In my lifetime

The idea of this list is suggestions for things to do in my lifetime, not a bucket list where everything I write has to be completed, but a nice 80% should be anyway.

Domestic Bliss.

Have at least three children.
Adopt a child.
Get married.
Buy a house.
Live in London.

Be a foster mum.

Dress-ups, plays, peter pan, harry potter, little princess etc.

Historian.

Your own Julia Child Project.

Scrapbooking.

Knitting for your grand/children.

Tuscan house.

Paris Apartment.

Studio flat in New York.

Mauve Room.

Guest bedroom.

Home library.

Arts + Culture.
Travel through every single country in Europe.
Travel in South America.

Have your portrait painted.

Trans-Siberian Railway.

Write to your favourite author.

High Tea in the Plaza.

Shopping in Harrods + Topshop.

Watch all Johnny Depp films.
Watch all Edward Norton films.

Watch all Keira Knightley films.
Peter Boxall's 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die.
Finish a university degree.

Publish a book.

Be fluent in a language.

Arts degree - history and english.

See Muse live (again).
Russell Brand stand-up.

Olympics.

Wimbledon.

Australian Open.

Ballet lessons.

Piano

(Pride and Prejudice 2005 soundtrack)

Seen stand-up at Hammersmith Apollo "Live at the Apollo"

Consumerism.
Tiffany & co. engagement ring.

Pair of Christian Loubiton's.

Grand Piano.

Adventure.
Skydiving.

Skiing.

Learn to surf. (Completed)

Helicopter Ride. (Completed)

Bungee Jump. (Completed)

Snorkel.

Travel for a year.

Climb a mountain. (Completed - Mt Iron).

Fly first class.

Monuments:

Pyramids, Karnak.

Stonehenge.

Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Taj Mahal.

Great Wall of China.

Kremlin.

Pompeii.

Eiffel Tower.

Museums:

El Prado in Madrid, Spain.
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The Louvre in Paris, France.
Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, France.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA.

The British Museum in London, England.
The Tate Gallery in London, England.
The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland.

Festivals:

Festival in Venice.

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Times Square in New York.

Oktober Fest in Germany.

Animals.

Swim with dolphins.

Swim with whales.

Whale watching.

Safari.

Giraffe.

Elephant.

Adopt from Animal Shelter.

Hamish the dalmation.

Nanna the German Shepherd.

Skills Every Woman Should Master.

Dance one style reasonably well: Tango, Merengue, Salsa, Waltz, Belly dance, Ballet, the Polka, Flamenco, Krumping, Lambada, Tap dance, the Foxtrot.

CPR.

Self-defense class.

Power tools.

Car mechanics.

Spiritual.

Read the Bible.

Sunday-school teacher.

Forgive.

Patience.

Get your fortune told.

Goodwill.

Donate blood.

Continents.

Asia. (Completed 28.12.06)

Antartica.

Europe.

Australia.(Completed)

North America.

South America.

"Don't let your dreams stay dreams."

Think to yourself: "Am I living my dream?"

101 in 1001

Spiritual/ Good-will/ Relationships (2/9)

1. Read the Bible (Read: Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Haggai, 2 James)
2. Donate blood.
3. Organ donor.
4. Start a prayer journal.
5. Do the 40 hour famine.
6. Bought a new bible - perhaps a study one, so you can highlight and write in it. You want to keep your one now for the rest of your life because it has Mark's special message in it.
7. Write a comprehensive list for life goals. You will keep adding to/changing it throughout your life, but this is a start. (Complete: Posted on this blog)
8. Complete your "Meeting 100 People in 2010". (Complete 12/12/10)
9. Send a army care package.

