28 before 28 - the list.

It was my birthday 2 weeks ago.

For those that sent me a present, you’re great! For the rest of you – you’ll have only yourselves to blame when the time comes for the next Facebook friend cull.

                                            

It was the usual day of celebrations, salutations for the year passed, mixed with inspiration and aspirations for the year ahead (not to mention the dread at leaving ‘mid-twenties’, but that’s a whole other kettle of boiled fish).

                                                                     

And just like new years, birthdays inspire that sort of reflection where human nature takes over and we think about all the things we want to do better (rather than how much we achieved in the past 12 months).

And I did exactly this two weeks ago.

I started thinking about how on the 9^th April 2014, I want to look back on all the good and great things I’ve got up to, and therefore be able to mark it as a ‘more successful’ year.

Like Andy Dufresne said; “get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’…”

Luckily, I’ve met some pretty interesting friends on my travels, and they were more than happy to suggest things for me to do and tick off in the next year.

So, without further ado, here’s my 28 things to do before I turn 28…

1. Write a letter/postcard to my grandparents every month
2. Draw a flip book cartoon
3. Get high
4. Go to one of the country's most expensive restaurants and pay no attention to the price
5. Feed the ducks once a month
6. Write a short story
7. Start a pension
8. Go veggie for at least a month
9. Visit at least 4 lower league football grounds in/around London
10. Go and see one new film every month
11. Have a night out in Chester with old uni folk
12. Complete 3 peaks challenge  
13. Sing karaoke
14. Complete an Airfix model
15. Visit Stonehenge
16. Start to learn a new language
17. Complete a Man v food challenge (and win!)
18. Sleep under the stars
19. Visit one touristy hotspot in London every month
20. Go to a proper rave and stay up all night and all of the next day
21. Get up early and have breakfast while watching the sunrise
22. Help on a soup run/homeless kitchen
23. Write and post 28 letters to inspire 28 strangers
24. Give at least one stranger a compliment every week
25. Run a half marathon
26. Don’t shave for a month
27. Go to see a band I’ve never heard of
28. Visit a European Country I’ve never been to before