13 Challenges
My very clever, dedicated and creative friend Lisa ( she of 2012 pictures in 2012!) has come up with another challenge for the new year '13 Challenges of 2013'. In her words:-
'Each challenge must be visited, photographed (where possible) & posted 13 times in the year. It doesn't have to be every day, every week or every month; but over the course of the year the 13 parts of the 13 challenges must be complete.'
I have decided to have a go and as some will involve hubby we have made many of them things to do together. They are not in any order of priority although hubby is keen on #3 and some could have 'at least' after them!
- Challenge#1 – Create 13 new supper dishes. I am inclined to do the same thing each week so we need something new.
- Challenge#2 – visit 13 new pubs. I must explained that we do like to go out on a Friday and a Sunday so it will do us good to explore new haunts
- Challenge#3 – Go to 13 football matches. Hubby is a Gillingham supporter as you will know if you have been a visitor here for a while. I go with him so that we can make a day of it.
- Challenge#4 – read 13 books. I always put titles on my present lists but still have a huge backlog to get through.
- Challenge#5 – Linked with #2 is visit 13 restaurants. We are creatures of habit and need to go some different ones
- Challenge#6 – visit 13 towns or cities. The football matches help with this but they will not all be in different places.
- Challenge#7 – have 13 over-night stays. We love to go away for long week-ends.
- Challenge#8 – meet 13 'new' tweeps. I love twitter and have had the opportunity to meet some of the folks I tweet with in the real. More of this during 2013!
- Challenge#9 – visit 13 National Trust properties. Hopefully, the weather will be kinder this year!
- Challenge#10 – present at 13 different events. Last year I was lucky to be asked to visit various conferences to talk about 100 Word Challenge. I hope to continue this.
- Challenge#11 – take 13 visits to the seaside. We don't live by the sea so will have to make a trip
- Challenge#12 – go out with friends on 13 occasions.
- Challenge#13 – complete 13 Telegraph crosswords. When we travel we like to do a crossword but we rarely finish it!
I am going to put each of these posts on a page, which you can find on a tab at the top. Alternately, you can click the red badge on the right to see how I get on and hopefully to give me some encouragement!
This sounds like a very interesting but time consuming set of challenges. I hope you enjoy doing them.
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This sounds very challenging indeed. My goodness, you are going to have a busy year. I hope you have a lot of fun with it.
when I wrote it out in bullets, it didn’t seem too bad but now I have few to write up it may be taking over life!
Remember, keep it fun. 😉
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Fantastic idea. A lot to do in 12 months. I want to be one of the tweeps you meet! Coffee soon.
Excellent! You say time & place!
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Unfortunately, so many of these are very Great Britain oriented, so not things I would be able to participate in. But, I may take your list & see if I can adapt it for North America & then use it as prompts for posts over here. Maybe I could issue a challenge to some of my fellow bloggers? With your permission of course.
You go for it! The idea is that they are YOUR challenges. If you read Lisa’s list you’ll see they are very different. Let me know how you go!
This is such a great idea. Good luck with all of them.
Julia, your attention to detail and your wonderful photography will help you ace this challenge, I’m sure.
I’ll be watching eagerly! 😎
Thank you for the praise. Got to match up to it now!
you will do very well, I know!
Hmm… is it as lit2you believes? I pick my own 13 challenges? Or is this mostly a “These are my gaols” post?I think it could be fun, although I’d have to spend a lot of time figuring out what my challenges ought to be.
I think I get it now::: as your challenges are different to you friends:::: we make up our own?
Yay! Apologies Liz, should have read this before commenting!
I got it now, too! The thought of enduring a game of football was just too much! My grandfather loved the game and wanted desperately for me to be interested. He even took me to The Dell, to watch, but I was just so bored!
I’ll see what I can come up with – thanks!
I might be able to do all except
1 football!! Ughh….
2 I thought it was tweets, tweeps? I don’t even twitter a bit!
But I’ll go for it anyway!
Liz
As I said Liz, the idea is you set your own challenges around your own interests. It’s more a way of chronicling the year!
I must admit that I am unable to complete the 13 x 13s. There is no way I am going to a football match – ever.
I’ll give in gracefully and watch the fun from the side lines – Happy new year!
I’m with you on that one. I can think of so many more enjoyable ways to waste my time. I’ll give in gracefully too, which is a shame as I was looking for challenges.
but you make up your own challenges! For me, as a regular ice hockey attender, I don’t think ‘going to 13 games/rinks/whatever’ is particularly a challenge – I’m pretty much going to be doing it anyway!
The idea is that you set your own! We go fairly regularly & as our team is on the other side of the country, every match is a trip for us so we make a day out that just has a bit of football in it!
Ah! I understand now….. Thanks for clarifying