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Wheniwasyourage Tue 03-Jan-23 11:54:51

I could do with moving 23 things that need filing or throwing out from surfaces, the bottom of the stairs, the garage or my wardrobe. Every day would be best, but perhaps every week would be more realistic... As Tesco keeps telling us, Every Little Helps.

Thanks for the idea, MawtheMerrier, and Happy New Year!

Norah Tue 03-Jan-23 11:54:46

annsixty

The book part would be very easy for me I read most days although the intellectual content leaves much to be desired.
The making the first move to invite people to meet up is a very good idea.
I should make a start on 23 items of never worn clothing and I might look out and try 23 recipes never done before.
What a good suggestion.

I'll add 23 new recipes, we're always searching and trying recipes.

Great idea.

Riverwalk Tue 03-Jan-23 11:53:48

Have you got any theatre visits planned Maw? I've just booked for 'Kerry Jackson' at the National theatre, starring Fay Ripley.

El Barco is the newest tapas restaurant in fashionable Walthamstow Village, and it’s Kerry Jackson’s pride and joy

www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/kerry-jackson

FannyCornforth Tue 03-Jan-23 11:52:52

Have you been to the Cathedral before Maw? It’s stunning
Be sure to go on a sunny day

Norah Tue 03-Jan-23 11:52:15

Wander Avebury. Enjoy Ely and the Fens. Perhaps when it's warm. Not sure about 23, just things I like to do every so often.

Be a tourist. Hop-on-hop-off in London.

Duxford. Bletchley Park.

Hadrian's wall, time to walk it again.

Apart from walking dogs, need more exercise, 23 hours a week?

annsixty Tue 03-Jan-23 11:50:43

The book part would be very easy for me I read most days although the intellectual content leaves much to be desired.
The making the first move to invite people to meet up is a very good idea.
I should make a start on 23 items of never worn clothing and I might look out and try 23 recipes never done before.
What a good suggestion.

MawtheMerrier Tue 03-Jan-23 11:49:02

Oops misread your post - I thought you said it WAS a bad idea.
Perhaps I should add “read more carefully” to my list! 😳

MawtheMerrier Tue 03-Jan-23 11:47:16

Just as well we can agree to differ
I like a challenge and the novelty will keep me focused (until February anyway!)

Riverwalk Tue 03-Jan-23 11:45:11

I think it's not a bad idea to make a conscious effort to do things - it doesn't have to be routine but without a bit of planning the time just flies by.

I can certainly find 23 things to do in my flat but I'll have to space them out as just thinking about them hurts my head smile

MawtheMerrier Tue 03-Jan-23 11:30:29

Ah, Hetty having had a couple of years of that enforced by the pandemic but reinforced by my natural laziness, , if I don’t stir myself now it will be too late by the time I hit my mid-70’s. Plus “times wingèd chariot” and all that. Who knows whether my health and fitness and ability will hold up, I look back at what Paw could enjoy just 18 months before he died and am aware that I only get one bite at this particular cherry

Hetty58 Tue 03-Jan-23 11:18:59

I'm all for doing different things (but not counting them) as I find routines too stifling. Right now, though, I'm concentrating on doing f - all - and plenty of it!

MawtheMerrier Tue 03-Jan-23 11:15:52

“Oh typos “Turning out”

MawtheMerrier Tue 03-Jan-23 11:15:01

Inspired by something I heard on the Radio the other day who was planning to do 23 different things in 2023 I thought about making my own list but would be interested in your ideas.
Starting with easy
1)Read 23 books
2)Take the initiative in arranging to meet friends for coffee/lunch 23 times (instead of waiting to be asked)
3)Agree to 23 invitations - too easy to say “No” and hunker down indoors
4)Identify 23 areas in the house which need a serious “urning out”
5)Take 23 bags of books to the Oxfam Bookshop
6)Take 23 bags of clothes to my other favourite charity shop
7) Once the trains are up and running properly again visit Coventry Cathedral which is just a couple of stops up the line from MK- and maybe identify another 22 reasonably accessible places I have always meant to visit but never got round to

Right, so far I have finished one book , arranged to meet up with book group friends tomorrow and tidied out the tea towel and clingfilm /foil drawer in the kitchen.
More ideas?