CHALLENGE 2015

Well, despite my Mum being very ill (see last post), I have decided to set myself some achievable goals or challenges! for 2015. As it is, I spend far too much time on my laptop, mostly working (writing) but also spending too much time observing Facebook and not enough time reading your blogs. I don’t get involved with Twitter simply because a) I don’t know how to and b) I would only spend more time on my laptop which defeats the object. So here they are:

• To try and write at least two blogs (minimum) a week and to make more time to read your blogs, my friends.
• To spend less time on Facebook.
• To put my laptop down, turn the music off and read at least one chapter of a book every day.
• To drink two glasses of fresh water a day to replace some of the diet coke I drink too much of mostly.
• To chase up my Publisher who promised that my third book would be published this year (yes, I know it’s only January but I am keen to see it print).
• To complete the next academic year at college.
• Get myself to bed earlier.
• Get involved in some voluntary work, even if in a small way.
• Only to indulge in chocolate once in every two weeks (and then it has to be a small bar and not one of those family-size bars which I could easily sit down and scoff in one session…..and it has been known!!
• Tidy the junk room.

So, will I, won’t I, time will tell!

Now for some unrealistic but ‘would like to do’ targets:

• Get to the top of Mount Snowdon in my wheelchair! (see pic).
• Read ‘War and Peace’ in one week.
• Visit a different country (having never been abroad!).
• Learn to become a computer whizz-kid.
• Walk on the moon!
• Put an end to all wars and suffering.
• Fly an aeroplane single-handedly!
• Win the Lottery (I don’t even do it!).
• Find a cure for Cancer (seriously, that is. If only….).
• Actually get 10 ‘Likes’ for this blog (highly unlikely)!

Well, there you go! A bit of commonsense mixed with a bit of imagination!

I guess I’ll have to achieve my first goal otherwise how would I plot my progress and more to the point, how will you be able to keep an eye on me to see if I actually do it?!

Author: Ellie Thompson

Writing my memoirs, musings, a little fiction and a lot of poetry as a way of exploring and making the most of my life ... ... Having had a break from writing my blog for more than three years, I decided to return to write my memoirs, some day-to-day observations, views and feelings. My passion is non-fiction poetry. I have a disability and use an electric powerchair called Alfie and let nothing get in the way of living life to the full. I believe that you can never do a kindness too soon and should give credit where credit is due. A smile or a kind word could make the difference between a good or bad day for a person - we never know what's going on for another soul. Those little things, perhaps, practised daily like a mantra, could mean so much to someone else. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading a little more about me. Please, make yourself at home here. You are very welcome. Ellie x 😊 View all posts by Ellie Thompson