Materialistic (3/6)

1. Buy a painting from the art gallery (Complete - from Australian National Art Gallery)
2. Get a new camera - DSLR?
3. Organise new photo albums for the trips to Vanuatu, New Zealand, Paris, London.
4. Complete photo albums for 2009, 2010 and 2011 (0/3)
5. Get something else from Tiffany & co (Completed 12/9/10)
6. Get a new phone and ipod (2/2) (Completed 25/12/09)

Financial (7/7)

1. Save $4,500 for trip to Paris and London ($4,500/$4,500) (Completed)
2. Pay dad back $1000 ($1000/$1000) (Completed)
3. Get promoted at David Jones. (Completed)
4. Get an online bank account to put the money I'm saving for travel (Completed)
5. Get a job for the year of '10. (Completed)
6. Send off Ruben Scarf Award for the money. (Completed)
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Writing/Education (6/29)

1. Have completed a first draft for biography of Alice.
2. Finished researching books for Alice.
3. Written a first draft of your fiction book.
4. Completed a Nanowrimo (November).
5. Completed a Script Frenzy (April).
6. Upload all Romanov photos on photobucket.
7. Complete the 888 challenge. (17/64)
8. Recieve 101 Postcards. (6/101)
9. Watch all "IMDb Top 250" without the foreign films. (19/220)
10. Watch 30 films to make up for the taking out of foreign films (19/33)
11. Attend 15 Concerts/ Festivals/ Stand up/ Plays (8/15) (Big Day Out 2010, Russell Brand, Stephen Fry, Kate Nash, Muse, Russell Howard, Wicked, Eminem)
12. Attend German, French or Italian basic lessons.
13. Get my red P's.
14. Memorise a poem and a sonnet (1/2)
15. Learn how to read music.
16. Write to Kitty every day for a month (31/31) (Completed)
17. Take a creative writing class.
18. Paint/ watercolour/ draw something that you are proud of, that you feel you could hang in your room. (Completed)
19. Received a high distinction in one of your assessments at university.
20. See all Star Wars movies (4/6)
21. See all the classic Audrey Hepburn movies (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Paris When it Sizzles,Roman Holiday, Sabrina, War and Peace, Funny Face, Charade, My Fair Lady, Love in the Afternoon, How to Steal a Million, Two for the Road)
22. Be in the audience for "First Tuesday Bookclub" or "Jennifer Byrne Presents . . ." (Completed 2/7/10)
23. Attend a Twenty/20 cricket match.
24. Attend a NSW cricket match.
25. Attend a Sydney Theatre Company show.
26. Attend the Ballet twice (2/2) (Completed)
27. Vote in an election (Completed 5/12/09)
28. Write poetry. (Completed 29/12/09)
29. See a movie a month at Roseville cinema (1/12) (January - Nowhere Boy,)

Well-being (0/3)

1. Take Adult Ballet lessons.
2. Attend a yoga class, or watch a dvd on yoga.
3. Run a marathon.

Home Life (4/11)

1. Cook twenty dinners for family (5/20) (Rigatoni with Italian Sausage, Lasagna, Chicken Parmigiana, Spaghetti with Jesse, Enchiladas)
2. Complete a cross stitch.
3. Make bread.
4. Start a recipe folder, putting in all my favourite/good recipes and changes I've made to them.(Completed 28/12/09: Present for Christmas from Jess)
5. Try 20 new restaurants (20/20) (Completed: Terry Hills Thai, Sheriton on the Park breakfast, the restaurant in Christchurch, Flame in Queenstown, Pizzabase in St Ives, new Thai in St Ives, CQ Cafe in Circular Quay, St Leonards Pub for Ash's 19th, El Karim in Roseville, Wagamama in the City, Mamak in Chatswood, Whitewater in Manly, Kingsley's in Wollomolloo, Bathers in Balmoral, The Stoned Crow, ARIA, Burnt Orange, The Rice Den, Station Hotel in North Sydney, Fuuki Japanese in Crows Nest, Small Bar in Crows Nest)
6. Host ten dinners, three have to be with something you cooked (4/10) and (1/3)
7. Cook all recipes from one book/blog (Mars Bar Slice, Butter Cake,)
8. Knit something that is good enough to give as a gift.
9. Attend a wedding. (Completed 18/6/11)
10. Have dinner at David Jones Food Hall in the City. (Completed w/Naomi on VFN)
11. Buy Julie Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Adventure (7/10)

1. Helicopter ride. (Completed)
2. Attend Mardi Gras. (Completed 28/2/10)
3. Attend a soccer game. (Completed)
4. Go iceskating.
5. Skydive.
6. Bungy jump. (Completed)
7. Gamble, go the pokies. (Completed 9/1/10, or 10/1/10, night out for Lucy's birthday at Star City)
8. Make brownies (Completed 4/11/11)
9. Biblestudies Weekend Away. (Completed)
10. Attend a day at the races.

