11. Organise my DVDs into some kind of comprehensible system

Hardly the most exciting thing on the list, but an important one that's been put off far too long. For those interested, the movies are alphabetised by title, as are the TV and comedy DVDs, and then there's a separate section for Coen Brothers films.

Upsides of this, I'll be able to find any movie I want to watch or lend much more easily, plus I realise quite how DVDs have been out on loan for a very long time. Downside, it seems a little sad and anal. Still, everything has its price.

In addition to this item, I've set several other, slightly bigger wheels in motion, as highlighted in orange.

Oh, and if anyone wants to suggest pre- and post-war classics or biographies I should read, feel free to chip in. The only authors to which I'm already committed are Orwell and possibly Dickens or Eyre.