Extra Organised is a blog I used to read, lost and have refound… As is often the case, other people’s posts inspire my own, and so without further ado, I shall too make a list of 12 goals to achieve in 2 years. I have linked above to her specific post. Sadly for me I can’t comment on this blog (or any typepad blogs) which makes me sad, but hopefully the link will alert her to my interest!
1. Dinner at Quay – done in January for my birthday. They have the menu online so you can all ooo and ahhh
2. Dinner at Aria – next birthday seems like a good idea!
3. Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb – might just happen this month with a Norwegian friend in town. Otherwise, the BF and parents are getting sick of it being on the gift list so…

Source: http://www.bridgeclimb.com/
4. Go jet skiing
5. Go Zorbing (likely on the Gold Coast)
6. Visit Lexi in NZ – if I don’t put this on a list, I know I won’t make it a priority. And NZ is oh so close to Sydney, I’m not sure why I can’t just DO IT!
7. Do a knife skills course – for cooking of course
8. Learn to surf – I have a friend who seems to be into the idea of doing a camp style adventure!
9. Read the new testament – thought I’d down grade from ‘whole bible’. I want to ACHIEVE these goals not get down that they are too hard!
10. Go on a silent retreat – people who know me will wonder. A friend has done it, so I have an ‘in’
11. Run a half marathon – this is really putting it out there! Anything that’s money based, I seem to have the commitment, but health and fitness, not so much!
12. Plan and prepay my funeral – morbid, but then people call these bucket lists!
To be honest, I struggled with this list. I feel like I have to have achievable goals. Things I can actually DO! Some of my goals aren’t that short term… some are just having stuff (silliness personified!) And travel destinations (whilst I have one or two) don’t really excite me the way I wish they coulda/shoulda/woulda. It helps that I’ve been privileged to tick off so many travel based goals I see on other bucket lists – maybe I’ll post of all the bucket style stuff I have already done?
What’s your 12 in 2?
Lots of stuff I didn’t know here: didn’t know you could climb the Sydney Bridge, didn’t know what zorbing was. I would love to see a list of significant things you’ve already done!
The ‘To done’ is in draft! Thanks for your encouragement, and glad I can teach you a thing or two (even if they are a little esoteric!)
The first three items are making me say, “aaahhhh! Sydney!” (we lived there for 2 years, 2010-2011.) I had to look up zorbing as well!
Zorbing’s awesome (well at least I think so, without every having done it!). Looking forward to my ‘Sydney’ experiences, cause you never know when you might up and move to another place.
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Hi Sarah, I’m so glad I inspired you to make a 12 in 2 list! I like your list, and you’ve reminded me I’d like to go on a silent retreat too, must look into that one. All the best with the half marathon too. Looking forward to hearing about progress with your list. I’ve knocked a couple off mine (yoga and paddling down a river which morphed into ‘floating’ down a river). Will do an update on my blog soon.
You have a great blog, I’m having a browse around it now!
Welcome Kim! The silent retreat thing is something a friend has done – but I’ve also seen articles written about it. Hopefully a growth experience. I’ll be ‘updating’ my list in a week or so, to reflect the dates I’d like to get things done, how much they’ll cost and my savings plan – it’ll probably be next Friday. Will look out to see how yours progress too!
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