On a separate blog, I kept for a while, I felt I needed a list of Personal Projects to work on during the same time period that the creative Year of Projects runs on my main blog. As I’ve now deserted that other blog, I thought I would do a summary here of what I managed to achieve and what I will carry forward to next YOPP year.

Home & Garden

House

• Re-pot houseplants❎ Someone advised me Peace Lilies prefer to be a little root bound in their pots so I won’t be repotting them for a while.
• New flooring in en-suite➡️
• Paint en-suite ➡️
• Paint downstairs loo➡️
• Sort storage of camping equipment✅

Garage

• Continue decluttering ✅We got rid of a lot of junk from the garage and it is far less cluttered. There are still a few things we could maybe reduce…like plant pots.
• Organise shelves✅ things are now sorted by category
• Paint garage door ✅ Finished in Q1. It does need touching up at the bottom where my husband kicked it closed and chipped it!
• Clear drain in front ✅ Finished in Q1. We need some repair to the tarmac that holds the drain though.
• Hang more hooks for tools➡️ I’d still like to do this as some tools share the same hooks.

Garden

• Fix waterbutt leak ✅ I tried fixing but it still leaked so bought a new one Q4
• Paint picnic table ✅ Q4 oiled and the broken seat repaired by my husband.
• Transplant curly hazel tree from pot to garden ✅ Q4 Since doing this it has sprouted new growth yay! We got 6 hazelnuts off it this year!
• Trim back conifers. ✅ Q1 and Q4 this is endless it seems. I do plan to turn the back 4 into topiary Minions!
• Plant remaining clematis ✅ but they all died
• Hang rope to make path for climbers ✅ Q4 hung and started training the honeysuckle across.
• Train rose along the fence ✅ I’m not sure which rose I was referring to, but there’s one I have trained through the pattern holes in the decorative fence panels.
• Paint pale patches on fence➡️
• Weed front borders and re-define edges ✳️ The weeding is started but they need a good tidying on the edges and where there is overcrowding ➡️
• Sort out wild strawberries that are taking over ✅ Q4 most have been pulled out. There are still a lot by the greenhouse and compost bins, but I may leave those.

Physical & Mental Health

• Get up and dressed by 9am at the latest.❎ Who was I trying to kid with this idea! Unless I get another office job I can’t see this happening.
• Create a daily/weekly schedule to allow time for exercise, yoga, creative projects and household chores ✳️ I tried numerous times and failed but will try again ➡️
• Regular yoga routine at least 2 hours per week to start. 🧘🏻‍♀️ ✅ Q4 we have both been doing at least 2 hrs per week
• Regular aerobic exercise ➡️
• 10,000 steps a day on average for the week➡️
• Get back to healthy weight / BMI band. ✳️ I’m not sure how many pounds over the healthy BMI I was, but I am currently 2lb over that band, but have lost 6lb in the last few months. ➡️
• Continue decluttering and organising cupboards etc. ✅ I’m pretty happy that most things have a dedicated space now, so it’s not as cluttered.

So actually there are surprisingly quite a few things ticked/achieved. Surprising as I actually forgot about this list because it was on a blog I’d stopped looking at or posting on. So it will just live on this blog now and I will need to start thinking of a new list. In the meantime the carried forward items should keep me busy.

✳️ Started

✅ Achieved/Completed

❎ Dropped idea

➡️ Carried forward