Almost the last update! There are so many things on this list that I'm not going to get anywhere near the end of, but that just sums up this whole year all round really. Let's see how we did in November. 20 things mended (10/20) I keep feeling like I must have mended more things than this. Certainly many things have broken. Perhaps I'm just not very good at keeping track. Apparently none added in November. 19 letters written Well I'm not sure I managed any in November in the end! But I'm on the case writing letters to go into Christmas cards, so I'm confident that this target will be met in December. 18 days without internet (6/18) No more whole days, although I did get a bit better at getting out of bed without looking at my phone in the morning. Could do better. 17 books read (achieved in March) Gone back to some old favourites recently - usually a sign that my brain is too full and I can't take on board anything new. 16 household items or pieces of clothing made (15/16) Well now, I'm counting this, even though technically I didn't actually make it, Peter did. It's a tabletop standing desk, and while I haven't used it as much as I should have, it's definitely come in handy and saved my back a few times. 15 meals with friends (achieved in August) No more in November, and now we're all only allowed to meet outside, probably no more this year. 14 meals from home grown produce (stopped counting in September) More pie! 13 evening lectures (7/13) I watched a webinar on electric cars run by a local environmental group. Not something we're considering right now, but definitely on the cards at some point in the future. 12 donations to the foodbank (10/12) Counting two this month - one online donation, and then a donation to a friend's fundraiser. 11 solo days out for me (2/11) 10 loaves of bread made (0/10) 9 bike rides (achieved in July) 8 organised runs (2/8) 7 new places visited (4/7) 6 attempts at cheese making (0/6) 5 'No Quibble' weekends away (0/5) No, no, no, no, no, no, and no. 4 pairs of socks made (/4) Yes!! Finally I finished my socks!! I've been wearing them as 'outer socks' since I finished them (they're rather too chunky for sole socks) and they are SO warm and cosy. Probably not going to get another three pairs finished this year...
3 days volunteering (0/3) 2 LAND centres visited (1/2) 1 holiday (0/1) No, no and no. Yawn. What fun idea this was, and how odd it has all turned out! I shan't be doing it again next year. I can see that it would have been a lovely way of structuring my months had the world not turned on its head. As it turns out, it's felt like an increasingly irrelevant list of things I thought I might do but which turned out to be impossible (except for things like bread and cheese - I could have done those, but didn't). Anyway, there we are. Final round up next month!
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