Life bingo for 2019 - how did it go?

[luzula]

Here's how I did with my bingo card of yearly goals for 2019.

Things I did:

• Sleep 20 nights outside/in a tent. (28 nights this year.)
• Make a new friend. (I got to know my new flatmate who moved in in the spring and who is awesome.)
• Go swimming in 20 new lakes/places by the sea. (23 this year.)
• Go to one of the Swedish national parks I haven't been to. (Yes, I was in Åsnen national park which is the newest one, in southern Småland.)
• Go running 50 times. (Yes, 55 times.)
• Go tree climbing eight times.
• Post 2h of podfic. (Yes, a total of 2 hours 49 minutes.)
• Read at least 25 unread books from my book case. (Yes, 32.)
• Write three fanfics. (Well, I've posted three, but I've worked on more that aren't posted, at least not yet.)
• Have at least 100 species in my wood-living fungi herbarium (fungarium?) and/or 350 moss species in my moss herbarium (92 fungi species, 406 moss species.)
• Have a party when I turn 40. (Yup, I did that.)
• Learn GIS. (Yes, I learned to use the parts of QGIS that I need for forest activism stuff.)
• Be part of an Extinction Rebellion action. (Yes, but more significantly I was part of this protest)
• Improve my sleep habits. (Yes, I was more strict with myself about going to bed at 11 pm. I can't say there was no backsliding, but overall it got better.)
• Not be on the union board anymore. (Yes, I'm back on the board of the environmental org instead.)
• Go on a trip to either Öland, the mountains or western Norway (and geek out about nature). (I did the first two and enjoyed it a lot.)
• Quarrel less with my mom. (Yes, I have managed this! \o/ It's been a combination of choosing my battles, distracting her when needed, and doing my best not to be provoked myself.)
• Lose 2 kg of weight. (I started on 65 kg, was briefly down at 60.5 kg but am now at about 62.5 kg. The weight loss is mostly because I want to carry less when running/hiking.)

Things I did partly:

• Do something new. (I just realized I hadn't really done anything for this, so then I changed tiny!niece's poopy diaper, which I have never done before. But that just took five minutes, so it seems a bit of a cop-out...)

Things I didn't do:

• Try out Marcq St Hilaire's method of determining one's position with a sextant. (No, I guess I just didn't prioritize it.)
• Perform with my sister or record an album with her. (Nope. And now she has another baby...)
• Take a dance course and/or go dancing twice. (Nope, I only danced at my sister's wedding.)
• Learn to stand from a sitting position with my legs crossed, without using my hands or knees. (I can stand without hands or knees using another method, but I just haven't been able to learn this, though I have practiced a bit. Maybe it also has to do with how you're built?)
• Build a tree platform from pallets and put it in a tree, and then sleep on it. (Nope.)
• Develop my workout and exercise routine. (Well, I did do a physical therapy program during a lot of the year, but I don't really count that.)

Comments

[chestnut_pod]

Mazel tov! What an excellent bingo card.

[luzula]

Thank you! I always encourage others to do a yearly bingo as well--it's fun and easy to customize to whatever fits your life.