One of the things on my list is to eat or drink 10 new things.
Last night, without any effort on my part really, I was given the opportunity to do the first one: raw oysters. I may at some stage have eaten cooked oysters, though I can't remember doing so, but I know for sure I ha never done the raw slurp it down thing. Until yesterday.
Yes, I know this is a delicacy. They were even bluff oysters, which are famous in these parts. Uncooked, but for a squirt or two of lemon juice, just like the purists say we should do them. So I faced my fear of all things slimy, and slurped one down.
Have to admit, not wildly impressed. They taste ok, salty and much like the sea. But I am unconvinced by the slimy texture thing. Glad I did it, cos raw oysters are one of those things you just have to do. But don't think I'll be seeking them out again.
Still, 1 down, 9 to go. :)
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Saturday, 18 April 2009
More music. Some planning.
Listened to Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners which was thoroughly enjoyable. That was last night - I believe I am an evening jazz person. :)
Currently listening to Sabu's Palo Congo. Erm... I am not big on the world music stuff, and this is a littel too 'fusion' for my tastes. So not wildly impressed.
A. found an advert for salsa classes just around the corner from us, so I will phone them tomorrow and get us all signed up. YAY! Think it'll be great fun, and good for both of us. Neither of us really get enough exercise.
If I don't hear back from the library tomorrow, I'll phone them too to find about about the reading to kids stuff.
Think I have convinced A to make a list of his own which will probably overlap with mine a tad. :) Yayness.
Currently listening to Sabu's Palo Congo. Erm... I am not big on the world music stuff, and this is a littel too 'fusion' for my tastes. So not wildly impressed.
A. found an advert for salsa classes just around the corner from us, so I will phone them tomorrow and get us all signed up. YAY! Think it'll be great fun, and good for both of us. Neither of us really get enough exercise.
If I don't hear back from the library tomorrow, I'll phone them too to find about about the reading to kids stuff.
Think I have convinced A to make a list of his own which will probably overlap with mine a tad. :) Yayness.
Friday, 17 April 2009
Lots of music and a movie.
It's been a chilled weekend, but I have been making my way through the 50s.
Have listened to a whole bunch of the albums in the 1001 albums list.
Louis Prima's Wildest while making dinner last night - great stuff. I do rather like this kind of 50s jazz/swing stuff. This was followed by Domino Fats' This is Fats, which was also grand.
Then this morning, Duke Ellington's At Newport (1956), which I wasn't quite so enamoured with, but that may have been cos I stayed up late last night and was very tired this morning. This was, however, followed by Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers! which is delightful, but then I think we have established my ongoing love of Frank.
Then the Crickets' Chirping..., which... meh. It's ok, I guess. I guess I wasn't really in the mood for it. Am currently listening to Count Basie's Atomic Mr Basie, and really enjoying it, which maybe means that for me jazz is an evening thing. Heh.
In any case, it's been pretty nifty working through these albums chronologically. :)
In relation to another one of my lists, we had a movie marathon last night which included The Princess Bride which is on IMDB's top 250 list. So that's one ticked off that list. It's an old favourite, so I enjoyed it, quoted bits, laughed in advance, that sort of thing. *grin*
Still looking at potential dance stuff in Dunedin. There's a lot of possibility, though not much of the kind of dance I like best. Still, I may just drag A to salsa classes with me. That'd be fun. :)
Have listened to a whole bunch of the albums in the 1001 albums list.
Louis Prima's Wildest while making dinner last night - great stuff. I do rather like this kind of 50s jazz/swing stuff. This was followed by Domino Fats' This is Fats, which was also grand.
Then this morning, Duke Ellington's At Newport (1956), which I wasn't quite so enamoured with, but that may have been cos I stayed up late last night and was very tired this morning. This was, however, followed by Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swingin' Lovers! which is delightful, but then I think we have established my ongoing love of Frank.
