The Bit With The Life List…
February 6th, 2010
On my 21st birthday, just a couple of months after this blog was born, I set myself a challenge of doing 100 things in 1001 days. Some months later, I forgot all about it and the list then sank without a trace in The Great Blog-Loss of 2008.
Some 4 years later, the list has been reincarnated; gone are the deadlines, the apathy and the pointless things I no longer have any interest in doing and in their places are new goals and a fresh enthusiasm.
I have been on this Earth for a quarter of Century, and now? I want to get a wiggle on and do things that I think are worth doing!
The list is in no particular order and is forever growing. Bold items are in progress, Crossed-out items are completed and link to a corresponding blog post to mark each achievement.
Welcome to my Life List.
- Try haggis in Scotland
- Drink Guinness in Ireland
- Have a Girly Night with Vikki in Wales
- Go to Disneyland in France
- See the Gaudi buildings in Barcelona, Spain
- See ‘Guernica’ by Picasso
- Visit ancient monuments in Greece
- Get inked
- Buy an original sculpture or painting
- Go to the Opera
- Watch a Ballet
- Do the ‘Time Warp’ at a Rocky Horror stage show – in full costume
- Do a sponsored “run”
- Go handbiking
- Try out abseiling
- Sponsor a retired racing Greyhound
Adopt a retired racing Greyhound- Have a short story published
- Write a novel
- Have a book published
- Own a pet tortoise
- Sell a piece of my artwork
- Have my work featured in a public exhibition
- Have a photo published
- Finish my ear project
- Swim 200 metres
- Bet on a winning Trap at “The Dogs”
- Bet on a Grand National winner
- Teach
- Meet one of Ziggy’s relatives
- Photograph someone, professionally
- Hire a PA
- Finish my art/photography project
- Read all (known surviving) Ancient Greek myths and legends
Do volunteer work- Finish my BA degree
- Study for a Masters degree
- Get a massage
- Have a family barbecue in my new back-garden
- Write/work outside in the garden during the Summer
- Plant a ‘tub garden’ out the front
- Do my physio three times a week, every week, for a year










February 10th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Aw. I’m part of someone’s Lift List – I’m part of CLAIRE’S life list! This totally rocks.
Just a reminder that a night in with me in unlikely to be girly, however. It would probably feature a games console and several bottles of Cava. Just putting that out there …
V xx
February 10th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Wow that’s quite a list. What does “get inked” mean? Tattoos, or do you want to drink the stuff!!!
You now need a sub section titled: What to do with my PA when I get one.
February 10th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Vixx: Don’t panic – I meant “Girly” as in Girls Only, not as in cucumber facials and toenail painting!
If you ever came to visit me at the Little Downstairs House, I’d challenge you to marathon of retro gaming on the Sega MegaDrive and NES. How does that sound? (the evening would also include an Indian takeaway and possibly a drinking game that involves any film featuring Mr. Yummy-Yummy Joseph Fiennes…)
Imo: “inked” = tattooed.
Now THAT would need a whole other post!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thank f*ck for that!
Although it would have to be Chinese. No arguments!
V xx
March 5th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Haggis really isn’t all that great . . . But Scotland is! You should definitely come *nods*