30 Before 30

Updates - italics mean it's in progress, strike through means I've done it (with a link if blogged).  

So here is my 30 before 30 list. I’ve broken them into chunks to  explain why there on it. Some have some real meaning and reasoning. Some are just fun. Many are things I’ve been saying I want to do for quite a while now so I’m just putting a deadline* on it.




The explanations behind the list
Explanations Part 1
Explanations Part 2
Explanations Part 3

1. See a play
2. Read the Great Gatsby
3. Visit the London Transport Museum
4. Attempt Couch to 5kms
5. Cook a dinner for 4
6. Bake macaroons
7. Move to a new hood in London
8. Kiss a stranger
9. Visit a market
10. Visit a new country
11. Get up for sunrise
12. Eat a steak
13. Take in a sunset from Greenwich / Primrose Hill / Hampstead Heath
14. See Elgin’s marbles
15. Ride a bike
16. Get a pedicure/manicure
17. Learn to crochet
18. Visit and tour St Paul’s Cathedral
19. Attend a Church service
20. Try three new foods
21. Go a weekend without coffee
22. Leave a letter for a stranger
23. See a band
24. A yum cha lunch
25. Send 29 postcards
26. Get my leg back behind head
27. Design a photo calendar
28. Walk at least one (new to me) section of the Thames Path
29. Make pizza dough
30. Go to a comedy show


So, some will be easy to accomplish, some will require a bit of planning and some might just be impossible. Regardless, let’s do this

Friends, if you are in London or nearby and want to do any of these things with me in the next few months, let’s talk…


*deadline. If I fail, well I guess I’ve got a good start on some things to do once I’m 30. I’d love to get through everything on this list but needing to balance it with down time, work, friends etc, I’m not going to stress (too much) about it.