Well … although it’s been a slow start to 2024 we are slowly easing back into some good habits and routines that seemed to have gone by the by for a while.
We are back on top of the house cleaning and laundry routines. Meal planning, shopping and batch cooking are ticking along nicely. We even spent our first couple of hours in the garden over the weekend.
I’m up to date with my Lodge Life posts so it feels like now it’s time to catch up with where I am on my 50 Things to do before I’m 60. After all … I now have less than a year to go.
For those of you who don’t know … this was a goal I set myself when I hit 50. I didn’t set all of the ‘50 Things’ in one go and some of the goals have come and either been adapted or ditched completely if they somehow no longer felt inspiring or relevant.
If you want to see how I’ve got on along the way you can go back and have look at my previous posts …
50 Things to do before I’m 60
2015 … Update
2016 … What’s Next?
2016 … Update
2017 … What’s Next?
2017 … Update
2018 … What’s Next?
2018 … Progress Report
2018 … Update
2019 … What’s Next?
2019 … So far so good
2019 … Update
2020 … What’s Next?
2020 … Update
2021 … Update
2022 … Update
There are a lot of links and I don’t blame you if you can’t be fussed with looking back through all of them. It’s taken me a while to refresh my memory with what I said I wanted to do in 2023 …
6 - Become competent at using my iPhone Camera
For 2023 I changed my 6th goal from completing an online photography course to this new one, which just felt more relevant. I’m really happy with how I’ve got on with this goal and have taken lots of photos that I’m really pleased with. I think I am happy to say I’ve achieved this one … but I’d be interested in knowing what you think. Here are a selection of some of my favourites …
I was still working on this one with four of the 15 parks still to be visited. I think, with the purchase of our holiday lodge in North Wales, that … whilst I would still like to achieve this at some point … it’s not going to be before I’m 60.
14 - Go swimming once a week
I must have been feeling very committed and enthusiastic when I swapped out a Geocaching objective for this one. We kept it up until the lodge park opened up in March and then that was pretty much game over 🙈
17 - Wear a nice dress for Rachel & Tom’s Wedding in August
Last year I swapped out a losing weight related goal for this one, which I am happy to say that I’m ticking off as wholly achieved …
I’m happy with how I’ve got on with this one. As well as the bits and pieces I already had at home I’ve added some fabric art, which will be hung somewhere at the lodge …
It’s been another year where the bikes have only made it out of the shed if we’ve needed to reach something behind them. It’s sad to admit it but I think I need to replace this with something else.
45 - Visit new places in The Peak District ... Padley Gorge, Cheedale Stepping Stones, Three Shires Head, New Mills
Whilst we did have a day out in The Peak District, visiting some of our favourite spots, we didn’t actually manage to visit anywhere new in 2023 …
Another one with no progress at all for 2023. We definitely need to find time for a few days out when we are at home this summer.
49 - Redecorate all of upstairs
Frustratingly there has been no progress in this one at all. I am blaming it on the fact that we have a leak in the roof somewhere that we don’t seem to be able to resolve and until that is done there is no point doing any decorating.
50 - Replace the windows on the front of the house
I don’t seem to have achieved much this time but I am ending on a high as we did get the windows on the front of the house replaced and, not only that, but we are very happy with them too …
On that basis I am going to leave it here for now and do a separate post listing the full 50 all together … then hopefully I will know what I want to do for the rest of this year.
Back soon 😀
