The "Giving My Life Some Purpose" project

I love the project that A Chick Named Hermia has started. It's such a nice idea and I do love projects like this!
Here are her aims for the project:

My aim for this project isn’t to make a list of massive things you should do during your life, like visit Asia or go on a cruise or visit Lapland: this project is aimed at normal people, who wouldn’t have lots of money to travel around, and is also meant to be completed in a year.

I want to make an achievable list, filled with things that can be completed in a normal day without emptying your bank account or abandoning your life.


Here are the preliminary ideas. I have bolded all the ones I really want to do and striked all the ones I have done! (I want to do them all again though! except maybe the rollercoaster one)


1. Go on a rollercoaster (only a very small one)

2. Make an item of clothing

3. Invent a cocktail

4. Submit some writing/photographs to a publication

5. Go horseriding

6. Be in a movie/TV programme

7. Do karaoke

8. Write a song

9. Watch at least 70 of the American Film Institute’s Ten Top Ten:

10. Climb a tree

11. Learn to play a song on an instrument

12. Write a novella/book of short stories

13. Knit a scarf

14. Have a dinner party

15. Host a tea party

16. Go for a picnic

17. Hand-write letters to people (aim for 2-3 a month)

18. Compliment a stranger

19. Learn to bake bread

20. Go to a football match

21. Buy a hot dog from a street vendor in New York

22. Go skinny dipping

23. Go to a fashion show

24. Eat a naga moris

25. Make a radical change –dye/cut hair, get a tattoo or piercing

26. Write a letter/note and leave it in a library book

27. Make a board with pictures and things that inspire you

28. Eat macarons in Paris

29. Run a marathon

30. Become (basically) fluent in a foreign language

31. Go on a road trip

32. Yell ‘penis’ in public

33. Stand in a busy public area with a lFree Hugs sign

34. Read the Twilight series

35. Read the Harry Potter series

36. Do an extreme sport

37. Go to the cinema alone

38. Develop a roll of film from a Diana camera

39. Build a fort

40. Write a script and shoot a movie

41. Stay up all night and watch the sunrise

42. Do stand-up comedy

43. Ride a gondola

44. Ride a bike

45. Learn to say hello in 30 languages

46. Visit a cave

47. Go to a jazz bar

48. Go to a poetry session

49. Learn a dance routine

50. Talk to a famous person

51. Visit Disneyland

52. Host a themed party

53. Hold a tarantula

54. Sleep under the stars

55. Celebrate an event or occasion with champagne

56. Adopt a foreign accent for an entire day

57. Steal a sign

58. Perform on stage

59. Attend a Rocky Horror Night

60. Read a book by a Russian author

61. Learn how to French braid hair

62. Take pictures in a phone booth with at least one other person

63. Eat gelato

64. Have a sleepover

65. Eat an unusual meat (ie: not the basic beef, pork, lamb, poultry meats)

66. Go to a music festival

67. Try lobster

68. Get an item of clothing professional made

69. Have a facial/manicure/pedicure

70. See 5 films in one day in the cinema

71. Watch an outdoor movie

72. Stay in a hotel suite and order room service

73. Have breakfast at Tiffanies

74. Ride a carousel

75. Go to a different country just to see a band play.

76. Fulfil a single childhood dream that you always told yourself was stupid

77. Eat a three-course meal, consisting of dishes you’ve never eaten before

78. Wear a beret and sunglasses for an entire day

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