A new year, and time for some new goals! I've got a few challenges in mind for 2016, but I also want to update my List. The List is a a series of things that I decided I'd like to accomplish. I started writing it a couple of years ago, and it's grown steadily in length since then. On the list, I stick anything that I think I would like to achieve or experience, plus anything that I think might be fun! Some of the goals are quick and simple, some a more long term and serious, but I have loved keeping track of my progress, and looking at the list gives me inspiration, whether that's for a rainy Sunday afternoon, or an epic summer holiday adventure.
In 2015, I completed quite a few of the goals: I played Dungeons and Dragons (4), I visited South America (52) and I went to see two shows in one day (10). I built a den with my brother (12), milked a cow (24), and experienced a fabulous screening of Rocky Horror (33). I dined in a Michelin Star restaurant in Berlin with the man (87), took afternoon tea Christmas-style in Mayfair (99), learned brush scrip (97) and calligraphy (30), and I went skinny dipping (23), because I'm just that classy. All these things, along with others, meant that I completed 23 things on my list this year. Pretty good progress! So here's to the new year and many more new and exciting adventures!
So far I have completed 73 goals on the list leaving me with 28 still to do. Here's the current list, linked up where I can, highlighted items completed.
#1 Make cake pops
#2 Make a multicoloured layer cake
#3 Go on a canal boat
#4 Play Dungeons and Dragons
#5 Play hooky for a day
#6 Get a film projector and screen films in my own little cinema
#7 Go on a sleeper train
#8 Have tea at the Ritz
#9 And Claridges
#10 See 2 London Shows in a day
#11 Make a photo wall display
#12 Build a den. A really cool one.
#13 Road trip in the USA
#14 New York, New York
#15 Go glamping in a fancy tent with fairy lights
#16 Buy an expensive set of lingerie
#17 Sew something to wear
#18 Get married
#19 Make a set of jam-jar cocktail glasses
#20 Make blueberry gin
#21 Do the take-away double
#22 Learn how design this blog the way I wish it looked
#23 Go skinny dipping
#24 Milk a cow
#25 Learn to make pasta
#26 Get up early to photograph the sunrise
#27 Ride a motorbike
#28 Have dim sum at Hakkasan
#29 Do an Escape Room
#30 Learn Calligraphy
#31 Have dinner at Dans le Noir
#32 Re-purpose something second-hand
#33 Go to a cult Rocky Horror screening
#34 Go to a burlesque show
#35 Go ape
#36 Go to a Secret Cinema screening
#37 See a play at Cornwall's Minack Theatre
#38 Go on a helicopter
#39 Make my own ice cream (malteaser, peanut butter and caramel flavour?)
#40 Have dinner at Dishoom
#41 Take part in a Murder Mystery Treasure Hunt
#42 Buy a bikini
#43 Have afternoon tea at Cutter and Squidge
#44 Get my eyebrows shaped
#45 Inhale helium
#46 See the Northern Lights
#47 Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
#48 See New Zealand
#49 Stay in a tree house
#50 Have a bash at karaoke
#51 Go to a roller derby
#52 Travel to South America
#53 Start a family
#54 See a film at a drive-in cinema
#55 Go to a sh*t-faced Shakespeare production
#56 Make a new giant floor cushion
#57 Try making papercuts with a craft knife
#58 Go scuba-diving
#59 Have a go at spinning
#60 Go for Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea
#2 Make a multicoloured layer cake
#3 Go on a canal boat
#4 Play Dungeons and Dragons
#5 Play hooky for a day
#6 Get a film projector and screen films in my own little cinema
#7 Go on a sleeper train
#8 Have tea at the Ritz
#9 And Claridges
#10 See 2 London Shows in a day
#11 Make a photo wall display
#12 Build a den. A really cool one.
#13 Road trip in the USA
#14 New York, New York
#15 Go glamping in a fancy tent with fairy lights
#16 Buy an expensive set of lingerie
#17 Sew something to wear
#18 Get married
#19 Make a set of jam-jar cocktail glasses
#20 Make blueberry gin
#21 Do the take-away double
#22 Learn how design this blog the way I wish it looked
#23 Go skinny dipping
#24 Milk a cow
#25 Learn to make pasta
#26 Get up early to photograph the sunrise
#27 Ride a motorbike
#28 Have dim sum at Hakkasan
#29 Do an Escape Room
#30 Learn Calligraphy
#31 Have dinner at Dans le Noir
#32 Re-purpose something second-hand
#33 Go to a cult Rocky Horror screening
#34 Go to a burlesque show
#35 Go ape
#36 Go to a Secret Cinema screening
#37 See a play at Cornwall's Minack Theatre
#38 Go on a helicopter
#39 Make my own ice cream (malteaser, peanut butter and caramel flavour?)
