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Sandwood Bay
I have wanted to visit Sandwood Bay for quite a while. In March 2008 we found ourselves at the top of the track in an unexpected and un-planned stop but the lateness of the hour meant we could not undertake the four and a half mile walk to the beach (and the four and a half mile walk back).When I created my Day Zero Project, it was an easy and obvious goal to add to the list - and a quite stunning goal to mark "complete". That said, I want to make the trip ... read moreBaby Steps Are Little Leaps
I do not feel depressed today. This is the second time I have been able to write that this week and mean it. I understand that this may only be temporary reprieve since my External Stressor has been absent. I understand that all of the little changes I have been making may not entirely add up to beating depression by themselves if the External Stressor is missing from the experiment. But what it does show is that once I can eliminate the External Stressor completely I have no excuses. The ... read more
A Goal in Gairloch
You may have noticed my Day Zero linky in the top bar - the page that lists my 101 in 1001. This is an experiment in goal setting, and also a bypass of New Year's Resolutions - instead giving myself 1001 days to complete the list and, quite probably, also embrace failure ;-) I found writing the list an interesting challenge - despite all the To Do lists floating around in my brain I had to really get creative to make it to 101. On Sunday I was taken on a surprise trip to Poolewe and ... read more
Pound for pound
That's lb for £. Yes, look to the left sidebar and you will see two new widgets... One is the pounds off progress bar, and the other is the pounds on widget. That'll be pounds off me and pounds onto the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society bank balance. I need all the motivation I can get, and the whales and dolphins need all the support they can get. It's a marriage made in blubber. You can sponsor me for as little as £1, or as much as you like - and if you are a UK tax payer ... read more
Day Zero
< !today = new Date(); BigDay = new Date("September 17, 2011") msPerDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 ; timeLeft = (BigDay.getTime() - today.getTime()); e_daysLeft = timeLeft / msPerDay; daysLeft = Math.floor(e_daysLeft); e_hrsLeft = (e_daysLeft - daysLeft)*24; hrsLeft = Math.floor(e_hrsLeft); minsLeft = Math.floor((e_hrsLeft - hrsLeft)*60); document.write(daysLeft + " days " + hrsLeft +" hours and " + minsLeft + " minutes left"); // ]]> The Mission: Complete 101 pre-set tasks in a period of 1001 ... read more
