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