How I did on my Project Upgrade for 2022

Unlike #rest22in2022, Project Upgrade was a huge success.

I just read the first paragraph of my post where I told you about it and it is literally the opposite of what rest was for me… and maybe that’s why it worked so well.

If you’ve hung around here for awhile, you know I love a project. I don’t know what it is but I think it’s that I like something with clearly-defined rules, and a very clear start and end date.

Remember it all started with a hotel facecloth from a hotel… and morphed into a big list of 22 items. As is always the case with these kinds of lists, some things were not as important but other things had to be added onto the list that I couldn’t have anticipated.

Things that didn’t get done

we were just about ready to sort out the pool and then our city announced water restrictions so we couldn’t go ahead
I still don’t have the big pot I mentioned in that original post (I still want one and welcome your ideas)
I have started to simplify our luggage (kids are sorted) but mine could use an upgrade 😉
I don’t need a standing desk anymore as we’re in the office so much but I did buy two laptop raisers – one for work and one for home

Good things done that were not on the original list

got 4 new tyres
got some plumbing sorted out (much, much bigger job that spanned two months)
we had to replace a section of our boundary wall
I replaced two phone screens
I bought a lovely, new laptop bag and handbag (and mouse pad) with some of my bonus
I bought new glasses (not covered by medical aid!)
I loved the upholstery so much I went wild and did two more chairs and an additional couch

All in all, I still did more than 22 things so this was a big, big success for me.

You’ll not be surprised that I’ve already made a smaller Project Upgrade list for 2023. One of the big items is getting solar panels installed which will solve so many problems in this land of loadshedding and power outages.

Feedback to follow at the end of the quarter 🙂