Impossible List - 15 January

How far I've come over the course of the last month in regards to the impossible list of goals I've set for myself.

Professional

So at the end of the year I cleared my computer and loaded everything back up again to find that I made a mistake in capturing the work I did on the conflict database was not saved properly. So I lost a few weeks worth of work and it really hit my motivation.

I might put that project to the side and work on a new page for my website that is a map showing all of the Munros and marks the ones I've climbed.

Health / Fitness

Since the new year in a fit of motivation I've been working on all of my exercise, doing morning runs, day walks, pushups and weights. I'm not happy with my current size and while I don't need to be super slim, I'd live to be lighter and feel fitter than I do.

I gave up on the gym idea as I didn't like the idea of paying for something I could do myself.

I have been keeping my eating within the correct calorie counts, so I should start to see my weight slowly go down.

My aim is to end this year pretty far down on the weight scale and higher up on the fitness scale in preparation to climb a big mountain in 2025.

Personal Skills

I always start the year with an intention to really focus on my book and I'm thinking that I really mean it this year. No real focus on other projects until I've got a decent workign draft of this book completed.

Flickr now has 644 photos in it.

Travel / Events

A few items on the itinerary for next year, looking at a trip to Italy with Louise's mother as well as a camping trip to Orkney, and a Christmas trip to Copenhagen. Might attend the Kendal Mountain Festival and use the opportunity to climb England's six mountains.

Volunteering / Charity

Still trying to push membership, need to find a way of promoting it so that we are creating a lot of members.

Education / Languages

I've continued with my DuoLingo work. Hopefully in the next 12 months I can get through and complete Russian. I might be good at that point to jump back into a Russian class. I'll look at this come September.

Financial

Just working hard in my role as React Tech Lead and trying to sort out my shop and put everything into a good status.