Since its my birthday and also because I love to make lists of anythings, here is a list of stuff I'd like to get done before I turn the 3-0.


1.             Write daily for a month.
2.             Participate in a 5km and a 10km race.
3.             Start/join a book club.
4.             Read through the entire Bible in a year.
5.             Volunteer in a short mission.
6.             Continue with swimming lessons.
7.             Learn to ride a bike.
8.             Get married.
9.             Learn to speak and/or write an African language.
10.          Give time and money to a cause.
11.          Visit 5 African countries within a given region.
12.          Vote in an election.
13.          Host friends to a grand dinner party.
14.          Go to pottery classes and make something.
15.          Knit and stitch an item of clothing and actually wear it.
16.          Go on holiday alone
17.          Bunge jump/ some equally insane adventure thing – Canopy tours
18.          Make a reading list of 30 books, read and critic them.
19.          Road trip to Namibia.
20.          Learn to bake/make a decadent dessert.
21.          Wake up at X hr for 28 days to pray for one hour.
22.          Take part in a demonstration for a cause
23.          Pose for a painting/ have professional pictures taken
24.          Pick a restaurant and systematically eat as many things off that menu.
25.          Learn to play chess.
26.          Watch one of the Grand slams live.
27.          Pick a Book award and read all the books from that year’s nominees.
28.          Watch movies nominated for a given category at the Oscars.
29.          Go on a Christian retreat.
30.          Leave the Continent.
31.          Start my PhD.
32.          Go to a World Cup game in a country I don’t live in.
33.          Reconnect with an old friend/ get rid of a particularly stressful friendship.
34.          Move out and live on my own for 6 months to a year.
35.          Work with my alma-maters and use my skill sets to develop them.