Then the Crickets' Chirping..., which... meh. It's ok, I guess. I guess I wasn't really in the mood for it. Am currently listening to Count Basie's Atomic Mr Basie, and really enjoying it, which maybe means that for me jazz is an evening thing. Heh.
In any case, it's been pretty nifty working through these albums chronologically. :)
In relation to another one of my lists, we had a movie marathon last night which included The Princess Bride which is on IMDB's top 250 list. So that's one ticked off that list. It's an old favourite, so I enjoyed it, quoted bits, laughed in advance, that sort of thing. *grin*
Still looking at potential dance stuff in Dunedin. There's a lot of possibility, though not much of the kind of dance I like best. Still, I may just drag A to salsa classes with me. That'd be fun. :)
Thursday, 16 April 2009
The first 24 hours.
Well, I have looked through the 100 books list, and I have already read 39 of them. So that leaves me 61 to go.
I have listened to Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, which was lovely, (But then I am a Frank fan), Elvis Presley's self-named album, which was entertaining as early Elvis normally is, and the Louvin Brothers' Tragic Songs of Life, which was a little too Country for my taste. Those are the first 3 albums on the 1001 albums list.
In terms of the more important stuff, I have emailed the public library about getting involved in their Storytime program. I've also done some research into dance classes in Dunedin, and think I can probably find something to which I could drag my loving husband. ;) That's something I would really like to do with him, and I think he might be up for it.
That's progress, right?
I have listened to Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, which was lovely, (But then I am a Frank fan), Elvis Presley's self-named album, which was entertaining as early Elvis normally is, and the Louvin Brothers' Tragic Songs of Life, which was a little too Country for my taste. Those are the first 3 albums on the 1001 albums list.
In terms of the more important stuff, I have emailed the public library about getting involved in their Storytime program. I've also done some research into dance classes in Dunedin, and think I can probably find something to which I could drag my loving husband. ;) That's something I would really like to do with him, and I think he might be up for it.
That's progress, right?
New Approach.
OK, this blog was kinda lounging around not doing much of anything useful. So I have decided to.. er... rebrand it a tad.
Last night and this morning I wrote my list for that 101 things in 1001 days.
Here's what I put on my livejournal today:
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OK. I have 101 things now.
And I am starting today!
To read:
1. 100 of the books we own that I haven’t actually read yet. (0/100)
2. 50 works of non-fiction. (0/50)
3. The Bible. Yes, all of it.
4. The Mabinogion. Yes, all of it.
5. The Bhagavad Gita. Yes, all of it.
6. All of Discworld. In order. (0/37) (Plus any new ones, the short stories online (0/6), the ‘Mappes’ (0/4), the Science books (0/3), the Quiz books (0/2) and the companions (0/9).
That’s it according to wilkipedia at 17/4/09. (Doesn’t include adaptations and movies, etc.))
7. Read all the books on this list. (0/100)
To see:
8. Every movie that has ever won Best Picture at the Oscars. (0/81)
9. Every movie that has ever won Cannes’ Palm D’or. (0/81)
10. All the movies on this list. (0/100)
11. All the movies on this list. (0/250)
(Yes, I know this seems like a lot, but there is overlap, so it isn’t really. We watch a lot of movies, anyway. ;P)
To go:
12. Go to the glaciers.
13. Spend some actual time in Auckland (airport doesn’t count).
14. Go see Christchurch.
15. Go wine tasting in Central Otago.
16. Go camping in the Catlins.
17. Go to Rotorua.
18. The ‘god of the forest’
19. Go to Stewart Island.
20. Go to Abel Tasman National Park.
21. Go to Hanmer Springs.
22. Go to the Dunedin Public Art gallery
23. Go do this.
24. Go on the Taieri Gorge Railway.
25. Go to the Marlborough Wine Festival.
26. See the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Hamilton.
To do:
