0.1 Of 2015

By my reckoning, I realize that as of noon today we will have exactly one tenth of this year behind us. It's also a dear friend's birthday today. Treating her to an enjoyable lunch was probably the only thing that gave me enough drive to wander outside and beyond my home for the day. Flurries have been occurring since last night, and it's still continuing to snow now. Anything pleasant and alleviating that resulted from the abnormally early thaw we had in mid-January has now been buried, obscured, and erased in the bleak whiteness.

At the beginning of the year, I made some 52 week to-do and wish lists. So far, I'm on track with keeping on task. Today was used to do and assess the progress of such things. The best thing about it is that I'm forcing myself with my own curiosity to try out some new hacks to overcome the procrastination. Some of the goals and expectations on them range from a blend of the realistic to the trivia, to the eccentric, to the outlandish and extravagant. The lists contain anything at all that I feel puts me a few steps forward towards whatever I liken to be as abundance and progression towards the better. I told myself that if I could even fulfill 10% of these things I've brainstormed I'd be happy. Well, the tally shows that I've done this, or at least got the smaller things cleared away. I am happier, or at least a little more content and satisfied; and along with getting other spaces and other stuff in order, I'm feeling a lot more confident that I can achieve even more yet.

One cheap old shoe rack + 4 notch cuts + Ella's
kennel + fitness gear = New exercise station +
2 cubic meters of reclaimed condo space.

Regaining my strength and endurance back has still been a major struggle. Now that the last of my closets have been organized, I managed to station my fitness equipment in a place where I'm not tripping over it, and yet at the same time, in a convenient enough spot where it's accessible and not likely to be completely ignored. I did have some lavish plans to build a more elaborate shelving system, but after some more juggling and reassessment, I resorted to some repurposing and hacking with using only a saw. Making four simple notch cuts saved me time, space, and money. I didn't even need to consult Pinterest to figure this hack out.

Rediscovering my near-to-expired passport some time ago has sparked me up with a travel bug. Holidaying abroad was on that list, but so far the picture is no clearer than to just get out of the country. I'm not interested in going to the USA*, or Mexico, or any other Latin American or Hispanic nations. Been there; done that. I want the chance to go someplace and use either of the two other languages I know, or either of the two others I've been casually learning now while I still have the capacity to use them, and also to allow me enough freedom to avoid the tourist resorts entirely. That's about as clear as the picture gets for me as far as travel goes thus far. It's one of those more extravagant things on my list.

I'm hoping tomorrow will be more moderate weather-wise. I think I'll dare myself to try out some Nordic skiing now that enough snow has returned to do it.
*- Maybe some other time to visit my dear cousin.