As each of us in our friendship group (my friend Marcos is blogging about his) hit the grand old age of twenty-nine, we are given a list of forty silly/funny/crazy/brilliant/scary challenges to complete before we turn 30.
Think of it as a competition. The winner is the person who completes the most challenges in the year before their next birthday.
Here’s my list.
Don’t take a photo for a week
Make a meal out of only foraged ingredients
Volunteer for a charity at Christmas
Run a half marathon
Go skinny dipping in the sea or a lake in a winter month
Research, design and create a family for 5 generations of your families
Go blonde
Have one of your photographs printed bigger than A1 and framed
Design and make your own dress
Learn to speak french
Bet £100 on black or red
Get a famous person to the wedding through social media
Bake something different every month for a year
Get a tattoo
Do a fashion shoot with Joe’s car
Learn a rap song from start to finish
Sleep on a beach
Experience a tasting menu at a top restaurant
Perform karaoke in front of a public audience
compete in a doubles match with Jon McGovern
Curate 10 guest blogger posts for Lucie Loves
Ride Oblivion
Make a 10 minute documentary
Cook a meal for more than 15 people
Write, illustrate and publish a children’s book for Ellis
Say clunge in your wedding speech
Cycle to Paris
Allow Marcos to organise 30 minutes of your wedding as a surprise
Read three famous books you haven’t read
Learn and perform a dance
Shoot something you’ve made on a camera
Run a frock swap shop
Join the mile high club
Be on time for a fortnight
Canoe down the Thames
Beat Jon at a computer game
Grow a plant from seed, nominated by your colleagues
Don’t buy lunch for a month
Learn to play a song on an instrument
Raise £500 from clothes you don’t wear
*nominated and compiled by my friends.
Where on earth do I start? Can you help me complete any of my challenges?? Drop me a line at info@luciekerley.co.uk if you’d like to help me out, or have any tips or advice. Obviously, there are some ridiculous things on this list that I couldn’t possibly do!