30 things to do before I'm 30

When I stumbled across the brilliant 101 things before 30 blog by @MrJoeMorgan I knew that I needed to make something similar. Joe's blog includes some very ambitious things (Own a coffee shop, Appear in a movie, Invent something that sells) alongside some smaller, personal things (Make pizza in Italy, Learn to Surf, Skinny Dip at midnight), all of which he wants to achieve by the time he's thirty. It sounds like a pretty noble quest to me, and something I want in on.

So here are my 30 things I'd like to achieve by the time I'm 30. Each time I tick one of these things off, I'll dedicate a post to it.

Life

#1. Be a Mentor

#2. Own a room with a view

#3. Say 'Yes' for a fortnight

#4. Be my own boss

#5. Work for a cause

#6. Live a healthy lifestyle

Places

#7. Travel around Italy

#8. Ride on a Gondola in Venice 

#9. Pretend to be in Friends at Central Park 

#10. Go Sailing/Yachting (hopefully at Yacht Week) 

#11. Dance at a Full Moon Party 

#12. Drink at a Speakeasy/Secret Bar 

#13. Dip my toes into every ocean. 

#14. Attend Cannes Film Festival 

#15. Get painted during Holi 

#16. Travel to Tibet 

 Learning 

#17. Take a night course in something that I'm interested in

#18. Learn to cook well 

#19. Learn *enough* of another language

#20. Teach myself how to live in the moment. 

#21. Paint something... good.  

Activities 

#22. Run a 10k

#23. Skinny Dip in the sea 

#24. Volunteer in a Soup Kitchen 

#25. Practice Yoga + Meditation

#26. Take a month off work to travel to Asia

#27. Hear the Dalai Lama speak 

#28. Ride a Vespa

#29. Have somewhere really, really high

#30. Road-trip in a VW Campervan