The bucket list

THE CHALLENGE: Starting Wednesday, May 29, exactly four weeks post surgery I aim to complete 101 challenges before I hit the big 30! That gives me five years – a long time, but not that long to do so many exciting things. I’m going to need all the luck and health in the world or fall flat on my arse in the process.

The ones in purple are DONE, the ones in orange are in progress, the others = no way there yet.

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SKILLS/ JOB

1. Learn to speak (and write) French fluently 
2. Run a small business
3. Write a poem and read it at an open mic night
4. Take a night class in something random
5. Learn to play the guitar 
6. Get nominated for an award and go to the ceremony in a show stopping dress
7. Work for the BBC
8. Get 1,000 Twitter followers 
9. Learn to say hello in 10 very different languages 
10. Write a column
11. Learn to parallel park and do it on a main road (thanks Andy!)
12. Live and work abroad
13. Host a radio show
14. Learn to draw a tree properly
15. Write and illustrate a children’s book
16. Learn about the economy and stock market
17. Write a blog with worldwide followers 
18. Work for a national newspaper 
19. Have a novel/ short story published

TRAVEL 

1. (20) Eat snails in Paris
2. (21) Go to Disney Land and wave a wand in Hogwarts
3. (22) Visit Prague and see a concert
4. (23) Walk on the Great Wall of China
5. (24) Pose for a picture in Times Square
6. (25) Drink a whole pint (yes a whole one) of Guinness in Dublin
7. (26) Go to Wales hiking and rent a cottage with roaring fire 
8. (27) Get on a random plane to a random place at the airport
9. (28) Climb the Millennium Dome
10. (29) Take a trip on a gondola in Venice 
11. (30) Have a night out in Birmingham/Liverpool/Edinburgh/ Manchester –in progress
12. (31) Go to an outdoor cinema
13. (32) Camp at a festival
14. (33) Complete 30 Visit England 101 things to do before you die (can’t be in this list) 
15. (34) Go on a really scary roller coaster

CRAFTS

1. (35) Design your own clothes/ accessories and make them
2. (36) make a funky and a sexy stoma bag cover
3. (37) take a life drawing class 
4. (38) sell a piece of art
5. (39) make a Christmas present – which is a quality gift
6. (40) take a professional photograph
7. (41) learn to cook – take a cookery class

FOOD

1. (42) make a perfect cake (three tiers)
2. (43) eat at a Michelin starred restaurant
3. (44) throw a themed dinner party
4. (45) make the perfect souffle
5. (46) host a fondue and cocktail party
6. (47) go strawberry picking and make jam

SPORT and GAMES

1. (48) Sit on Murray Mound eating strawberries and drinking Pimms 
2. (49) Go to a basketball match and eat a pretzel
3. (50) Ride a horse
4. (51) Play a round of golf
5. (52) Complete an army assault course
6. (53) Run the Santa Dash 
7. (54) Learn the perfect serve
8. (55) Cimb the three Peaks
9. (56) Learn how to play chess
10. (57) Play a full set of tennis
11. (58) Learn how to skip
12. (59) Shoot a gun
13. (60) Drive a classic car
14. (61) Learn how to play poker
15. (62) Walk the Sandstone Trail
16. (63) Compete in the Chester to Liverpool Bike Ride
17. (64) Go Fishing
18. (65) Learn the off side rule
19. (66) Run a marathon – or take part in a triathlon 

CHALLENGES

1. (67) Volunteer for charity
2. (68) Raise £1,000 for NACC
3. (69) Sell something on Ebay  
4. (70) Read a book every week for six months
5. (71) Do something just for the hell of it 
6. (72) Go skinny dipping
7. (73) Get a tattoo
8. (74) Take part in a protest
9. (75) Blag your way into a VIP section
10. (76) Be an extra in a tv show or film
11. (77) Sunbathe topless on a beach
12. (78) Wear false eyelashes 
13. (79) Bounce down a road on a space hopper
14. (80) Sleep under the stars
15. (81) Live off £10 for a whole week

EXPERIENCES

1. (82) Be part of a TV audience
2. (83) Sit in the Commons for a debate
3. (84) See Michael Buble (I know needs accent) live
4. (85) Buy a designer handbag or shoes
5. (86) Wear a stunningly expensive piece of jewellery
6. (87) Stand for election
7. (88) Rent a must-have designer handbag
8. (89) Join a book club 
9. (90) Drink a whole cup of tea (how I go through 25 years without doing this?) 
10. (91) Milk a cow
11. (92) Read Pride and prejudice 
12. (92) Have a 24hr movie marathon
13.  (93) Wear a onsie in front of others! 
14. (94) See a Broadway show
15. (95) Jump out of a plane
16. (96) Ride the London Eye 
17. (97) Get a pen pal – write for a year and then meet up 
18. (98) Read 50 autobiographies in a year 
19. (99) Campaign for something that matters – and win
20. (100) A naked photo shoot showing my ostomy
21. (101) And FINALLY this one has been left open to you guys – think of something cool – not too dangerous please!