So, last week’s posting schedule went a bit awry, and I can tell you exactly why: it was my birthday! In all the excitement I kind of forgot to schedule anything and then was too tired in the evenings to actually finish off any of my drafted posts…woops.
I am now officially 24 (and four days…). It’s an age that satisfies my OCD for even numbers, but yet also terrifies me. In many ways I still feel 19, yet next year I’ll be a quarter of the way to 100…
(OK, I got a little carried away with clipart…)
There are too many things that freak me out now. Seeing fully-grown little children who were born in the new Millennium is absolutely horrifying – as is realising I only know about half the songs in the UK top 10. And don’t even mention the fact that it’s been 12 years since the last episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch was first aired.
In the run-up to my birthday I had been thinking of all the things I hope to achieve in my lifetime. Little things like meeting some deer at Richmond Park, as well as big things like becoming fluent in German. It made me realise that a lot of these goals have been bouncing around in my brain for years – and I’ve yet to complete any of them.
It got me thinking: why haven’t I completed any of them yet? Especially the little things that are so easy to complete and can easily be done with a little bit of effort. That’s when I decided: I’m going to make a list of 25 of them and make sure I complete them all. Every single one of them, before 5th March 2016.
So what’s on the list?
25 Before 25
- Have afternoon tea somewhere posh (like The Ritz)
- Go to Richmond Park to see the deer
- Remember to send birthday cards to each of my friends
- See a sunrise/sunset in a foreign country
- Climb Snowdonia
- Go to a salsa dancing lesson
- Participate in a Go Ape activity day
- Improve my German
- Go skiing
- Go snorkelling (preferably somewhere warm…)
- Take my mum away – even for just a day trip
- Go glamping
- Visit the Sunday flower market on Columbia Road
- Go Up the O2
- Visit a new Christmas market
- Go boating on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park
- Learn how to cast-on…and knit
- Make a YouTube video I’m proud of
- Volunteer…somewhere
- Win an award for my blog
- Visit five new countries
- Actually finish the three Jules Verne books I’ve started
- Go to the Emirates Aviation Experience in Greenwich
- Stay in a five star hotel
- Make a blanket fort and just watch movies/TV shows for a day
I reckon the above are all pretty achievable goals for the next year. If there’s anyone who fancies joining me in completing any of them (especially the salsa dancing…) then please shout!
I’ll take you to Richmond Park to see the deer 🙂
Yay, thank you! You may have to stop me trying to steal one…
Ahhhh I’m 24 too and can totally relate! You may have inspired me to write my own 25 before 25 list!! 🙂
Ooh this is good to hear! 24 is a funny ol’ age isn’t it?! Let me know if you do write your own list!
We can always do the afternoon tea that we are planning in June at the Ritz – as that is on my wish list for this year – Happy Belated Birthday!
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Sounds like a plan, Natasha! 🙂
Wow, I feel the same way… I’m 23 but in a few months will turn 24 and then 25… Oh, my… How the time flies… Happy birthday, btw. The goals are achievable but sometimes we just need a little push to achieve them because even something so “easy” as going to salsa dancing requires to get out of your comfort zone and do it. Not ot mention if you have to do it solo. I am happy to read your stories so contienue to share them. And say Hi to your cats from me! 😉
It’s really quite frightening, isn’t it?!
(p.s. Ralph and Jim say hi back!)
This is a great list Emily and quite different to many similar lists I’ve seen in that a lot of these are very easy to achieve! Lots of 5 star hotels often do good deals for short stays on weeknights and maybe you can combine the posh after tea with the day trip you want to do with your mum – then you can tick off two in one go! Ps happy belated birthday!
Thanks Shikha! I thought I’d try and stay a bit realistic, although I’m planning to do another list with a longer expiry date and more ambitious goals 😀
Well, I’m the old fart in the room and I’ve still not done a lot of the things on your list, hehe.
I watched people walking up the 02, must say it looked a lot steeper up close than I expected – my heart wants to do it but my heads now says “are you crazy…?”.
Be sure to ride the Air Line across the Thames too while you’re in the area if you’ve not done that yet – it’s really cool! (And right next door to the Emirates Aviation Experience). I only wrote about it a week or so ago *insert twilight zone music*