30 things before I’m thirty

In June 2014 I blogged my list of 30 things I want to do before I’m thirty. Here’s how I’m getting on…

The List

1. Learn to swim
2. Complete a parkrun
3. Volunteer … somewhere, anywhere, just volunteer!
4. Make a new friend (offline)
5. Visit my Dad (December 2015)
6. Finish one of my projects so that I have a regular source of passive income
7. Earn £5000 in passive income
8. Try a new food (I’ve never had proper sushi, never had venison, never had lots of things!)
9. Send a letter in a bottle
10. Post a blog entry every day for a month
11. Work with another developer to improve my colab skills
12. Actually read the JavaScript book I bought
13. Complete 5 random acts of kindness
14. Go on a proper date
15. Go somewhere, anywhere on a spur of the moment weekend away
16. Go to the cinema on my own (Suffragette, 29th October)
17. Visit each of my UK based online friends (see friend list)
18. Finish my rainbow ripple blanket
19. Fly somewhere in a plane
20. Ride in a hot air balloon
21. Drive across the country and back without a map / sat nav
22. Get dressed up in a ball gown (I’ll settle for just trying one on in a shop)
23. Go to a festival
24. Climb a mountain
25. Participate in a race (I’m thinking of doing a 10k)
26. Read the 100 Best Novels
27. Give blood
28. Wear a bikini on the beach (bettered this by going topless!)
29. Get a pay rise
30. Replace coffee with water for a month

Read more about the progress of my 30 things before thirty list on the blog.