The big birthday, 3-0 is looming this year and I’m thinking of jumping on this bandwagon of the 30 before 30 bucket list. To do it or not? Is it really clichéd cause everyone is doing one? I’m still gonna do it cause I like the idea and have been thinking about this list for a while now. But something about only choosing 30 things I haven’t done yet doesn’t quite sit right with me. What about all the things I have experienced or achieved by now and am proud of? I feel they need a little nod of acknowledgement as well. So I’ve made up a combo list of 15 things to have a crack at and 15 things already cracked.
I will look at them as the getting of wisdom and life skills. They’re meant to be fun, push the boundaries and challenge; all whilst learning something new or just having a go. I may have only started some while others may be finished by August, my birthday deadline. I love making (and ticking off!) lists. I’ve got lists on scrap paper floating all about the house. I do love a good list so here it is…
The to do’s
- Drive the great ocean road to Melbourne, stopping at the towns that SeaChange was filmed in
- Make my own jams, seasonal preserves, ricotta and pestos
- Learn to make knock-your-socks-off shortcrust pastry
- Learn 3 songs on my guitar
- Run/walk the City to Surf…It’s 14km’s…I suspect there’ll be both. It coincides with my 30th b’day weekend. Errr, pass me my trainers…
- Get my crafty works into some uber hip city Markets and have a stylin’ stall.
- Cook 1 savoury & 1 sweet dish per week from my cookbook collection
- Make 5 items for the annual Softies for Mirabel charity toy drive in Melbourne. They do great work!
- Not re-read any books, instead tackle the unread collecting on my bookshelves
- Learn to sew a zip. Aunty Jenny gave me a run down on the basics. Now I’m on my own.
- Give hand made pressies this year
- Be on time. Always. And stop making other people late
- Cook a soufflé. Choc, passionfruit, any flavour goes…
- Be assertive
- Get stylist work experience on cooking magazine/cookbook/interiors magazine
The have done’s
- Started my own business, twice, they’re still chugging along nicely, this year I will get serious about them
- Travel. I’ve travelled extensively over the years through North America, Europe & New Zealand. And there’s still a whole world to see
- Fell in love – it was truly amazing
- Learnt to cook the basics plus some pretty awesome dishes, but there’s still stacks to learn
- Learnt to sew. It’s great fun being crafty
- Enrolled in a course to learn to screenprint, 4 weeks in it’s demanding but inspiring
- Chose 2 cats, Myf and Charles joined me in 2008. They are the perfect little cats
- Travelled with my sister in Paris and the UK. Happy days
- Got my nose pierced, my parting reminder of Canada
- Worked on farms through Canada – looked after animals, drove tractors, picked fruit and helped out at Farmer’s Markets
- Learnt to snowboard, I don’t like going fast, whether on a bike, motorbike or snowboard. I was terrifed as the whole point is to go fast, but it turned out to be one of the best things I’ve done
- Studied at Uni, came out with a BA degree
- Took up running. This was a surprise to me too. I’ve been quoted before – “We’re gonna miss the bus!” Reply – “Too bad, cause I don’t run”.
- Learnt French – enough to get me around Canada and France with not too many lost in translation moments
- Held a lion cub 3 years in a row. Mogo Zoo on the South Coast NSW rocks
So there’s the List. It’s an ecclectic mix. It’s time to get on track, I’ve got 5 months left till the main deadline. For the 3rd year in a row it’s been a tough and challenging start to the year in all areas. I figure it can’t possibly get any worse. So here’s to good times in 2012!
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