20 for 2020: week 31
Week 31: Week of 27 July My 20 for 2020 list. I feel like this week went by incredibly quickly and I didn’t get a lot done. I got my mark for my uni assignment (thing 8) that I had struggled and tortured myself over and was overwhelmed by...
20 for 2020: week 29
Week of 13 July My 20 for 2020 list. After a week off that I really needed, it was back to work this week. Kramstable was still on school holidays. I’m glad that he’s able to do his own thing for most of the time now, so there is...
20 for 2020: week 11
Week of 9 March My 20 for 2020 list. Monday was a public holiday (yay) so I let myself sleep in a bit (which is code for lying in bed and thinking about how great it feels not to wake up slightly hungover because I am into week two...
Bored and Brilliant challenge 6: Observe something else
Previous posts on the challenge: Bored and Brilliant introduction post Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 Challenge 4 Challenge 5 Bored and Brilliant challenge 6 is to go somewhere public and stay for a while: a park, a mall, a gas station, a cafe, the hallway at work. Once...
19 for 2019: week 15 and 16 update
Week of 8 April Most of what I did this week was around my photography. On Sunday, I spent several hours in town taking photos, some of which aligned (I hope) with some of the assignments for the course I’m doing (thing 1). I need to sort them and...
19 for 2019; week 7 update
Week of 11 February 2019 Week 7 of 19 for 2019. This is going well! I should have made “update the blog at least once a week” a thing. After a big week last week, things were a lot slower this week. I watched one of the videos for...
19 for 2019: week 5 update
19 for 19 update: week of 28 January 2019 This week’s baby step in taking better care of me (thing 6) so that I can do the things I want to do this year is to focus on breathing. I have learned that diaphragmatic breathing helps to activate your...
Point to Pinnacle: D-day
322 days ago, on 31 December 2017, I posted a photo of kunanyi from near the bottom of the university with the caption, “One day, Mountain, I will walk to your summit”. Today, I did it. I didn’t specifically have the Point to Pinnacle in mind when I posted...
Point to Pinnacle: Mount Nelson
My training for the Point to Pinnacle has basically been non-existent for the last three weeks. I have really struggled to get out of bed in the mornings and I’ve been lucky if I’ve managed more than one walk a week. This is Not Good when the event is...
Point to Pinnacle: Fern Tree
Sunday 23 September (57 days to go) Today’s plan was to walk to Fern Tree to see if I have any chance of completing the Point to Pinnacle in 57 days time . . . The official race guidelines say all competitors have to have passed the kunanyi turnoff...