Wednesday 16 March 2011

Forty Things To Do Before I'm 40

ENTERTAINMENT

  1. Learn to cook dim sum
  2. Learn to play the drums
  3. Watch Goodfellas
  4. Watch It’s A Wonderful Life
  5. Watch the Godfather trilogy
  6. Watch The West Wing

FITNESS & LEISURE

  1. Get down to size 38” jeans, then reassess my weight loss targets
  2. Go canoeing again
  3. Go orienteering again
  4. Hike from Swindon to Cheltenham in one day (just over 30 miles)
  5. Learn three full sequences of Tai Chi
  6. Learn to meditate
  7. Learn to sail
  8. Learn to pilot a motorboat
  9. Get back to playing squash

SELF IMPROVEMENT

  1. Get a kitten
  2. Get a puppy
  3. Get further training/higher education
  4. Learn another language – Italian is tempting, but possibly something with a more practical explanation
  5. Pass theory test – car
  6. Pass theory test - motorbike
  7. Pass CBT
  8. Pass driving text
  9. Pass riding test

TRAVEL

  1. Visit Barcelona
  2. Visit Berlin
  3. Visit Canada – to see the Aurora Borealis
  4. Visit Edinburgh - go to the Fringe Festival
  5. Visit Ireland – preferably for a narrowboat holiday
  6. Visit New Zealand
  7. Visit USA - road trip
  8. Visit USA – New York
  9. Visit USA – see Chris & Jo
  10. Visit Venice

WRITING

  1. Adapt my old recurring nightmare into a short horror film
  2. Cactus Land 2 or run some other long RPG campaign
  3. Write a comic book
  4. Write a novel
  5. Write a screenplay
  6. Write a pitch for a TV series

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