Random (8/12)

1. Send a secret to postsecret tumblr. (Completed 27/12/09)
2. Listen to the Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. (0/500)
3. Stay with Nan twice a year (2/5 - 2010, 2011).
4. Watched a court case. (Completed 7/4/10)
5. Made antlers on your head with sticks and take a photo.
6. Meet 100 new people in 2010 (100/100) - rule is that you have to have met them long enough to be confident in adding them on facebook. (Complete)
7. See Muse live again. (Completed)
8. Russell Brand. (Completed)
9. Go to Pancakes on the Rocks (Completed 16/11/09)
10. Catch up on Fringe seasons, Brothers & Sisters, and Gossip Girl seasons (Completed 3/3)
11. Go to a drive-in movie theatre.
12. Second ear piercing (Completed 30/1/10)

Travel (7/14)

1. Been to the archives/places where Alice lived in Germany.
2. Go to Melbourne. (Completed)
3. Go to Canberra. (Completed)
4. Been to Europe twice (1/2)
5. Travel to New Zealand (Completed 7/2/10)
6. Travel to Vanuatu (Completed 7/12/09 - 18/12/09)
7. Spain.
8. Go on a roadtrip out of Sydney twice (1/2) (To Wollongong for Houseparty with Kat, Rosie and Grace/Lili on the way back)
9. Attend the Australian Open.
10. Go to major beaches (Palm Beach, Marubra, Coogee, Bondi, Bronte) (1/5)
11. Write a 101 list for exchange to England. (Completed: see Westminster Emma)
12. Italy.
13. Write a 101 list for trip to Paris. (Completed)
14. Complete the 101 list for Paris. (Completed)

TOTAL = 101 GOALS

End time: Sunday, August 5, 2012

(45/101)

Today was the second day back at school. It's the second term of this year, but the third term of Year 12. I didn't even realise that we were half way there until someone told me a couple of days ago! It's amazing, time really does fly. 

This term I want to accomplish a few things:

1. No ipod when you turn your bedside light off. This might sound a bit weird, but I always listen to my ipod when my lights out and I'm meant to be sleeping, and it keeps me up so late. So I want to stop this in order to get as much sleep as possible.

2. Biblestudies every week. Lately I've been giving it up, and I shouldn't be doing that, these people love me and in return I should be loving them to show my support to them during this tough year for everyone. 

3. No spending. I'm currently trying to save for a trip to the south island of New Zealand and an 11 day mission to Vanuatu. I'm not sure I'm going to have enough money, so I want to completely stop spending. I'm sure I can do this, it's mostly in the holidays that I spend my money and I don't think I'll be doing that next holidays because it's just before the trials. I think I'll be indoors studying most of the time. 

4. Be on time for all extension morning classes. I'm so lazy and I always seem to be at least 15 minutes late each time and it's rather embarrassing seeing as I live so close to the school. Must make sure I GET UP at exactly 7:00.

5. Stick to the History Extension Project timetable I've given myself. This will make your life a whole lot easier. 

6. Don't leave everything until the last minute! Granted some things are going to need every bit of time until it's due but not everything has to be like this. Make sure you have a couple of days for the big assessments just to read over it with a fresh pair of eyes and make changes. 

7. Participate more in class, with more questions. Don't be afraid - it's your HSC. Do you want to get to London with better job opportunities, pay and earlier (early 2013) or for it to be harder to find a job, less pay and later (early 2014 or 2015)? 

8. Be an Open Day guide for something they can put on your reference thing. It will look a lot better than nothing. Shows your proud of school and your education. 

