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.

Monday, September 20, 2010

JR's Item #5: Reorganize my 60 by 60 list to determine what has been completed, to determine what is left to be completed, and make it easier to monitor progress.

The 60 by 60 project that CEA and I started six or so months ago is fast approaching the deadline we set.  I have enjoyed this experience, but I am glad that CEA suggested it and I agreed to it.  I have to admit that in starting this project and blog I was organized and comfortable.  As we progress, I made adjustments and pushed on.  What I now wish I had done in the beginning was to create a concrete process for keeping up with where I was in completing my tasks.  So what I have not done is exactly that.  

I have added two pages, one listing the things I have completed and another listing tasks I feel I can complete within the remaining time.  The items to be completed are not in stone and I have more listed than I need to reach the goal.  Most of all, what I do now have is a handle on this project albeit later than sooner.   Best of all, I feel like I am back in control and  am positive about being able to complete my 60 by CEA's 60th birthday.
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