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Project Worthwhile Life
An ongoing project aimed at making my life worth living, and sharing what I find and do.
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February 2019 Progress Review
And already February 2019 has passed. I mentioned last month that it would be interesting to see how the record heat/climate change would affect election campaigns, and the major parties are already off and running.
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January 2019 Progress Review
That’s January 2019 been and gone. I feel like we’re off to a good start, but I’m exhausted thinking about all the stuff I hope to get done should I survive the Summer.
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Planning 2019
Before we start planning 2019, let’s take a quick look back. According to global horoscope predictions, 2017 would be a difficult year full of turbulence (check). and 2018 a year or rebuilding and gradual progress (maybe). And now 2019 brings positive change and offers hope for a joyful and focused year (about time).
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2018 Year End Review
It’s 2018 year end, and time to look back and take stock. So… I started 2018 with the vision of a happily married dynamic businesswoman who makes good money and lives in a beautiful house with a tranquil garden. And my mission was to entertain and share my wisdom by writing prolifically and publishing widely. …
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December 2018 Progress Review
Ah, December 2018 – gone almost before it existed. And pretty much good riddance too!
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November 2018 Progress Review
Admittedly November 2018 is almost a month ago, but it feels as though it never happened at all. I feel there’s no evidence it existed at all!
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October 2018 Progress Report
Well, October 2018 was easier than September, and that’s about all I can say for it. I imagine November will be easier too as we get better at living without Jack.
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2018 Transplantiversary
Here I am at the 2018 Transplantiversary. Another year post-transplant – seven now. And as far as the transplant goes, it’s all good.
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September 2018 Progress Report
I did not have a very good September 2018. My poor Jack fell ill, got worse, and had to be euthanised.
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August 2018
August 2018 was a strange month. On the one hand, it was full steam ahead, and on the other full stop! It was one of those months where everything costs twice as much and takes three times as long as you expect. Virtue Jul Aug Notes Wisdom I learn and grow every day. 🙂 🙂…
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July 2018 Progress Report
I spent a good proportion of July 2018 business planning and reviewing, and I feel like it’s almost Christmas because my head is so far in the future. Mind you, right now the future looks bright, so that’s a good thing.
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2018 Mid-Year Review
There is absolutely no doubt that to mid-year 2018 has been infinitely better than this time last year. Last year’s picture was hurricane devastation, and this year I’m turning a corner.
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June 2018 Progress Report
Ah, June 2018. All the drama worthy of a Hollywood epic. Something like the 1956 Charlton Heston epic The Ten Commandments. Yeah, okay, that’s probably a wee bit of an exaggeration, but it had its ups and downs.
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May 2018 Progress Report
I’m not sure what happened to May 2018 – it’s all a blur. Still tired, and still under investigation so we’ll all have to wait longer to see what’s going on health-wise.
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April 2018 Progress Report
And that’s April 2018 done and dusted. Just like last month. I’m still tired, feeling stupid, and scratching my head over where the month went.
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March 2018 Progress Report
March 2018 has been and gone, though I’m not entirely sure where it went. Still very tired and sleeping a lot. Toseland helpfully pointed out that people who are stressed out are usually tired and sleep a lot.
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February 2018 Progress Report
I feel a bit like I blinked and missed February 2018, but I was unwell for a good deal of it. Talk about sleeping your life away.
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January 2018 Progress Report
The thing we all do is expect January to be better than December simply because it’s a new year. Which goes part way to explaining why January 2018 doesn’t feel “better” than December 2017.
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2018 Planning for a Happy and Worthwhile Life
My 2018 vision, is of a dynamic businesswoman. And my mission is to entertain and share my wisdom, so now it’s time to get into the 2018 planning.
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2018 Vision, Mission and Virtues
Regardless, it’s time to think more seriously about where the year is going, and in particular, my 2018 Vision, Mission and Virtues
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2017 Year End Review
It seems like yesterday I was writing my Mid-Year Review, and it’s already time for the 2017 Year End Review. So odd that time is infinite, yet gone all too soon. Even in really shitty years.
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December 2017 Progress Report
December 2017; the last vestige of my annus horribilus (horrible year). And it wasn’t too bad. Though not terribly productive (in common with most Decembers).
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November 2017 Progress Report
With November 2017 gone, we’re on the downhill run to the end of the year, and if you’re not ready, that’s falling into the “that’s too bad” department.
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October 2017 Progress Report
That’s October 2017 done and dusted. There’s loads of Christmas stuff in the stores, so it’s starting to feel as though the rest of the year only matters in so far as it gives you time to get ready for the holiday season.
