My husband and I got this done in August. It feels so good! I ordered a fireproof document bag because we didnāt want to shell out for the fireproof safe yet. Iām interested to hear which template you use for the binder. There are soo many. I can review the one we used if youāre interested.
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Okay! Iām in! These pesky tasks have been on my to-do list for waaaay too long. Iām tired of seeing them. Itās a long list but Iām going for it.
End of Year To-Do List:
- Backyard trees removed
- Call plumber about front hose connection
- Call about retirement savings from previous employer
- Shred pile of papers (I know itās so easyā¦ why is it still there?)
- Take Dance Mag Photo
- Season cast iron skillets
- fix phone screen
- back up phone and organize photos
- organize 2014 photos
- Make those three health appointments
- Fix A/C runoff
- Take down play house from previous owners (put this off for 4 years?!)
- Take photos of pedals to sell on reverb
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Itās been hanging over my head all year like the Ghost of Christmas Future - wills and advanced healthcare directives. Bonus, getting this done will get me a 2020 Bingo under the wire.
Maybe more goals to come?
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Iām already getting a jump on this and called and left a message with my doctor to make an appointment.
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- Finish painting the house
- Call gutter guy to actually get the work done (contingent on how quick we finish painting the house)
- Figure out photos for photo year book thing (I donāt need to order it, just at least get it planned)
- Figure out how to get money from Raise to Paypal or some such. Or just buy myself a damn gift card of some sort.
- Knife sharpening?
This seems like a lot for four weeks.
Just because I was looking back at my original goals at the beginning of the year, hereās things I had wanted to get done this year that, just, no:
- Redo the master bathroom (augh, people!)
- Enroll Kiddo in some sort of martial arts (augh, people!)
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OK, looking at the multitude of incomplete items on my Bingo card for inspiration:
-Finish knitting the never-ending scarf that I have been working on since the beginning of time
-Read 22 books (to bring my yearly total to 75)
-Use up 3 lotions that have been languishing for, um, at least 2 yearsā¦
Bingo goal that I am releasing into the ether:
-Edit one book of [Latin project for former boss]. I justā¦donāt wanna, haha
Regardless, I think thatāll fill up the month plenty, lol
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My December goal is to collate all the tasks I said Iād do this year and make a master list. Then I need to spend time turning those into checklists and seeing myself up to Get Shit Done in January & February, for maternity leave in March, and roughly planning our leave throughout 2021. Next year needs a lot of planning.
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My 
:
- Clean up luggage-mess area in front of the closet thatās been sitting there forever.
- Mail out the packages Iāve been sitting on.
- Finish reading the 6 books I need to read to hit my goal of 52 for the year.
- Get gift knitting projects off my plate.
- Make profiteroles and eclairs a few times as choux practice.
If I do the above, Iāll hit a bingo on my card!
Things Iām giving up on:
- Finishing the big non-gift afghan.
- Starting a worm bin.
- Planting a tree.
- Meeting reading goal for natural history & ecology.
Those goals can carry on over in 2021. 
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Omg Panda! 22 books!
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I mean, I didnāt say how long or difficult they had to beā¦
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Legit, Iām definitely including some poetry chapbooks in my to-read list. :3
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My bar is low enough on books this year that, if I started a book and made a good faith effort on it, it counts. Regardless of how far I got or if I finished lol.
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Hey, that totally makes sense to me! And I fully acknowledge thereās no way Iād be reading like any books if I was also caring for a tiny human and doggo
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Itās better now! Now that we have a house and she has a bedroom and a bedtime, Iām able to read before bed again. So most of my books have been in the last couple months. Still tired enough every night though that I donāt move through them very quickly. Hence loans expiring from the library and stopping early on several books!
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I feel like I should try and do my missing bingo things, so this may be revised but some bingo items canāt really be done and also my December is already busy so the list isnāt too long
- declutter wardrobe
- try to get approval for flexible work roster. Currently I am unhappy with my work roster, so hopefully I can get approval to change it.
Editing to add two more
- call bank to try and reduce interest rate on mortgage (havent done this since last rate cut)
- 17 more vegetarian days - to get me to 100 for the year
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All right, trying to sort through what should be on this list.
- Finish painting that damn green room. Iām down to edging and just need to get it done.
- Fix wall around wall cabinetā¦again Iāve got the supplies and the sander is actually sitting right next to the cabinet, I just keep avoiding it.
- Sell dollhouse and clock fixed up in Nov. challenge.
- Clean up junk room, donate stuff thatās been sitting in tubs to be donated for years and organize the rest.
- Have yearly argument with cable (internet) provider to keep charges low for another year.
- Get recalled airbags fixed in car.
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Mine are:
- Start a will (should also give me a bingo!)
- Finish decluttering garage
- Set up balcony for summer
- List vintage wedding gowns on fb marketplace
- Read 7 more books to hit 52
Even if I just make a start and some progress in counting it. These have been dragging for even longer than 2020.
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What a wonderful challenge!! Thanks @anomalily. I know that at least one fire needs to go by the end of the year: nationality application. Apart that I just have to chose which ones I need to tackle on. Iāll be back later to give details after I take some time to sort through the ideas in my head and read everyoneās challenge to get inspired.
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I said Iād drop back in here after I made my list. Ha. Instead my challenge for December is:
- Find all the task lists, to-do lists and project management Iāve attempted this year
- Dump them all into one spot and make a master list. Pick ONE place for this list to live.
All old lists will be added to the fire to keep it going. I found 3 lists today. They are burning nicely.
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Oh, yes, I need this challenge.
- cancel credit card to avoid annual fee
- cancel streaming service before the monthly rate increases
- update income/spending tracker for November
- round out charitable giving for the year (Hey, itās Giving Tuesday today! I should do this first.)
- list at least 5 things on Buy Nothing
- finish dumpster fire crochet project
- write annual letter
- research and write paper for school
- finish spice cabinet project
Bonus items (want to get one of the following done):
- purchase and install new garbage disposal
- clean out pantry
- organize craft/storage room (imagine @TrisPriorās closet, but a whole room)
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