Miriam Parkinson

I’ve been having a bit of a fail with these monthly updates so I decided the best way to catch up was to post a 101 goals in 1001 days, one year in update. Unfortunately it’s been a little over a year since I started but I’m not one to let silly details like that get in the way.

So far the 101 goals in 1001 days lark has been really fun. It’s given me a kick in the butt to get things done that I’ve been meaning to do for ages and never got around to as well as helping me to improve some bad habits. There are some goals that I’ve already strictly speaking failed but I’ll still continue to work on them in the spirit of self-improvement.

So, on to the goals…

Goals I’ve Completed

8. Read 1984 and Animal Farm (2/2)
13. Give blood
14. Attend a family Christmas
16. Cook a 3 course meal for a friend
22. Visit Dad in Canberra
40. Organise all my files on both computers and ext hard drive (3/3)
42. Remove all ipod tracks I don’t like
51. Go indoor rock climbing
52. Go to Melbourne museum
53. Go to Moonlight cinema
54. Go to the art gallery
55. Organise, prepare food for and go on a picnic
56. See 25 greatest films as voted by IMDB (25/25)
66. Do makeup every morning for a month (30/30)
73. Complete a 4km race
74. Complete an 8km race
75. Do 25 consecutive men’s’ push-ups (best 25/25)
78. Finish in the top 50% in a 4km run
81. Average over 80 in uni classes
82. Do career relevant work
84. Get a high distinction
86. Get above 90% on 5 assignments/tests (5/5)
101. See a Cirque Du Soleil show

So that makes 23 goals completed out of 101.

Goals in Progress

4. Upload 250 photos to flickr (65/250)
9. Read 50 non-fiction books (7/50)

• Anais Ninn’s In Favour of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays
• 6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief, Lewis Wolpert
• Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong, Marc Hauser
• The Ghost Map, Steven Johnston
• The Book of Dead Philosophers, Simon Critchley
• The Zookeepers Wife, Diane Ackerman
• 1788, Watkin Tench

17. Give 10 unexpected gifts (2/10)
20. Put all birthdays and anniversaries in my calendar
27. Go to 25 spin classes (2/25)
28v2. Run a half-marathon in the melbourne marathon
30. Go to 5 conferences/unconferences (2/5)
33. Do 5 brutal cleanouts of unnecessary clutter (1/5)
41. Own 5 pieces of jewellery that I love (2/5)
46. Try 50 new recipes (9/50)
47. Watch the sun rise 10 times (2/10)
50. Go camping 5 times (2/5)
58. Write monthly updates of 101 progress (8/33)
59. Maintain a monthly closing balance of $0 on credit card (6/33)
65. Do a weekly review every week for a year (0/52)
67. Dress up at least once a month (5/33)
72. Create blog template
90. Build an emergency fund of 2 months pay
99. Go overseas

So there we have it. My 101 goals in 1001 days, one year in.

I’m doing Electrical Actuators and Sensors again this semester after very sensibly deciding to fail last time.

As the lecturer has been saying that he’ll try to put something up on blackboard for at least 3 years I don’t hold a lot of hope. As a result I am publishing the notes that I take in class so that any students who miss a class for whatever reason can catch up.

I should add that I’m a much better student now than I was 3 years ago when I failed. My notes will be accurate to what is on the board and also contain annotations from what is said in class

You can find these notes by clicking on the HET225 & HET228 Notes tab.  I will try to stay as up to date as possible.