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2017 Transplantiversary
Well, that’s the 2017 Transplantiversary gone – six years now. And the transplanted kidney is still doing well; there’s no sign of the rapid degeneration I feared after my 2016 Transplantiversary.
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September 2017 Progress Report
I can’t believe September 2017 is gone already – I have no idea where the month went. Lucky I keep a journal to check back on!
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August 2017 Progress Report
Before I even start thinking about it, I know August 2017 was a great month. That’s quite a novelty after the last few difficult months. In the main, that’s because DB and I took a trip to Japan!
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July 2017 Progress Report
Following the 2017 Mid Year review I made some goal changes, so let’s check in and see how July 2017 is going.
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2017 Mid-Year Review – Project Worthwhile Life
It’s taken me several attempts to get anywhere with the 2017 Mid-Year Review. I’ve put it off and made some false starts because I knew it would be difficult. I doubt that I have met any of my 2017 goals,
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June 2017 Progress Report
So. June 2017. I watched The Lost City of Z the other day, and there’s a scene where the main character becomes caught in a fishing net and almost drowns. That’s kind of how June 2017 feels.
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May 2017 Progress Report
Well, May 2017. What can I say? I think May 2017 may be the month my ball of string unravelled. I woke up heavier, wider, messier and a whole bunch of other -ers with no idea how I got here.
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April 2017 Progress Report
April 2017 turns out to be my “mense horribilis”. I mentioned in March that my mother was ill, and in April she passed away, which overtook everything else. You might want to give up, avoid this litany of misery/melodrama and pick up again in May when things have improved.
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March 2017 Progress Report
March 2017 turns out to have been a big family month for me. My mother was ill, and I flew cross-country as you do when it seems like the end is near.
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February 2017 Progress Report
February 2017 feels like a momentous month, though I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s the HUGE number of ticks on the to-do list. And it has been a short month.
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January 2017 Progress Report
Is it just me, or did January 2017 disappear without a trace before it had even really begun? I was a little preoccupied with planning and website maintenance but it does seem rather unfair to have lived a month with so little to show for it.
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Planning a Happy and Worthwhile 2017
Depending on who you listen to, a Worthwhile 2017 will either manage new beginnings and growth or endure greater turbulence and difficulty.
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2016 Year End Review
And now it’s time to look back and complete my 2016 Year End Review. It started with my 2015 virtues because I felt they continued to be a sound basis for a worthwhile life in 2016.
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December 2016 Progress Report
Looking back, December 2016 seems like a chaotic and ultimately futile scramble to get things done.
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November 2016 Progress Report
November 2016 was all about the flu. Which was a shame as I had planned to be all about NaNoWriMo, but spent most of the month coughing, and sneezing, and sleeping, and blowing my nose instead.
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October 2016 Progress Report
October 2016 was a big month for getting my tax affairs in order and developing business administration systems to get my sh*t together for next year. It was more fun than it sounds.
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2016 Transplantiversary
Yesterday was my 2016 Transplantiversary. We’ve been together for five happy years now.
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September 2016 Progress Report
September 2016 feels like a missing month. There was managing August fallout, physically as well as mentally. And that’s about it.
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August 2016 Progress Report
August 2016 has not been my favourite month of all time. Things could have been a lot worse, and I have no right to complain about my first world problems, but I fervently hope that September is better.
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July 2016 Progress Report
July 2016 was another backwards and forwards month with nothing to show for it. It feels like yesterday I was reviewing June and nothing has changed.
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2016 Mid-Year Review – Project Worthwhile Life
Now that the year is half over, it’s time to check in for the 2016 Mid-Year Review to see how I’m getting on with the 2016 goals.
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Is Your Appearance Equal to Your Virtue?
The sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatvs tells us that among the impressive things about him, it turns out that his appearance was equal to virtue.
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June 2016 Progress Report
June 2016 has been a difficult month. I’m not sure what the problem was, but it was a one step forward two steps back kind of month.
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May 2016 Progress Report
Looking back, I think May 2016 was an excellent month. I went away, lost a bit of weight, and took some professional development. But tax time is coming to Australia, and it’s time for me to start sorting out my business affairs.
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April 2016 Progress Report
I’m not exactly sure where April 2016 went. I’m feeling really tired, a little unmotivated, and very unproductive. I don’t even have any decent pictures from April – must lift my game!
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March 2016 Progress Report
With the refugee and terrorist crises in Europe, and the ongoing war in Syria, my March progress report feels a little too indulgent. But as for everyone else, my life moves on, and if I don’t keep on top of these goals, they won’t happen.