27. Go ski-ing.
28. Go to Fiji.
29. Go to at least one other pacific island.
30. Go to Easter Island.
31. Develop friendships with at least five people.
32. Take up dancing again.
33. Get out of (current, UK) debt.
34. Buy a house.
35. Start growing herbs.
36. Go to 25 different live music events. (0/25)
37. Do the Rail Trail.
38. Empty inboxes. Which means doing everything that’s on hold therein.
39. Go for walks. 100 of them. (0/100)
My Edumacation:
40. Finish my masters thesis, hand it in, get MA attached to my name.
41. Get an academic article published.
42. Join ACLAR.
43. Give a conference presentation. Make it better than last time.
Artsyfartsiness
44. Paint 100 paintings. (0/100)
45. Give away or sell at least half of them. (0/50)
46. Get a story published.
47. Write 100 poems. (0/100)
48. Write 50 stories. (0/50)
49. Write 100 honest to goodness snail mail letters. (0/100)
50. Put on ‘Wonderland’.
51. Send 100 postcards. (0/100)
52. Make 50 blog entries on cooking blog. (0/50)
53. Make 50 blog entries on travel blog. (0/50)
54. Make 50 blog entries on Belgatherial’s Hearth. (0/50)
55. Make 50 blog entries on 101 things. (0/50)
56. Write 20 reviews. PUBLISH THEM (Somewhere – Librarything/Amazon/anywhere) (0/20)
57. Make something big and beautiful. (Hug collage??)
58. Do fire-dancing in public again.
The stuff I always say “I always wanted to do that” about part of the list.
59. Learn to play the cello.
60. Learn to play the drums.
61. Learn carpentry.
62. Learn french.
63. Take up bellydancing.
64. Ride in a hot air balloon.
65. Write a novel. (Henry’s just waiting…)
66. Learn to juggle.
67. Go to every continent. (INCLUDING Antarctica) (5/7)
68. Get the dragon tattoo
69. Create an improv everywhere type event.
70. Learn to sew.
71. Apply for a job as a chef by sending in a meal.
72. Learn to make puff pastry from scratch and GET IT RIGHT.
73. Finally get all the things framed that I’ve been wanting to frame for years, and haven’t because ‘we were just going to move again’. (0/??)
74. Have a snowball fight. A proper full on one with lots of people.
75. Listen to all the albums in the 1001 albums book. (0/1001) (This does not mean I have to own them, just listen to them all the way through.)
76. Find a way to read to children. Let’s say 25 times. (0/25)
The ‘just for fun’ bit
77. Host a cocktail party.
78. Host a masqued ball.
79. Test drive a car we can’t afford. (Do this one with Alec)
80. Go a week without my mobile phone.
81. Go a week without internet.
82. Sleep on a train.
83. Go strawberry picking.
84. Eat or drink 10 things I have never before tried. (0/10)
85. Write the CV with which I wish I could apply for jobs.
86. Apply for a job with it.
87. Host a medieval banquet. Make it as authentic as possible.
88. Go to 10 different theatre events. (0/10)
89. Have high tea with friends.
90. Redefine Valentine’s day and what it means as described in V-day post this year.
Make the world a better place.
91. Buy a stranger a meal.
92. Leave a kind note on someone’s windshield.
93. Pay a whole street’s worth of parking meters.
94. Raise money for a charity. Make it a big goal. GET THERE. (Birch?)
95. Volunteer.
96. Start donating to cyberfunded projects again. Just a little each month.
97. Spend ten hours (not necessarily consecutive) reenacting Earth hour. (ie: NO electricity) Turn them into events. (Candlelit picnics, etc) (0/10)
98. Plant a tree.
99. For a week, eat nothing that doesn’t come from New Zealand.
100. Try vegetarianism for a week.
101. Create notes of validation and leave them where people will find them.
So? What thinketh you?
My final date according to this is Friday 13 January 2012. I kinda love that it ends on a Friday 13th. Heh.