Writing all that has made me realise I should do a bit more homework/study tonight, so I'm off now. Will write about the HSC Timetable later. xo

5 Year Plan

So this morning I was thinking about my plan to move to London after finishing University. So I did a bit more research, and there are a few things I am worried about:
1. The whole "there are already too many Australian's living in London, we don't want you here" thing. I don't want to live in an area known for Australians. So to try and combat this, I want to live in the East of London. In somewhere like Hackney or Camden.
2. Also, I'm worried that I'm not going to get there soon enough. I still have four years of uni before I can go. I think I'll have to go on a holiday there with a boy/friend half way during the course (2 years) because I will not be able to wait that long. I've already waited long enough. Perhaps an exchange?

My Five Year Life Plan (2009 - 2014)

1. Finish HSC in 2009
2. Get job at Franklins or a shoe shop part time in 2009 Christmas holidays
3. Get into University in early 2010, and start that year
4. Travel to New Zealand in early 2010 with Jess
5. In 2014 or 2013 (depending on your course) you should be preparing to leave Sydney for London.

These Holidays

There are just too many things I want to accomplish these holidays. I've tried to promise myself that I would everyone of them done, but I think there might be too many to do. I hope by writing them down it will motivate me and I will at least get the top priority ones done. I also plan to spend a lot of my time in Gordon, Chatswood or St Ives library to be forced into working on school work for the day. I plan to:

AIM: To focus on your weak areas, complete lots of practice papers and practice writing analytically.

5. Finish researching Rasputin
6. Write a second draft on HEXT Project
22. Be up to date on logbook
1. Finish Modern essay on Nazi's
2. Found and written notes on the sources for Ancient Oral (one royal and one non-royal)
14. Practice essay on the Hyksos (the one from the Half-Yearly Exams)
13. Re-do essay from the Half-Yearly's on Role of Pharaoh
12. Do all of Pompeii and Herculaneum past papers
15. Write Egyptian notes under syllabus headings
16. Re-do essay from from the Half-Yearly's on the impact of the Treaty of Versailles (using markers notes)
17. Re-do World War One section, using the markers notes.
11. Write another essay for Belonging
10. Come up with a new creative writing story for Belonging
0. (THIS might be done during the term) Write an essay comparing Pride and Prejudice to Letters to Alice
3. Read Mysteries of Udolpho
4. Write some practice essays for EEXT (using the journal suggestions - especially the Byronic Hero one as it is relevant for your related texts - and the practice writing suggestions you got given).
18. Write EEXT speech into an essay form
19. Draw up a table for the belonging essay planning
7. Revise Balance of Payments
20. Re-do essay on the inequalities and types of development from the Half Yearly's
21. Do the essay on globalisation from the Half-Yearly's
9. Write out the essays and practice short answer questions from the "Model Answer Series" Books
8. Do some of the "revision" questions in the Economics text books to revise the two chapters you've done
23. Watch Hamlet DVD

Fun things to accomplish during the holidays/ last week of term:
- Oliver, the Musical and dinner before hand.
- Shopping (City, Chatswood, Hornsby, Parramatta)
- Trinny and Susannah
- Waratahs/ Chiefs
- Bulldogs/ Eels
- Catch up with Maddy (she can drive), have a night at my house watching DVD's (Shooter, Some of Russell Brand - the special one, maybe?)
- Catch up with Katherine for movies or Max Brenner

MOVIES:
So far I haven't seen a lot of movie I really want to see except:
- 17 again (Chandler from Friends AND Zac Efron in the same movie!)
- Knowing (the trailer gives me the creeps every time I see it. I really hope it isn't an alien movie though)
- The Reader and Changeling (if they're still out)

DVD's:
- Pineapple Express
- The Women
- Watch Northanger Abbey for school
- Taken
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- St Trinian's

BOOKS:
- For school: Mysteries of Udolpho
- My Booky Wook
- A book about Akhenaten or some other Pharaoh
- When in Rome
- Sense and Sensibility