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February 2016 Progress Report
I’ve been delaying February 2016’s progress report because it was one of those months where everything went wrong, fell over, or took 57 times longer than expected to complete.
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January 2016 Progress Report
January 2016 marks the first progress report for the new year, it’s kind of exciting. I haven’t bothered to close out last year, mainly because I was busy bragging about how well the year went in my “birthday post”.
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Planning 2016
Hello again! I’m so excited to be back. During our break, I made time to review 2015, and I believe my virtues make the same sound basis for planning 2016.
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November 2015 Progress Report
I’ve mostly mooched around for November 2015, but now I’ve washed my clothes and cleaned my house, and it’s time to get moving again.
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October 2015 Progress Report
October 2015 is over already – is it my imagination or is time speeding up? Or is it just that I have spent so much time in introspection this month.
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2015 Transplantiversary
Today is my transplant’s fourth birthday, or as I call them, transplantiversary. I usually do a Birthday Stocktake, and since my transplant, I’ve done them for its anniversary too.
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2015 Mid-Year Review Wisdom
Last six monthly review today; 2015 mid-year review wisdom. Wisdom has its roots in the values of flourishing and spirit, via the values rethink.
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2015 Mid-Year Review Pleasure
After six months, it’s time for the 2015 mid-year review pleasure. My virtue of pleasure started out as pleasant pastimes but changed its name on its way through the values rethink.
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2015 Mid-Year Review Friendship
I am aware that it’s a bit late for the 2015 mid-year review friendship (friends, family and contribution), but it has been done, just not published, so I’ll be rushing it and the others out over the next few days to catch you up
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September 2015 Progress Report
September 2015 Virtue August September Notes beauty: bodyweigh ≤61kg by 14 December 🙁 66.3kg 🙂65.5kg My hospital review went well aside from the predicted lecture about weight control. My doctor helpfully suggested that I should eat no more than half of any food given me. He made me want to eat half of a serve of…
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August 2015
I’m sorry, you’re probably tired of progress reports by now (what with all the six monthly reviews) so I’ll keep August 2015 short.
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2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Friendship: Creatures
Six months later, it’s time for the 2015 mid-year review creatures. This virtue relates to caring about both my dogs and the wild creatures that live in my garden and nearby.
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2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Garden
Time to look back at the garden with the 2015 mid-year review garden. Starting from the position of needing to remediate the wasteland we lived on, but knowing next to nothing about gardening, I wanted to develop a garden with lush flowers, abundant produce, weather protection and a mystical threshold.
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2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Beauty: Home
Next up is the 2015 mid-year review home. My first Beauty review was body, then presence, a detour past wealth and now back to beauty with home.
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2015 Mid-Year Review – Virtue of Wealth
I’m breaking out of my virtue sequence to look at the 2015 mid-year review wealth because a number of things have happened that make the virtue of wealth more important than I would really like it to be.
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July 2015 Progress Report
That’s July 2015 down; it’s been a quiet one as you would expect with the first cold of the season. I’ve been wrestling with my tax return, started some half-hearted Christmas shopping for overseas friends and family (I prefer to use the slowest cheapest dispatch method).
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2015 Mid-Year Review Presence
And now it’s time to reflect on how my look has developed in the 2015 mid-year review presence.
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2015 Mid-Year Body Review
Six months in, it’s time for the June 2015 mid-year body review. Recap: I started Project Worthwhile Life around eight months ago with the primary goal of flourishing, supported by my household.
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May 2015 Progress Report
And now we’ve passed May 2015 and are into June, it’s time to review the month of May. Is it just me, or does time seem to be racing ahead? I’m starting to get panicky I’m running out of time to write my book. I’ve already had to give myself an extension…
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April 2015 Progress Report
That’s April 2015 done and dusted. My key highlight for this month has been a couple of bouts of Gastroenteritis, so all in all, it’s been an unhappy and generally unpleasant month…
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March 2015 Progress Report
I can’t believe that March 2015 has been and gone already it seems only a few days since the February Progress Report.
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February 2015 Progress Report
February 2015 was a kind of up and down month. It’s hard bedding new habits down.
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January 2015 Progress Report
January 2015; first month of the year, and first month of the new Project Worthwhile Life.
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Project Life Worth Living
I’m trying to decide what makes a life worth living, and for me, this takes place in an ideal universe. And this ideal universe is organised by virtues (though some others might call them values). They’re half decision-making process and half goals.