Progress Update

A little update on how I've been doing...

For 'My Skills' I've done my first painting; it will be fun to have a baseline to compare my work at the end of the six months. Including drawing time, I probably worked on it for 2 hours.

'My Challenge' is still going well, obviously never as good as the first week but steady progress. I also had a cheeky fish & chips yesterday (at the seaside, it's got to be done!) so hopefully that won't de-rail things too much. Back on plan today! [Picture from my trip, just because... ]

'My Beliefs - I've been searching through old posts to see what my local food banks seem to need regularly...turns out UHT milk is always in short supply, I know what's going on my basket on the next shopping trip!

Totted up a few more volunteer hours for 'My Community'. We had a committee meeting, which was really positive and gave us a renewed drive to keep going (big plans ahead!) and we also ran an ice-cream/drinks/bun stall.  That was very successful so we're running another one tomorrow.

'My Adventure' is still in the planning stage...I'm torn between staying somewhere closer to home and doing a load of watersports, or going further afield and choosing some other activities 🤔

-Jenny-

My Skills (and more!)

So, I've decided what I want to do for My Skills.

"Choose a skill - this could be a craft, a language, a sport, a household task like baking or cooking, or a practical skill like learning to drive. Over a period of at least six months, spend at least 30 hours practising the skill. Create a presentation to show your progress over the six month period."

I'd like to improving my painting skills, particularly using acrylic paints.

I'm pretty good at drawing with regular pencils (I believe it's called 'working in graphite' in the art world) but I've never really tried painting properly, and I've never worked in acrylics.

I found this painting set squirrelled away in our house (I believe my son got it for a birthday, long ago) so I thought it would be a good starting point.

I'm thinking I should probably find some YouTube tutorials too! 🙈

Right, now for the "and more!" - my weight loss for 'My Challenge' has started off really well; I know that it will get much harder as time goes on but it's a nice boost to my spirits.

I've also been thinking about 'My Adventure'...I think I want to do some kind of camping trip, to the Peaks or the Lakes, but I have nothing set in stone yet. Gonna start having a look for campsites and activities 🙂

-Jenny-