March Progress
1. Reach a high intermediate level of French.
- Study French for 10 minutes a day, and track on yellow sheet. - Actually did really well at this, have been using FluentU nearly every day, and recently discovered a ton of awesome French music I've been listening to for hours each day! Got some children's picture books (French) and CDs from the library, too, along with "Shrek" so I could watch it in French.
- Book 4-6 weeks at the language school in Montpellier. - Am taking 6 weeks of French classes May/June!
- Find and book studio/room for 2 months in Montpellier on AirB&B. - Booked a place for May and June!
- Buy plane ticket to France. - Flying to Madrid, plus booked train from Madrid to Montpellier.
- Do state taxes - Checked details and decided I don't need to file state this year. Hope I'm right!
- List 5 books online to sell.
- List 5 more books online to sell. - Listed a bunch of books the Sunday after I did my last checkpoint, sold one the following Monday, then realized that was far too much work for the $2 I made... will sell the rest at a garage sale instead and donate remainder.
- List trombone on craigslist. - Listed 3/9/15, Sold 3/18/15
- Force yourself to finish the draft of this freaking Korean food guide! - Finished another section, actually.
3. Eat a whole foods, plant-based diet; improve digestion.
- Watched the documentary "Simply Raw" - (You can watch the whole thing too, right here on YouTube)
- Make a recipe from Cookie and Kate - Made vegan sweet potato green rice burrito bowls and vegan no-bake fudge
- Make a new spiralized recipe - Don't think I actually made a new one, but remade some spiralized dishes I've made before!
- Make a dessert with dates and T.J.'s food processor - Made these brownies with kale and zucchini instead (they were really yummy!)
2015 Tid-bits
- I read 4 books this month: Chris Guillebeau's "The Happiness of Pursuit," Ellen Degeneres's "Seriously... I'm Kidding," Austin Kleon's "Steal Like an Artist," and Lena Dunham's "Not That Kind of Girl."
- Worked a bit more on my photo album the other day.
- Pulled out my calligraphy books in plain sight, and did a little bit one night
April Focus
Here are some specifics to accomplish during the next four weeks:
1. Reach a high intermediate level of French.
2. Diversify my income to three sources.
- Keep doing 10 minutes of something French a day (at least—once I get going I usually go over! I've got momentum now!)
- Buy travel insurance or whatever it was that the French school requires so they let you in!
- Write one page in French each day (in my new lovely 'lil notebook I got from Sarah Schwartz's Letter-Writing Campaign)
2. Diversify my income to three sources.
- Do "Kimbap Nara-type restaurants" section of Korean food guide
- Have a garage sale the weekend of the 10th/11th (pending good weather); donate all remaining "stuff"
- Publish post on Medium about what I learned on the Camino
3. Eat a whole foods, plant-based diet; improve digestion.
- Watch "Vegucated"
- Watch "Food Matters"
- Rice elimination diet??
I'm also sending out some snail mail every day this month, as part of the #write_on challenge, and to celebrate National Card and Letter Writing Month!
And, I leave in 27 days, so I'll be focusing on tying up loose ends and being "ready" for France, France, France!
That's a lot of bold - congrats! Let me know if you head east while you are in France :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Caroline! Yes, certainly will do!
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