It’s been what I think they call a hot minute, right?!? The last time I posted was apparently 2021. I am absolutely sure that there were drafts of other posts written between then and now, but a switch of phones lost them… somehow the login for WordPress wasn’t active and so when I wiped the phone, all the cached posts waiting to sync disappeared.

So, we make a new start! Why am I writing today? Someone sent me a link to my 3rd ever blog post – 16 years ago! And how life and the world has changed in between times! I’ll spare you the fully history – but it involves the usual life upheavals (moving, pregnancies, job changes, etc)

That post was my 101 Things (version 1) – a list of 101 things I wanted to do in 1001 days! There are things on that list I still haven’t managed (a trip to Estonia, visiting the Southern Hemisphere, seeing inside the house at Longleat… and take my minibus test!) Some are still relevant (all the travel) and some can head to Room 101 as incomplete!

Am I tempted to do another list? Perhaps. I wrote one in 2019 too, although I totally forgot to keep checkign on it! And that’s why I’m not going to kick off another list…. not yet, anyway. I find shorter term planning (quarterly, monthly and weekkly) is better for keeping me focused on what I want.