100 Things One Year Later

Just over a year ago, I decided to start making note of the important things I wanted to do, or accomplish in my life. It was at a time when I had a lot of personal things going on and I realised life is too short to just let it pass you by. Writing this list has really given me some direction, and a stronger focus to do the things I want to do.

Exactly 1 year ago today (August 18th) I published my 100 Things I want to do list. Although I have not conquered much of the list, I am pleased to say I have crossed off 11 things and the next couple of months should see a few more gone hopefully!
Unfortunately though, some of my priorities have changed (had to change) over the past months so there have been a few edits.  It doesn't make me happy to give up on my dreams but...I will have to make new ones... Throughout the year, I have kept note of new experiences I would like to add so they are now there too!

In no particular order:

1. Go on an African safari
2. Get married
3. Have my children
4. Travel around Asia for 3 months
5. Travel South America for 3 months to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico
6. Have breakfast in Paris with my other half outside the finest bakery in the sunshine
7. Make my parents and sister proud
8. Live in the States again
9. Live in Tunisia
10. Travel around North America for 2 months, visiting Boston, New York, Chicago, California, Colorado, Seattle and DC.
11. Take a romantic trip to NYC
12. Take photography classes
13. Become a semi-professional photographer
14. Learn how to bake and do it a lot! . . .
    
15. Own at least 3 different properties around the world
16. Learn how to use Photoshop
17. Get my Irish drivers licence
18. Be promoted in the Four Seasons . . .
    
19. Transfer to somewhere else in the world, either temporary or permanently
20. Experience true human flight - see video! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cs-zZ0Qu5Y
21. Be in the cockpit of an airplane for a take-off or a landing
22. See NYC by helicopter (As in the scene from 2 Weeks Notice!)
23. Travel around Tunisia for 3 weeks
24. Plan my own dream wedding
25. Take part in a photoshoot
26. Do a photoshoot (hopefully many of them)
27. Write an autobiography
28. Speak Spanish fluently
29. Speak Tunisian Arabic fluently
30. Move to a Spanish-speaking country for 3-6 months straight and study and speak ONLY Spanish, no English!
31. Write a successful blog and have over 100 followers
32. Buy an amazing camera
33. Join a gym and use it!!
34. Buy a small picnic basket
35. Have a picnic in Central Park, NYC
36. Buy a really expensive handbag
37. Open a restaurant
38. Visit the Sassis in the Netherlands or have them visit me in Dublin
39. Visit Asia in Poland
40. Visit Gloriana in Mexico
41. Be the best mum and wife I can be
42. Have a guest bedroom in my home, always with fresh flowers by the bedside and an open door for all visitors
43. Have a cinema system at home
44. Own one property with a lot of land
45. Go camping and roast marshmallows over an open fire
46. Get back into tennis
47. Take a course on interior design
48. Take up the piano again and learn at least 2 new pieces
49. Learn a bit about flowers and gardening and plant my own small garden
50. Build one of my properties from scratch, designing it myself
51. Visit the North Pole and go sledding with reindeers
52. Go to a music festival
53. Attend a film festival
54. Go to an opera
55. Do something with my teeth so I don't always have to wear a brace!
56. Swim again with dolphins
57. Snorkel again in a coral reef
58. Get my face drawn by a caricaturist
59. Visit a famous museum
60. Become GM of a resort
61. Own my own business and be my own boss at some point
62. Learn how to drive a stick shift
63. Go back to university to do a masters
64. Learn French again and speak is as close to fluently as possible
65. Redecorate my room at home
66. Help my family with money
    
67. Return to FL soon, at least for a visit and as much as possible
68. Visit Greece
69. Go on another cruise
70. Holiday in The Maldives
71. Holiday to Bali 
72. Holday to Bora Bora
73. Go to Friguia Park
74. Attend an arts and crafts class
75. Grow my own fruit and veg
76. Throw a themed party soon
77. Camp in the dessert
78. Dance Salsa - well! 
79. Win the green card lottery
80. Go on my first skiing holiday
81. Work some time from home
82. Help someone achieve their dream
83. Start a proper savings account!! 
84. Organize my old clothes, and donate to a charity and/or to someone that needs them
85. Open my own hotel
86. Own a boat
87. Take time off work or work part time for a while when I have my children
88. Invent a perfume and design the bottle
89. Invest in a small property and rent it out 
90. Take a life coaching course
91. Send my mum and dad on a surprise holiday
92. Organize a reunion
93. ***************
94. Find a job that I can earn some extra money from home (data entry etc) 
95. Explore a jungle or rainforest
96. Try Paragliding
97. Put a message in a bottle and throw it out to sea
98. Ride along vineyards on horses with someone I love
99. Go Tree Camping  LOOK!  
100. Go whale watching
101. Take a flight lesson(s)
102. Have the smell of Le Meridien in my home
103. Take a self-defense/martial arts class
104. Buy a horse and learn how to horse-ride
105. Do a diet/fitness challenge like Insanity (because of my work it would definitely have to be adjusted so I will make one up!) 
106.  Buy a new puppy (a husky/st.bernard)
107. **************************

Ok, I realise this is more than 100, but  who cares!!
I encourage anyone reading this to do something similar... it really helps you get things done, and writing things down definitely makes your aspirations more real and do-able!! And it feels awesome when you cross something out!! 

Here's to another year and to taking chances!