52 Dos in 52 Weeks...the explanation

“52 Dos in 52 Weeks”

Ok so here it is…the 52 dos. This is a list of things to do in the next 52 weeks that I plan on documenting on a blog with videos, photos, reports, updates, links, hints, stories and whatever else comes to mind at the time.

The reason I’m doing this? To stop the rot! I’m facing into the finale of a PhD and rather than becoming more productive I’ve become less. Some hints to why that is are within the list, but what’s clear to me is that if I continue my descent into sluggishness then I’ll be looking back on an empty period of non-achievement and looking forward onto a void filled with no opportunities to pursue.

So fuck that, time to shake it up a little.

I’ll be setting up the blog this week and getting on with a few of the tasks on the list. But don’t confuse these with some A to B tick list, these are things to help me stay busy and moving forward, but also some things that might contribute if you are looking for similar things to do or find…like finding a decent place for fresh F&V in Glasgow…honestly, can I get a carrot that doesn’t turn to rubber in 24 hours please? So while some might happen quite quickly, others will cover a number of weeks such as getting ready for a race, or beating dyslexia.

Now it’s the 20th of January, an extremely misty, still, cold day in Glasgow and almost a metaphor for the future. But I’ve done the list, and I’m now doing the list and intend completing the list by this time next year. You’ve been warned and you will be asked for help, in the meantime wish me luck.

I’ve started at the end…No.52 Finish the list. Next up, The Blog!

The 52 dos:

1 Sky Dive

2 Get a golf handicap

3 Play a gig

4 Learn a dance

5 Finish my PhD

6 Lose a stone

7 Play regular Basketball (Jan-May)

8 Play regular tennis (May-Sep)

9 Improve reading speed by at least 100 w/m

10 Make anchoring and visualisation part of my daily routine (Outcome measure/monitor?)

11 Create RecGen

12 Do a Duathlon (Sep-Dec)

13 Do a 10K (May-Sep)

14 Sell my old car

15 Do Survival of the fittest (October)

16 Learn a convincingly impressive magic or card trick

17 Create a networking file of NB academic contacts (RecGen and Visio?)

18 Become a skilled writer (Outcome and Monitor?)

19 Beat Dyslexia (Establish the impeders and supporters)

20 Create a working system Desk Space (Include citrus scent and awesome + Insightful pic)

21 Librasise my files into an active system

22 Activise my files in my laptop

23 Fix it Friday re: Ad boards in rugby and 3 finger cartoons)

24 Training plan for year and monitoring plan

25 Find a decent source of fruit and veg in Glasgow

26 Create an active budget file

27 Establish Sunday cook ups (Monitoring?)

28 Become a mystery shopper

29 Be an extra at least once

30 Produce at least one invention

31 Do a Friends network file with Mind Genius

32 Update my CV

33 Start a Job Hunt

34 Catch up with significant people I’ve lost touch with

35 Put the blue umbrella on ebay

36 Take some photos worth doing something interesting with

37 Hold a dinner party…no reason why yet but do it

38 Reduce tv viewing to 3hrs per day

39 Increase reading amount to 1 book per month minimum

40 Create a videoblog to report the 52

41 Get up some hills in Scotland

42 Win some money…should be interesting

43 Do a 5 min stand up spot

44 Establish my ‘daily meds’ list to support my routines

45 Go the recording of a TV show…probably in London

46 Get sailing in a regatta (Single handers or otherwise)

47 Do a waxing for charity

48 Busk

49 Write a paper from my masters thesis

50 Go snowboarding again…I miss it

51 Fund raise

52 Finish the list