Welcome to our blog.

This was our original purpose for creating this blog:

We are both baby boomers fast approaching sixty. This blog will chronicle the time leading up to reaching our significant day. Our mutual goal is to complete sixty specific tasks each by our 60th birthdays, and to both celebrate our experiences and our accomplishments.

We are "the fabled tortoise" in this effort. Our blog will begin with a slow start, so we ask for your patience. We are aiming for a strong finish, so we ask for your encouragement. We invite you to join us on our journey, laugh and cry with us, and celebrate with us. We encourage you to leave us your comments and feedback. Most of all, we hope you become inspired to perhaps create and complete your very own "___ by ___ list."

We borrowed this idea from a blog one of our nieces told us about: http://makingitlovely.com . The author is working on her list of "30 Before Thirty."

As we progressed we continued to reflect on the process and the progress:

We would like to make a point of clarification. Because we did not begin our endeavor until April that left us both with less than a year to complete all 60 tasks on each of our lists. Actually, JR has about four months and CEA has about seven months. For that reason we agreed that we would both use CEA's birthday so that we both have the same amount of time to complete our tasks.

Now we are both 60 and moving forward. We have decided to continue the blog, setting goals and celebrating our accomplishments, sharing our experiences and voicing our thoughts, and enjoying life by making the most of every day with which we are blessed.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

CEA's update #19

Item #53. Observe Sunday as a day of rest. Update my planner.
I do try to observe Sunday as a day of rest, but I've decided to remove it from my 60 by 60 list as it doesn't fit my newly imposed criteria of concrete actions.  I've been avoiding updating my planner because my last purchase of filler pages didn't work well for me.  I bought a financial planning-themed set of filler pages and found myself avoiding using my planner!  Next time I decide to focus on finances, I'll keep that separate from my planner.  My planner is very important to me in my role as steward for my mother.  I use it to keep track of our appointments, of course, as well as a repository for my checklists, housekeeping and gardening plans, shopping lists, things-to-buy-in-the-city, etc.  I ordered a colorful set of filler pages from Franklin Covey, which I will supplement with some of my own fold-out forms. 

2 comments:

The 60 by 60 Ladies said...

I really wish everyone could see your planner. It's amazing.

The 60 by 60 Ladies said...

You're too kind! It USED to be better; it's been neglected recently, hence the inclusion on the list.