Well. Here I go.
(ETA: Some clarifications: The 100 books list, I am not rereading ones I have already read. The movies list and the Discworld lists, I am starting from scratch (so ones I've seen or read before don't count, they only count as of NOW.))
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So, I will be using this blog to document and keep track of how I am doing. I don't think my 2 and a half fans are going care too much about the change of direction, but if you really do, my apologies. Maybe someday I can get the old idea going again. Until then, maybe I'll inspire some people to go out and make a list of their very own.
Last night and this morning I wrote my list for that 101 things in 1001 days.
Here's what I put on my livejournal today:
====
OK. I have 101 things now.
And I am starting today!
To read:
1. 100 of the books we own that I haven’t actually read yet. (0/100)
2. 50 works of non-fiction. (0/50)
3. The Bible. Yes, all of it.
4. The Mabinogion. Yes, all of it.
5. The Bhagavad Gita. Yes, all of it.
6. All of Discworld. In order. (0/37) (Plus any new ones, the short stories online (0/6), the ‘Mappes’ (0/4), the Science books (0/3), the Quiz books (0/2) and the companions (0/9).
That’s it according to wilkipedia at 17/4/09. (Doesn’t include adaptations and movies, etc.))
7. Read all the books on this list. (0/100)
To see:
8. Every movie that has ever won Best Picture at the Oscars. (0/81)
9. Every movie that has ever won Cannes’ Palm D’or. (0/81)
10. All the movies on this list. (0/100)
11. All the movies on this list. (0/250)
(Yes, I know this seems like a lot, but there is overlap, so it isn’t really. We watch a lot of movies, anyway. ;P)
To go:
12. Go to the glaciers.
13. Spend some actual time in Auckland (airport doesn’t count).
14. Go see Christchurch.
15. Go wine tasting in Central Otago.
16. Go camping in the Catlins.
17. Go to Rotorua.
18. The ‘god of the forest’
19. Go to Stewart Island.
20. Go to Abel Tasman National Park.
21. Go to Hanmer Springs.
22. Go to the Dunedin Public Art gallery
23. Go do this.
24. Go on the Taieri Gorge Railway.
25. Go to the Marlborough Wine Festival.
26. See the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Hamilton.
To do:
27. Go ski-ing.
28. Go to Fiji.
29. Go to at least one other pacific island.
30. Go to Easter Island.
31. Develop friendships with at least five people.
32. Take up dancing again.
33. Get out of (current, UK) debt.
34. Buy a house.
35. Start growing herbs.
36. Go to 25 different live music events. (0/25)
37. Do the Rail Trail.
38. Empty inboxes. Which means doing everything that’s on hold therein.
39. Go for walks. 100 of them. (0/100)
My Edumacation:
40. Finish my masters thesis, hand it in, get MA attached to my name.
41. Get an academic article published.
42. Join ACLAR.
43. Give a conference presentation. Make it better than last time.
Artsyfartsiness
44. Paint 100 paintings. (0/100)
45. Give away or sell at least half of them. (0/50)
46. Get a story published.
47. Write 100 poems. (0/100)
48. Write 50 stories. (0/50)
49. Write 100 honest to goodness snail mail letters. (0/100)
50. Put on ‘Wonderland’.
51. Send 100 postcards. (0/100)
52. Make 50 blog entries on cooking blog. (0/50)
53. Make 50 blog entries on travel blog. (0/50)
54. Make 50 blog entries on Belgatherial’s Hearth. (0/50)
55. Make 50 blog entries on 101 things. (0/50)
56. Write 20 reviews. PUBLISH THEM (Somewhere – Librarything/Amazon/anywhere) (0/20)
57. Make something big and beautiful. (Hug collage??)
58. Do fire-dancing in public again.
The stuff I always say “I always wanted to do that” about part of the list.
