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I turned 52 on November 28th. According to a British Study, 52 is the average age that people turn grumpy. I got thinking about the number 52 and wondered if it is of some significance to me. 52 weeks in a year, I spent my formulative years growing up at 52 Hillcrest Drive in Wheatley Ontario, B52's the band have a song "Rock Lobster" (Lobster was one of my nick names), B52's in a bottle were on sale at the liquor store, etc., etc..So I am making a list of 52 things to do when I am 52. It will take me a while and if anyone wishes to give me some ideas please comment or send me a message on FaceBook.
1: Put $52 a week in a Mad Money account. (Started)
2: Put an extra $52 a week towards paying off my line of credit. (Started)
3: Quit Smoking
4: Take a night course (*signing up for an online course - Introduction to DownTown Revitalization)
5: Write 52 Blogs
6: Start a newspaper column.
7: Write a book on Management Techniques and get it published (*I've been planning this likely since Harper started his Hockey Book)
8: Help the Ingersoll Times (Hmmm)
9: Help Fusion Youth Centre reduce their tax burden on Ingersoll ratepayers (*An Eco Challenge may be a way)
10: Become involved in the Downtown (*See #4)
11: Get new members for my Lodge
12: Finish my Attic (Well it will never be finished but stairs and walls would make me happy)
13: Save another $52/month on my utility bills. (*Half way there - Now to change my Electricty provider)
14: Start an income producing business (* Met a web developer through Kijiji - Buy Local)
15: Add a water feature to my garden (Accumulating Parts)
16: Buy an EBike
17: Have no credit card debt - Starting at 0 this week (*Still 0)
18: Add a solar feature to my house.
19: Attend at least 13 live theatre or other cultural events. (13 is one fourth of 52)
20: Watch 13 movies in the theatre
21: Visit 13 places I have never been before
22: Visit 13 friends I haven't seen in a while.
24: Have an adventure with my girls
25: Have a weekend away with my wife
26: Get a passport
That's a good start - Stay tuned. Just for shits and giggles I challenge you to start your own list - Pick a number and do it.
Cheers
Mit
Dec 24 update:
#27: Try 52 different beers - (*35 more to go)
#28: Go to church more.
January 1st 2011 update - (*)
#29: Purge (Starting with my inbox)
#30: Plant a Tree
#31: Plant an Herb Garden >>> One that I know what is in it ;)
#32: Start a Bonsai
#33: A Canoe Trip on the Thames
#34: Attempt to learn a musical instrument
#35: Make a change with my change
#36: Make a YouTube video
#37: Visit another province
#38: Go camping in a tent
#27 - Try 52 different beers - I actually started this on my Birthday - Buzz Beer - Made with Hemp by the Cool Beer Brewing Company in Toronto - Made with BC Buds - I don't smoke pot but I have tried it and I did inhale - Not my cup of tea. Beer is not bad - A little sweet.
ReplyDeleteHi Tim,
ReplyDeleteTry a beer from Flying Monkeys Brewery, Barrie, ONT. E.g., Hoptical Illusion (LCBO), Smashbomb, Monkeys ESB. The last two - occasionally on tap at Chancey Smiths in London's Covent Garden.
Thanks for your visit to It Strikes Me Funny and informative comment. I would say we're in a Catch-44 with our trade agreements at times. Exporting jobs has become a habit.
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Happy belated B-Day!!!
ReplyDeleteYour list is already very ambitious, I wouldn't want to add anything :) I wish you extra luck & strength with #3 - u can do it!