The BIG FIFTY

So here it is. The list of fifty things I must achieve before I turn 27. Drum roll, please...

1. Pass my journalism course and become a qualified journalist.
2. Get a job I love.
3. Get an article published in a glossy magazine.
4. Learn another language.
5. Cook from scratch something new at least every month.
6. Read a book a month.
7. Run the 'Race for Life' or another marathon.
8. Listen to jazz at Ronnie Scotts.
9. Eat out at a Michelin Star restaurant (and pay for it).
10. Go ice-skating outdoors.
11. Visit Asia.
12. Go to Borough Market and drink pink fizz.
13. Go to Bloomingdales in New York.
15. Try oysters.
16. See a musical.
17. Climb a mountain.
18. Move out.
19. Go on a boat up the River Thames at night.
20. Go to a football match abroad.
21. Buy myself something I love just for the sake of it.
22. Go to Glastonbury.
23. Go to Ascot.
24. Write once a week every week.
25. Write a short story (based on fairy tales).
26. Drink a Singapore Sling in Raffles (Singapore).
27. Go to Ibiza for the weekend.
28. Have a smoke in Amsterdam.
29. Have a drink in the Kensington Roof Gardens.
30. Swim with dolphins.
31. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
32. Take a road trip.
33. Read Ulysses.
34. Have a pet (even if it's a fish) and look after it properly.
35. Go surfing (or body boarding).
36. Dive (properly).
37. Buy my mum and dad something nice just for being them.
38. Get rid of my overdraft.
39. Get a tattoo.
40. Go to a pub quiz.
41. Go to London Zoo.
42. Skinny dip in the ocean at night.
43. Ride a rollercoaster.
44. Learn to drive.
45. Take  regular photos.
46. Lose a stone in weight.
47. Appreciate the city I live in.
48. Go to an outdoors concert.
49. Decorate a room.
50. Find something to be happy about every day.