50 before I am 50...

On this page I am going to compile a list of 50 things I want to achieve before I am 50, in no particular order. Some of them will be very small, some of them will be massive but I have 25 years to complete them so here's hoping!

I love this picture - I look at it everyday at work. It seems quite apt for this page.

1. Learn a language
2. Live abroad for over a year
3. Take a photography course
4. See the Northern Lights
5. Write a children's book
6. Sky dive
7. Visit a country for every letter in the alphabet! (B - Bulgaria; C - Cambodia, China; E - Egypt; F - France, Finland; G - Greece; I - India, Iceland; L - Laos; M - Mauritius; P - Portugal; S - Spain; U - United Kingdom; V - Vietnam)
8. Read a newspaper everyday for a month
9. Volunteer with a children's charity
10. Get married
11. Sell something I have made on Etsy
12. Teach each year group for at least a year each (Nursery to Year 6) (Year 1 - 2010-11, Year 2 - 2011-12)
13. Trek the Inca Trail
14. Have children
15. Go on a theme park tour of America!
16. Finish the BBC Big Read Top 100 books list (51/100)
17. Enter a swing dance competition
18. Make something personal for everyone I love (Evie - teddy bear, Kat - Edgar the Elephant)
19. Get better at snowboarding
20. Sail the coast of Croatia
21. Write a letter or card every week for a year
22. Collect 100 jokers (52/100)
23. Sleep under the stars
24. Go on a VW campervan tour of the South coast of England
25. Fall in crazy, head-over-heels love
26. Skinny dip in the sea
27. Have a cream tea at the Ritz
28. Have a ride in a helicopter
29. Make every recipe in the Good Housekeeping Baking Book
30. Complete a Come Dine With Me with a group of friends
31. Go veggie for a month
32. Speak infront of an audience of more than 50
33. Sleep outside for a homeless charity
34. Win a fancy dress competition with an epic homemade costume
35. Take a photo every day for one year
36. Write a book review
37. Revisit Budleigh Salterton with Mum, Dad and Steph
38. Buy a house
39. Go crazy decorating the above house with only homemade Christmas decorations one year
40. Visit Victoria Falls
41. Be recognised for my teaching
42. Learn how to play an instrument
43. Treat my family to a holiday
44. Hike up a volcano in Costa Rica
45. Have a drastic haircut/colour
46. Visit New Zealand
47. Learn how to play chess
48. Go to the Edinburgh Festival
49. Visit New York at Christmas time
50. Visit every county in England

To be added/adapted as inspiration hits :)