Creating my 30 before 30 list...
I finally decided to write one...
The 30 before 30 list…
It’s something I’ve heard of before, but not always given much thought.
Yet more recently I’ve started considering it more, probably because I’ve got a number of friends who have also created theirs.
Some people don’t create one at all, and that’s absolutely fine.
Part of me doesn’t want to, because maybe it’s putting extra pressure on myself to achieve more than I maybe have the capacity to.
But part of me does want to create a list, because I don’t want to miss out on the what ifs.
I don’t want any part of my life to be filled with regret, because where would the fun in that be?
And, at the end of the day, it doesn’t actually matter if I don’t complete the whole list, does it? It just gives me something fun to aim for.
Is this entire list full of monumental, exciting things? Not necessarily, but all of them will bring me a lot of fun and joy, and that’s what it is all about.
So I’ve created mine a few months before I turn 28, to give me a good couple of years to achieve as much as I can!
So here it is:
Visit Canada
Visit New Zealand
Visit South America
Travel abroad with work
Be paid to photograph and write for a travel magazine
Visit 5 places I’ve never been to before
Photograph New Forest Ponies in the New Forest
Photograph Exmoor Ponies in Exmoor
Photograph Dartmoor Ponies in Dartmoor
Tour the Scottish Highlands and Isles
Run a sub 2 hour half marathon
Complete a triathlon
Write a fiction book
Make my own pottery
Compete at Badminton Grassroots with Arnie
Read 200 books
Host a photography exhibition
Learn to snowboard
Learn to surf
Go on 30 hikes
See the Northern Lights
Watch a live comedy show
Try watercolour painting
Save for a house deposit
Go to a food festival
Learn embroidery
Learn a martial art
Buy a piece of art
Create my own textured art
Learn to make my favourite food from my favourite cuisines
What would you add to your list?