Back in April of this year I turned the big 2-1. I have to
say that initially was dreading it, I felt it was a huge milestone in my life and
I was bit down about. 21 was the age where my life should have been ‘together’,
I should have accomplished or be on my way to accomplishing something, and be
able to say for certain what I wanted to with the rest of my life. But in
reality I still didn’t feel very sure about myself, I’m only third of way
through my degree and I still don’t know definitely what I want to do after it.
To take the focus away from this negative attitude that was
bugging me, I decided to complete 21 things that I hadn’t accomplished yet. I’m
not sure when the idea came to me, but it became a definite plan at a New
Year’s Party when I was discussing it with a friend who has also taken up the
challenge.
I’ve only completed 5 of the 21 things on my list thus far,
which is a bit behind schedule. The things on my list really vary, the first
thing I did was get my ears pierced something that I had wanted to do for ages
but had just kept putting it off. Other things on my list include going to
Paris, cycling the coast to coast, and making a patchwork quilt.
The important thing about this list is that I have created
memories, such as seeing McFly at Wmebly, that will stay with me for many years
to come. I hope to create many more
memories that I will be able to hold onto, and look back on this year and say
that I did 21 things that I had never done before.
I feel that completing this list has really helped me to be
more active about the things I want to do, it’s easy to say ‘I’d love to see
Mcfly live.’ But to actually do it is a million times better. It has really
changed my attitude to the things I want to do, I may still be unclear about
what I want to do for the rest of my life in the sense of a career, but I do
know that I want to live life full of doing stuff not wishing that I had done
stuff.
I encourage anyone reading this that creating at list of
things to accomplish in a year is such a great motivation to do some amazing
things, take the challenge up! You don’t have to be celebrating a big birthday.
I think I will always aim to complete a list of 10 things every year from now
on. ( 21 every year might get a bit expensive!!!)
Go on I dare you take up the challenge!.
Live life!
X
P.S one of my 21 things is to sell on of pieces of artwork
check it out here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/158405795/big-ben-london-print-on-sheet-music
