Just after my 29th birthday I wrote a list of 30 things to do before I’m 30. I’m pretty pleased with how I’ve done, I knew it’d never get all done, but it’s really pushed me to do some new things this year! You’ll notice the list below is changed a bit from the original list – I reviewed it a month or two ago to try and make some of them a little more achievable, but it hasn’t helped much.
And yes I’m counting a book I finished this morning because I’m not fully 30 until 4.45pm!
I think it might be interesting to see how many more I can complete before I finish being 30…
Anyway, results below!
Buy my own home.COMPLETED 15th September 2016Climb a mountain.COMPLETED 26th May 2018- Dye my hair.
- Fundraise £300 for a good cause.
- Get below 10 stone.
- Get my next photobook printed.
Give Blood.COMPLETED 23rd October 2017- Have a go on a cello.
Have a meal at the Hand and Flowers.COMPLETED 21st October 2017Have a pedicure.COMPLETED 26th August 2017- Learn all the countries of the world and complete the Sporcle quiz.
- Learn how to curl my hair.
Re-learn how to do the rubiks cube.COMPLETED 16th July 2017- Re-learn the sign language I learnt 4 years ago and have forgotten.
- Try coming off my anti-depressants. – DOSAGE REDUCED
Visit NYC, Disneyland Paris or Iceland.– COMPLETED March 2018Watch a Shakespeare play at the Globe Theatre.– COMPLETED 8th May 2018- Watch Friends all the way through.
- Learn 3 new pieces on the piano.
- Sew 3 items. – TWO DONE
- Read 30 books.
Deep and Wide by Andy StanleyCOMPLETED 28th June 2017Eligible by Curtis SittenfeldCOMPLETED 11th July 2017The Humans by Matt HaigCOMPLETED 23rd July 2017Spectacles by Sue PerkinsCOMPLETED 31st July 2017The Know-It-All by A J JacobsCOMPLETED 28th July 2017Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles AndreaeCOMPLETED 30th August 2017Salty Sam and the Windy Day by Christina SinclairCOMPLETED 30th August 2017The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel SchefflerCOMPLETED 30th August 2017The Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryCOMPLETED 6th September 2017Remember, Remember (the fifth of November) by Judy ParkinsonCOMPLETED 11th September 2017The House of New Beginnings by Lucy DiamondCOMPLETED 25th September 2017A Grief Observed by C.S. LewisCOMPLETED 5th October 2017Anne of Windy Willows by L M MontgomeryCOMPLETED 28th October 2017How to Stop Time by Matt HaigCOMPLETED 2nd December 2017A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensCOMPLETED 31st December 2017Some Kind Of Wonderful by Giovanna FletcherCOMPLETED 6th January 2018The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue TownsendCOMPLETED 21st January 2018Brain Freeze by Tom FletcherCOMPLETED 28th February 2018How Not To Be Wrong – The Hidden Maths Of Everyday Life by Jordan EllenbergCOMPLETED 30th March 2018Still Me by Jojo MoyesCOMPLETED 5th April 2018Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanCOMPLETED 19th April 2018The Colour of Magic by Terry PratchettABANDONED 6th May 2018The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCOMPLETED 22nd May 2018The Shock of the Fall by Nathan FilerCOMPLETED 8th June 2018- Something by Jane Austen
- Get meals I’m confident to cook up to 30. (not including things you just put in the oven or microwave….)
Spaghetti BolognaiseChilli Con CarneThe Bacon DinnerSausage CasseroleShepherds PieTuna/Vegetable Pasta BakeFish BurgerPeach and Chick Pea CurryRoast ChickenToad in the HoleLasagneRisottoBeef Stroganoff- Chicken Curry
- Kedgeree
- Fish Pie
- Get things I’m confident to bake up to 10.
Victoria SpongeChocolate and Banana loaf cakeCheesecakeBrownie- Blondie
- Flapjack
- Learn 30 bible verses by heart. 0/30
- Write 3 handwritten letters to friends. 1/3
- Write 3 letters to MP or organisations about ethical issues. 0/3
- Write 3 prayers. 0/3
Get the Eurostar somewhereCOMPLETED 9th December 2017- Learn pi to 30 decimal places. 27/30
Go to a BalletCOMPLETED 30th December 2017
Happy birthday! And well done for getting so much ticked off your list. Even though I didn’t manage all the things on my list before my birthday last year I was still happy that it pushed me to do things I’d been putting off or hadn’t got around to 🙂
Absolutely! I’dve never have done half of those things without the list!