59. Learn to play the cello.
60. Learn to play the drums.
61. Learn carpentry.
62. Learn french.
63. Take up bellydancing.
64. Ride in a hot air balloon.
65. Write a novel. (Henry’s just waiting…)
66. Learn to juggle.
67. Go to every continent. (INCLUDING Antarctica) (5/7)
68. Get the dragon tattoo
69. Create an improv everywhere type event.
70. Learn to sew.
71. Apply for a job as a chef by sending in a meal.
72. Learn to make puff pastry from scratch and GET IT RIGHT.
73. Finally get all the things framed that I’ve been wanting to frame for years, and haven’t because ‘we were just going to move again’. (0/??)
74. Have a snowball fight. A proper full on one with lots of people.
75. Listen to all the albums in the 1001 albums book. (0/1001) (This does not mean I have to own them, just listen to them all the way through.)
76. Find a way to read to children. Let’s say 25 times. (0/25)
The ‘just for fun’ bit
77. Host a cocktail party.
78. Host a masqued ball.
79. Test drive a car we can’t afford. (Do this one with Alec)
80. Go a week without my mobile phone.
81. Go a week without internet.
82. Sleep on a train.
83. Go strawberry picking.
84. Eat or drink 10 things I have never before tried. (0/10)
85. Write the CV with which I wish I could apply for jobs.
86. Apply for a job with it.
87. Host a medieval banquet. Make it as authentic as possible.
88. Go to 10 different theatre events. (0/10)
89. Have high tea with friends.
90. Redefine Valentine’s day and what it means as described in V-day post this year.
Make the world a better place.
91. Buy a stranger a meal.
92. Leave a kind note on someone’s windshield.
93. Pay a whole street’s worth of parking meters.
94. Raise money for a charity. Make it a big goal. GET THERE. (Birch?)
95. Volunteer.
96. Start donating to cyberfunded projects again. Just a little each month.
97. Spend ten hours (not necessarily consecutive) reenacting Earth hour. (ie: NO electricity) Turn them into events. (Candlelit picnics, etc) (0/10)
98. Plant a tree.
99. For a week, eat nothing that doesn’t come from New Zealand.
100. Try vegetarianism for a week.
101. Create notes of validation and leave them where people will find them.
So? What thinketh you?
My final date according to this is Friday 13 January 2012. I kinda love that it ends on a Friday 13th. Heh.
Well. Here I go.
(ETA: Some clarifications: The 100 books list, I am not rereading ones I have already read. The movies list and the Discworld lists, I am starting from scratch (so ones I've seen or read before don't count, they only count as of NOW.))
=====
So, I will be using this blog to document and keep track of how I am doing. I don't think my 2 and a half fans are going care too much about the change of direction, but if you really do, my apologies. Maybe someday I can get the old idea going again. Until then, maybe I'll inspire some people to go out and make a list of their very own.
Sunday, 9 March 2008
Drive instead of fly whenever you can. Walk instead of drive whenever you can.
It's simple. Planes and cars cause emissions which contribute to global warming and holes in the sky. We all know this, right? If you don't believe in global warming (which some people don't, and I am not willing to fight about that right now), you cannot deny that both planes and cars create pollution. And pollution is Not a Good Thing. But being enviro-friendly and green is not the only reason to follow this simple rule.
Fact is, unless you literally can't get to where you're going by car (like, there's an ocean in the way), or you really don't have the time to spend (like, you have to be at a wedding in a day and it's on the other side of the world), driving is more fun. You get to follow tangents, accidentally discover cafes and people and natural wonders you may not have even known were there. Roadtrips are the best way to travel, in my not so humble opinion. Don't be in such a hurry. That old axiom about the journey being more important than the destination? Spot on. Curiosity is a sign of an active, intelligent, interested mind. And, let's face it, all airports are essentially the same (I have been in a few in my time, I know), whereas roads aren't. Roads twist and lead to unexpected places. Embracing adventure is always worthwhile. Be curious. Follow your "I wonder where that leads..." musings.
