I continue to make some progress on a number of fronts:
Lose 35 lbs: When I wrote this, I expect I weighed a good bit less than the maximum I reached at the beginning of April, so I will amend this to lose 40 lbs., or achieve a weight 190 lbs. Through exercise and trying to being a little more disciplined about what I eat, I have lost 14 lbs since my birthday on April 10.
Get into shape to run 10K: I have began running again and am taking it very slowly. On a running day I probably cover in the nieghbourhood of 6 kms, of which I run about 2 kms and walk the rest. So far, this is working well for me; I have very little of the shin pain I have gotten in previous attempts.
Resolve my depression: I feel like I have made progress on this front, although I still have a long way to go. I have felt better these last couple of weeks than I have in a long time.
Learn Calligraphy: I have a good friend, Elizabeth, who came for a visit from Hong Kong yesterday and she and her family came bearing gifts. She saw on my Project 52 blog posts that I am interested in calligraphy, so she brought my wife, daughter and me each a Chinese calligraphy workbook, a brush and a bottle of ink. An incredibly thoughtful person is our Liz. So the three of us have been trying our hand at it and thoroughly enjoying it. I hope to do a separate blog post on this shortly.
Clean out gardens: I have cleaned all the overgrowth out of one of our front garden.
Build a crystal radio with the Bean: While vacationing in Oakville recently, we went to a great little toy store called Mastermind Toys, where we bought an electronics kit for building an FM radio. I'm not sure it qualifies as a crystal radio, but it's in the right neighbourhood.
Sounds like you have been making some great progress on your list!
ReplyDeleteI totally get where you're coming from on the depression battle. I've learned in the last couple of weeks that it's very much two steps forward and one step back.