#40 Have dinner at Dishoom
#41 Take part in a Murder Mystery Treasure Hunt
#42 Buy a bikini
#43 Have afternoon tea at Cutter and Squidge
#44 Get my eyebrows shaped
#45 Inhale helium
#46 See the Northern Lights
#47 Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
#48 See New Zealand
#49 Stay in a tree house
#50 Have a bash at karaoke
#51 Go to a roller derby
#52 Travel to South America
#53 Start a family
#54 See a film at a drive-in cinema
#55 Go to a sh*t-faced Shakespeare production
#56 Make a new giant floor cushion
#57 Try making papercuts with a craft knife
#58 Go scuba-diving
#59 Have a go at spinning
#60 Go for Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea
#61 Go to the circus
#62 Learn to knit from a chart
#63 Knit a lace pattern
#64 Start a teacup collection
#65 Go on a Segway
#67 See a midnight matinee at the Globe
#68 Go on a safari
#69 Visit the Cutty Sark
#70 Go to a Casino
#71 Go stargazing
#72 Eat a deep-fried Mars bar
#73 Have dinner at Veeraswamy
#74 Dance on a table in a bar
#75 Ride a camel
#76 Have cocktails at BYOC
#77 Play Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf
#78 See a baseball match
#79 Go to Bounce Below
#80 Visit the Rough Trade Photobooth
#81 Swim in an infinity pool
#82 Ride a tandem
#83 Cook a roast
#84 Make something out of leather
#70 Go to a Casino
#71 Go stargazing
#72 Eat a deep-fried Mars bar
#73 Have dinner at Veeraswamy
#74 Dance on a table in a bar
#75 Ride a camel
#76 Have cocktails at BYOC
#77 Play Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf
#78 See a baseball match
#79 Go to Bounce Below
#80 Visit the Rough Trade Photobooth
#81 Swim in an infinity pool
#82 Ride a tandem
#83 Cook a roast
#84 Make something out of leather
#85 Get my International License with Girlguiding
#86 Go to a Christmas Market in Europe
#87 Dine in a Michelin star restaurant
#88 Go on a photography course
#89 Design a Lace Shawl
#90 Visit a Guiding World Centre outside the UK
#91 Sit in a box at the theatre
#92 Go to Africa
#93 Spend a day at Lyme Park
#94 Try white water rafting
#95 Sleep in a 4-Poster bed
#96 Fly first class on a plane in lying-down beds
#97 Learn Brush Script
#98 Visit Beachy Head
#99 Have a Christmassy afternoon tea
#100 Visit Las Vegas
#101 Skydive
Happy new year to everyone!
Kisses xxx
P.S. And as always, I love finding new things to add to the list and look forward to doing one day. Suggestions on a postcard!
#100 Visit Las Vegas
#101 Skydive
Happy new year to everyone!
Kisses xxx
P.S. And as always, I love finding new things to add to the list and look forward to doing one day. Suggestions on a postcard!
Why no links or pictures of the lingerie set ? :P Also, I still think my infinity pool counts, just because it's not on 58th floor doesn't make it any less infinite! Ask Robert!
ReplyDeleteA girl has to have some secrets. And I'm sorry if m infinity pool ambitions are too big, but I would like a little view!
DeleteP.S. I am writing about new year at the moment. I need more pictures!
I love your list :) It was part of the inspiration for my own 'by 30' list I started almost a year ago! There might be a few new ideas for you on it - http://hanaayoob.uk/300-by-30/
ReplyDeleteI love your list! I remember the last post you did and that you'd done a fair few things off it and this one is now different. On mine I have visit Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), take a drumming workshop, lead a Girlguiding international trip and do another gorge walk. Any of those of interest?
ReplyDeleteThanks! The list stays pretty much the same, but I add new things quite often (so it gets longer!) and I do sometimes knock things off if I lose interest. Perhaps I should add Downton (although a visit to Pemberly is already on mine!), I can definitely recommend leading a Girlguiding international - I'm taking my third group away at Easter - and I'm now going to google what a gorge walk is as it sounds exciting!
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