The same is true of walking instead of driving. It may take longer, but you see so much more. You will notice the odd house on the corner that you've driven by a million times without seeing. You'll meet the funny little old lady at the bottom of the road who makes the best cookies this side of the date-line. Plus, it's healthier (hypothetical cookie-making ladies aside). Walking counts as exercise, and if, like me, you are not a fan of exercise, it is a good way to get some without noticing too much. When you walk, you can stop and look at stuff which in a car you don't even register until you've passed. Tiny bookshops. Weird plants.
How does this make the world a better place? Well, there is the obvious green stuff. Reduce your carbon footprint. Reduce emissions. All good things to do. (And, yes, if everyone did it, it would make a difference.) But also, by exercising your natural curiosity, you make yourself a better person. When you're curious, you judge less. You learn that not knowing something is fine. Going to find out is fun. That's how you learn more stuff. Being curious means you listen to stories. You learn more stuff like that too. Plus, going somewhere slower means you're not in such a blasted hurry all the time. You give yourself time for the journey. And that makes for a far less stressed outlook on life. Yes, sometimes you need cream NOW for the meal that has to be ready in an hour, and then you don't have time to stroll to the shop, but giving yourself that time every now and then means you will be in better contact with your world. And that makes a big difference.
Someone who is genuinely curious about the world, and interested, and willing to learn inspires others to be so too. Many people are scared to admit they don't know stuff. That's silly. Everyone has stuff they don't know. Encouraging your natural curiosity will get you past that. You'll realise that learning is more fun than pretending you already know. AND you may help others get over their fear of asking. Or finding out. And, frankly, if we all stopped poncing around pretending to know more than we really do, we'd learn a whole lot more, and be a lot kinder to people who don't know the stuff we do. And the world would be a better place.
So. Your challenge. WALK this week. Walk instead of driving. Just once. Give yourself time to get to where you're going. Don't be afraid to take detours. Or stop and chat to someone. Or have a look at that park you drive past every day. Take the slow route somewhere. See what adventures you can find. Then come back and tell me about it.
Fact is, unless you literally can't get to where you're going by car (like, there's an ocean in the way), or you really don't have the time to spend (like, you have to be at a wedding in a day and it's on the other side of the world), driving is more fun. You get to follow tangents, accidentally discover cafes and people and natural wonders you may not have even known were there. Roadtrips are the best way to travel, in my not so humble opinion. Don't be in such a hurry. That old axiom about the journey being more important than the destination? Spot on. Curiosity is a sign of an active, intelligent, interested mind. And, let's face it, all airports are essentially the same (I have been in a few in my time, I know), whereas roads aren't. Roads twist and lead to unexpected places. Embracing adventure is always worthwhile. Be curious. Follow your "I wonder where that leads..." musings.
The same is true of walking instead of driving. It may take longer, but you see so much more. You will notice the odd house on the corner that you've driven by a million times without seeing. You'll meet the funny little old lady at the bottom of the road who makes the best cookies this side of the date-line. Plus, it's healthier (hypothetical cookie-making ladies aside). Walking counts as exercise, and if, like me, you are not a fan of exercise, it is a good way to get some without noticing too much. When you walk, you can stop and look at stuff which in a car you don't even register until you've passed. Tiny bookshops. Weird plants.
How does this make the world a better place? Well, there is the obvious green stuff. Reduce your carbon footprint. Reduce emissions. All good things to do. (And, yes, if everyone did it, it would make a difference.) But also, by exercising your natural curiosity, you make yourself a better person. When you're curious, you judge less. You learn that not knowing something is fine. Going to find out is fun. That's how you learn more stuff. Being curious means you listen to stories. You learn more stuff like that too. Plus, going somewhere slower means you're not in such a blasted hurry all the time. You give yourself time for the journey. And that makes for a far less stressed outlook on life. Yes, sometimes you need cream NOW for the meal that has to be ready in an hour, and then you don't have time to stroll to the shop, but giving yourself that time every now and then means you will be in better contact with your world. And that makes a big difference.
