievement. Hopefully any amendments will be to replace some of the less well thought out targets with better challenges.
A small apology: I already have some blog posts drafted that talk about adding or changing some of these goals. I will almost certainly finish and publish these drafts in the next few days so some of the thinking may appear to be out of sequence - sorry.
Anyway here is the list as it stands today, sub-divided into some arbitrary headings:
TRAVEL
1 Develop a realistic plan and budget to cycle in Peru
2 Short break visit to Rome
3 Spend 2 or 3 weeks travelling in America
4 Spend 2 or 3 weeks travelling in New Zealand
5 Short break visit to Venice
6 Short break visit to Corsica
7 Ride one of the big mountains from Le Tour
HEALTH
8 Develop a good overnight sleep pattern
9 Keep an accurate TV diary for a fortnight
10 Attempt to improve breathing with a "powerlung" or similar
FITNESS
11 Get fit enough to reach level 10 in the beep test
12 Get fit enough to run 100M sprint in 12 seconds
13 Get fit enough to run 5K in 22.5 minutes
14 Get fit enough to run 5K in 20 minutes
15 Get fit enough to run 10K in 45 minutes
16 Get fit enough to run 10K in 40 minutes
17 Get fit enough to cycle 20 miles in 1 hour 6 minutes
18 Get fit enough to cycle 20 miles in 1 hour
19 Get fit enough to cycle 40 Miles in 2.25 hours
20 Get fit enough to cycle 40 Miles in 2 hours
SPORT
21 Conclude rugby coaching
22 Complete an adventure race
23 Complete an Etape
24 Cycle a proper mountain trail
25 Travel the length of the Medway by foot, bike and kayak
26 Get one of the spare bikes into good running order
27 Bring my cycling kit up to date
28 Get Pinarello serviced
FINANCIAL
29 Plan university funding for A&E
30 Plan life start funding for A&E
31 Plan pension funding
32 Buy a DSLR camera
33 Decide what type of car I want
34 Buy a new car
ALTRUISM
35 Raise £1000 for charity
36 Organise a charity event
READING
37 Read 10 books by authors I haven't read before
38 Read 10 more books by authors I haven't read before
39 Leave comments on 50 peoples' blogs
40 Join a library
41 Read 2 event management non-fiction books
42 Read 1 book on building web and mobile applications
43 Read 1 book on web site development and 1 on web site design
44 Read 1 book on novel construction
45 Read 2 architecture non-fiction books
46 Join a reading group
47 Re-read all of Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series in order
48 Listen to 12 audio books
WRITING
49 Develop templates for character sheets
50 Develop template for story arcs
51 Edit Zen Looks Down
52 Develop a synopsis for the 2nd Zen novel
53 Write a Zen sequel
54 Send Zen novels to agents
55 Publish a blog entry every day for 60 days
56 Attend a writing course
57 Write a film script from one of the Aurelio Zen series
58 Write answers to the 50 questions - here
59 Win nanowrimo again
PHOTOGRAPHY
60 Make a list of 60 photos to help get to end of year
61 Finish 2009 365 project
62 Photograph every bridge across the Medway
63 Continue Black & White Fridays
64 Continue 1 tree 12 months project
65 Take a photograph to symbolise every completed goal
66 Attend a photography course
67 Get a book printed from one of my photography projects
FAMILY
68 Write a 16th Birthday letter to A
69 Take E to a gig
70 Take A&E to Tower of London or similar
71 London to Brighton bike ride (or similar) with A
72 Get some decent portrait photos taken of A&E
73 Visit M&S in Edinburgh
HOUSEHOLD
74 Generate a Maintenance plan for house
75 Keep maintenance plan up to date and decreasing
76 Take down overgrown tree
77 Complete 6 consecutive Friday night clear-outs
78 Get all of my email in-boxes under control
79 create a good work space environment in the study
CAREER
80 Achieve the Business Continuity qualification
81 Become self-employed
82 Revamp Personal website
83 Build an app to manage goals
84 Build an app to manage events
85 Build a website for somebody other than myself
86 Build a web app to manage circuit training sessions
87 Update work clothing to be more professional
88 Rebuild old laptop with Linux
ACTIVITY
89 Visit British Library
90 Visit Tate Modern or Tate Britain
91 Visit a photography exhibition
92 Go white water rafting
93 Take a hot air balloon ride
94 Go sea kayaking again
95 Barbeque on the beach
96 Go Ape, or High Trees, or Similar
97 Take a tour of Tonbridge castle
98 Visit another castle in Kent
99 Go to a comedy gig
100 Have a weekend mini-break in a UK city
GOALS
101 Develop a new 101 list
Several of the goals could have appeared under more than one of the headings. A few of them, as listed above, have a built-in measure of success. For those where it is not so clear when/if the goal is complete I have a more detailed write-up. As yet I haven't attempted to assign deadlines to any of the goals, this will need to be done over the course of the next few weeks. I will need to take care to spread the load evenly to prevent burn-out, budget-overload or leaving too much to the last minute.
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