Impossible List - 15 October

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

I'm currently looking at completing the Bliss Symbolics keyboard and hopefully a basic messaging application. I'm making good progress on this and should most definitely have something pulled together by the end of the year.

We've had a bit of a lull in the phonetic spell checker, but we'll get back on track.

Health / Fitness

I have reversed the trend of me getting fatter and I'll need to work hard, but I think I can get myself back down lower again. I'm current sitting around 13 stone and need to loose about 10 pounds to hit my next weight target. I've moved on to using the NutraCheck app which appears to be easier to use than my own spreadsheets.

Still in hibernation is my ollie.

Personal Skills

My book has went into hibernation as well. I might give it a wee while to settle down and then come back to it.

Flickr now has 471 photos in it.

Travel / Events

I attended a summer mountain skills workshop put on by Mountaineering Scotland which was good fun and useful. Setting me up to be more experienced/confident in the hills.

Volunteering / Charity

Currently in month three of our three month advertising trial at Tayside Re-Users. Seems to be helping. I'll pull together numbers about sales and footfall next month.

Education / Languages

Looking at DuoLingo and working out how long it should take I think this might take a good little while, most likely well into next summer before I'm nearing completion.

Financial

Settling into my new promotion. currently looking at £65k per year in salary, so without wanting to move to a new company (which currently would be a bad idea, I am very happy with my current position and colleagues) I think it will be a wee bit before I can advance my salary to £80k unless something internal opens up as a direction to move upwards, but this will most likely involve me transitioning to a management role. I'll have to weigh that opportunity if it comes.

Still awaiting immigration getting back to me, but with everything happening in the UK I'm fairly certain that my application is the least of their worries.