Someone who is genuinely curious about the world, and interested, and willing to learn inspires others to be so too. Many people are scared to admit they don't know stuff. That's silly. Everyone has stuff they don't know. Encouraging your natural curiosity will get you past that. You'll realise that learning is more fun than pretending you already know. AND you may help others get over their fear of asking. Or finding out. And, frankly, if we all stopped poncing around pretending to know more than we really do, we'd learn a whole lot more, and be a lot kinder to people who don't know the stuff we do. And the world would be a better place.
So. Your challenge. WALK this week. Walk instead of driving. Just once. Give yourself time to get to where you're going. Don't be afraid to take detours. Or stop and chat to someone. Or have a look at that park you drive past every day. Take the slow route somewhere. See what adventures you can find. Then come back and tell me about it.
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
If everybody just...
How many times have you heard this: "If everybody just recycled..." ; "If everybody just smiled at strangers..."; "If everybody just picked up one piece of litter..."
The world would be a better place right?
Well, here's my challenge. Once a week I'll post one thing that you can do, and it won't be a huge thing, that will make the world a better place. One thing which, if everybody just did it occasionally, things would get better. The world is changed in increments, not in huge gestures (although sometimes huge gestures help).
I have spent far too much time in recent years getting frustrated and irritable about the stuff people do that is thoughtless and hateful and inconsiderate. If I can get just a few people to consider the little things I propose, maybe I can actually make a difference. I won't post anything here I wouldn't, or couldn't, or won't do myself. So maybe it'll help me be a better human being too.
My plan is that there will be several sections:
1. Things you can do to make yourself happier and healthier. Because frankly, happy people who feel good are nicer to be around. And people who are good to be around, make the world better.
2. Ways to make other people feel good. For the same reason as the last.
3. 'Green' stuff. Environmental issues. I'm not going to be asking anyone to join Greenpeace. But small everyday things you can do to slow our environmental decline.
4. The Big Issues. Because, let's face it, they're there. And they need to be addressed. But in small ways.
There may be other stuff. I will probably make up a lot of it as I go along. I'll try and seriously get to 101 things. If I do, at that point I'll decide whether to carry on or not.
So... who's up for the challenge?
ETA: I realise this has been done like a bazillion times. I don't care. It's for me as much as anyone else. If you care to come along for the ride, please do. If not, then don't.
The world would be a better place right?
Well, here's my challenge. Once a week I'll post one thing that you can do, and it won't be a huge thing, that will make the world a better place. One thing which, if everybody just did it occasionally, things would get better. The world is changed in increments, not in huge gestures (although sometimes huge gestures help).
I have spent far too much time in recent years getting frustrated and irritable about the stuff people do that is thoughtless and hateful and inconsiderate. If I can get just a few people to consider the little things I propose, maybe I can actually make a difference. I won't post anything here I wouldn't, or couldn't, or won't do myself. So maybe it'll help me be a better human being too.
My plan is that there will be several sections:
1. Things you can do to make yourself happier and healthier. Because frankly, happy people who feel good are nicer to be around. And people who are good to be around, make the world better.
2. Ways to make other people feel good. For the same reason as the last.
3. 'Green' stuff. Environmental issues. I'm not going to be asking anyone to join Greenpeace. But small everyday things you can do to slow our environmental decline.
4. The Big Issues. Because, let's face it, they're there. And they need to be addressed. But in small ways.
There may be other stuff. I will probably make up a lot of it as I go along. I'll try and seriously get to 101 things. If I do, at that point I'll decide whether to carry on or not.
So... who's up for the challenge?
ETA: I realise this has been done like a bazillion times. I don't care. It's for me as much as anyone else. If you care to come along for the ride, please do. If not, then don't.
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