In 100 days, I will be the rather exciting age of 30 years old. I'm genuinely looking forward to this; back when I was a student of 20, a clairvoyant I saw told me that by the time I was 30, I'd really know who I was. To be honest, although this my be a self-fulfilling prophecy, I think she was probably onto something and as such, I welcome this coming birthday with open arms. My 20s has been fun, mad, hard, exciting, heartbreaking and an all round Experience (it completely deserves a Capital letter!) and I'm looking forward to my 30s being a whole new Adventure!
To celebrate the countdown to the start of my third decade, I've decided to compile a list of 100 things which I would like to accomplish in the 100 days before my birthday. It's proving to be a little hard, as I've actually done quite a lot already, ie learn another language, live in a foreign country, fall in love, go white water rafting, to name but a few of my achievements. To be honest, some of these are things I've already done, in years gone by, but I'd like to do them again as an adult.
Anyway, I think I've done it, so here it is:
1) Write a list of 100 things to achieve in the 100 days before I am 30!
2) Use the exercise bike every other day - minimum 3 times a week
3) Get back to a size 14
4) Learn to knit something other than a scarf!
5) Learn to play a game I've never played before - a card game or chess...
6) Go to a city in the UK which I've never been to before
7) Get a new job!
8) Use Wii Fit every other day
9) Take a multi-vitamin every day
10) Continue with the http://solstice-to-solstice.blogspot.com/ blog every day
11) Read a new book every month
12) Get some dreads made and installed
13) Give someone a shave with a cut-throat razor
14) Get my 4th tattoo
15) Give up alcohol for one month
16) Blog at least once a week
17) Lose weight - a stone minimum
18) Start a knitting group
19) Take a dance class
20) Hoover my bedroom once a week - whether I think it needs doing or not :)
21) Visit the toy museum in Brighton
22) Visit the people I love and miss in Norwich
23) Attend a Torture Garden event in London
24) Remove dairy from my diet altogether
25) Have a photo shoot
26) FINALLY sort out the gubbins in my room which I no longer need/want/wear
27) FINALLY go to a car boot sale and rid myself of the above, and whatever does not sell, send to charity.
28) Volunteer at a local charity shop
29) Apart from regular trims to keep the ends neat and healthy, grow my hair out (but keep the undercut!)
30) Learn to use my hair curling tongs properly
31) Re-lace all my corsets correctly
32) Stop pretending that if I don't see them the show won't ever end, and watch the last 3 episodes of The West Wing
33) See both of my lovely cousins more often
34) Meet my second cousin Millie
35) Make home-made Sushi
36) Get another piercing
37) Start stretching up my left lobe
38) Plant a window box with exciting plants
39) Drink a green tea every day
40) Finish the scarf I started for Phil, finally
41) Do everything within my power to get Celia to have kittens again!
42) Watch Robocop!
43) Eat a twinkie for the first (and probably last) time
44) Meet Digital Femme!
45) Cuddle Phil for no less than 10 minutes a day (this was his request)
46) Teach Phil basic French
47) Send a message in a bottle
48) Make a time capsule to be opened 10 years from now
49) Join an extras agency
50) Go on a tour of the Brighton Sewers
51) Find a worthy cause and go on a protest march
52) Learn how to tie a tie
53) Smoke a cigar
54) Get my Etsy shop up and running
55) Do some yoga daily
56) Cut back on the amount of caffeine I drink
57) Come off my medication if my doctor thinks it is wise
58) Have a full health checkup
59) Visit an art gallery I haven't been to before
60) Drink more water
61) Drink a pint of real ale
62) Go to a live sporting event
63) Make a batch of jam
64) See my parents
65) Tell Phil I love him every day (which is a bit of a cheeky one, as I do that anyway!)
66) Perfect the vegan fudge recipe I found
67) Watch a sunrise over the sea in Brighton
68) Watch the sun set over the sea in Brighton
69) Visit a palmist
70) Go down the helter-skelter on the Palace Pier!
71) Attend a church service
72) Get a full body massage
73) Visit a stone circle
74) Take a walk under the full moon
75) Have a picnic on a roundabout
76) Polish/clean every pair of shoes I own
77) Read vols 1-3 of the Books of Blood
78) Learn to crochet
79) Build a sandcastle
80) Climb a tree
81) Do something completely spontaneous
82) Have an old-fashioned afternoon tea
83) Go on a trip where you turn left, then right, then left, then right an so on!
84) Get the bus to Devil's Dyke
85) Have a day trip to London
86) Go to the zoo
87) Start the New Year with a BANG!
88) Do a proper 3 day detox
89) Avoid losing phone or keys (yes, very good Phil!)
90) Visit a thermal bath somewhere
91) Buy a nice pair of high heels...
92) Learn to walk in these high heels
93) Have my hair crimped!
94) Visit a castle I've never been to before
95) Visit a cathedral I've never been to before
96) Make at least one contribution to the house in preparation for the Zombie apocalypse
97) Get at least 8 hours sleep a night - AT A SENSIBLE TIME!
98) Re-read any Shakespearean play which I studied at Uni but didn't get to appreciate
99) Get a pen pal in a foreign land
100) Celebrate my 30th birthday in STYLE!
I will revisit this post at my birthday and we'll see which of these I've managed to do and how well!
5 comments:
A good list. You should walk up to Devil's Dyke, though - it doesn't take that long and you get a better sense of achievement.
And hanging out with me should obviously have been on that list.
Oh, and will you come to a cricket match in Sussex with me? That can count as your sporting event, even though as it's cricket not much will happen and we can spend the time drinking wine.
James! Yes, of course I'll come to the cricket with you, that would be lovely - so long as it's not during my month of not drinking ;)
Looking forward to seeing you in the new year my love. Many hugs to you and Mo xxxxx
I'll assist with the sushi making! I love it! We've put a holding deposit on a flat once we're all moved we'll have sushi and you can meet our naughty Cloud at last
Woooo! :D Sushi, cats and new flat joy :D xxxx
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