I am beginning this year with a 70 day challenge. Taylor and I did one in 2020. It was hard but successful. Keri tried one and didn't make it. She wanted to do it again starting on January 1. I asked if I could join her and she said yes. I hope it brings us closer together and heals our relationship. I made up my challenge. It has some of the same rules as the other one with some small changes to reflect things I want to do. The 70 day challenge was a fail. The cold weather got me. I'll try again before the year is out.
Beginning
January 1 – March 17
1.
Walk
45 minutes outside - due to weather my 2 exercises got combined beginning on 1/18
2.
45
minutes of other exercise
3.
Drink
1 gallon of water
4.
Read
30 minutes of non-fiction book
5. Work 30 minutes on some craft
I added the 30 minutes of craft and the other challenge insisted on reading an actual book. I plan to listen to my 30 minutes. I very seldom read an actual book.
My Reading Goal will only be 100 books. I think with all the crafting I am planning, I will be hard pressed to read as much and I'm okay with that.
I am also doing this reading challenge on Facebook. It's a 52 book challenge following these parameters.
1. Set in a school
2. Featuring the legal professions
3. A Dual timeline
4. An author that is deceased
5. Published by Penguin
6. A character with the same name as a family member
7. An author with only 1 published book
8. A book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System
9. Set in a Mediterranean country
10. Related to the word fire
11. Book with discussion questions in back
12. Title starting with the letter D
13. Includes an exotic animal
14. Written by an author over 65 (when Published)
15. A book mentioned in another book
16. Set before the 17th century
17. A character "on the run"
18. Author with a 9-letter last name
19. Book with a deckled edge
20. Made into a TV series
21. Book by Kristin Hannah
22. A family saga
23. An ending the surprises you
24. A book you think they should read in schools
25. A book with multiple character POVs
26. An author of color
27. First chapter ends on an odd page number
28. Includes an historical event you know little about
29. Featuring the environment
30. Watch out dragons!
31. Shares a similar title to another book
32. A selfish character
33. A selfish character
34. Featuring adoption
35. A book you would rate 5 stars
36. Set in a country that starts with "s"
37. A nameless narrator
38. An education read
39. Recommended on BookBub
40. An alternate history novel
41. Found via #bookstagram
42. An endorsement by a famous author on the cover
43. An epistolary (writing of letters)
44. A character with a pet cat
45. Includes a garden
46. A coming of age novel
47. Winner of the National Book Award
48. A character with a disability
49. A cover with a woman who is facing away
50. A flavor in the title
51. A shoe on the cover
52. Published in 2021.
I plan to schedule my crafting days this way. I will stitch something small during my 30 minutes each day and evenings while watching TV. During the day I must sew something. On the weekends I will work on a large stitching project.
I'm participating in a large Block of the month called Nebula. Making a quilt for my bed using Tula Pink fabric. It is going to be fabulous.
I also plan to work on an English Paper Piecing project call Tela Nova using Tula Pink fabric.
So these are my challenges for 2021. Let's hope things go well.
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