my life list #1

Sometimes I feel as though my childhood was just yesterday, while other days I feel much older than my years. There's no getting away from it: I am getting older, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to become a grown up one of these days. 2012 is the last year of my 20's. This time next year I'll be 30. Sheesh.

With that in mind, I thought I would share with you my life list. It would be a 30 before 30, but there are more than 30 things on it, and a lot of them I probably won't get to do before I'm 30. I've marked the ones I have already completed in green and the ones that I'm currently working towards are in orange...

start (and maintain) a blog
start (and maintain) a business
make macarons, preferably pistachio flavour
grow my hair really long then donate it to Locks of Love
read the books I have in my shelves that I have not yet read
have a solo exhibition of my art
get into the habit of exercising every day
stop stressing over little things
take part in a 365 project
be proud of myself and my achievements
learn to forgive people

travel to 30 countries

take my parents on a gondola ride in Venice

take part in a flash mob

fix my LCA and take it with me everywhere

learn a new language

feed lemurs at the zoo

successfully keep a journal

run 5k+ outside of the gym

illustrate a book

learn how to build a webpage

see the Northern Lights

stop biting my nails

see Eurovision live

hot air balloon ride

make 1000 origami cranes

partake in as many charity activities as possible

start a pension

knit a cardigan

start my Masters degree

sew at least one dress

learn to roller skate

plan a roadtrip

save enough money for a deposit on a house

take my first steps towards a proper career

take a course in silversmithing or cobbling

make my own jam

do an art stall at a fair

have a little vegetable garden

sing on stage in a choir

bake a wedding cake

reconnect with a long lost friend

live in another country

make a time capsule

host a craft party

send a message in a bottle

host Christmas

stay in an ice hotel or an igloo

walk up a waterfall

learn to tap dance

write thank you letters to my old teachers

fly a kite on Hampstead Heath

take afternoon tea at the Savoy

visit Antarctica

climb the Eiffel tower

visit the pyramids in Egypt

celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico

spend Christmas in Lapland
build up an amazing studio

make a gallery wall in my home

go fossil-hunting

see a volcano erupt

have a family

...well, that's it so far - phew!

Any of these on your life list?