smallhobbit | 25 Things in 2025

Up to now I've been setting my goals in April, but over the years it has become harder harder to find three appropriate goals and this year I've been attracted by

themusecalliope who is starting 25 Things in 2025. Their idea is to make a list of 25 things at the beginning of the year, which will be attainable at some point during the year. I like the idea a lot, but there's no way I could come up with a list of 25 things which were anything other than trivial by today, so I've decided to go with dividing the year up into 4 blocks of three months (plus one initial thing) which will give more of a structure for the year and allow for adding new things over time as they occur.

So this is my master list, which will be updated throughout the year both with my quarterly things, plus a date when they've been achieved. Tomorrow I'll do the post for the first quarter.

25 Things in 2025

1 - Complete 25 things in 2025 and do a post (however brief) about each one of them

Quarter 1 - January to March

2 - Drink at least one litre of water a day Completed 28 March

3 - Replace my current laptop Completed 10 January

4 - Replace my current mobile Competed 22 January

5 - Use library plus Completed 24 January

6 - Facilitate family birthday celebration Completed 20 March

7 - Halve my current list of OpenLearn courses Completed 2 March

First Half - January to June

8 - Reduce pile of greetings cards Completed 17 June

9 - Listen to Delius Completed 18 June

Quarter 2 - April to June

10 - Obtain/Apply for refund on our Oyster cards Completed 26 June

11 - Change phone provider Completed 20 June

12 - Visit Jersey Completed 16 May

13 - Frame cross stitch Completed 23 June

Quarter 2 Plus - April to September

14 - Read book on Brueghel Completed 14 November

15 - Tackle stitching projects Completed 11 September

June Additions

16 - 30 Days Wild Completed 30 June

17 - Book Leger holiday for 2026 Completed 16 June

Quarter 3 - July to September

18 - Take part in the Big Butterfly Count Completed 12 August

19 - Sort out my current Papers/Documents Completed 23 August

20 - Sort Anchor threads Completed 19 August

Second Half - July to December

21 - Take part in the weekly Garden Bird Watch Completed 14 December

22 - Revise some German Completed 11 December

23 - Autumn Holiday Completed 24 October

Quarter 4 - October to December

24 - Christmas Cards Completed 1 November

25 - Twelve Days of Christmas Completed 1 December