When I turned 25, I went through a quarter life crisis. I felt like I had done nothing with my life. Now, as fifty years on the planet are fast approaching, I feel like I have done and experienced a lot. But is that enough?
As that milestone creeps closer, I wanted to create a bucket list of things I would like to do or achieve before I reach it. So I came up with the idea of a ‘Fifty before 50’ bucket list.
I have to be realistic with the list as well. Unless I win the lottery or get a sugar daddy, there are plenty of things I just would not be able to manage before my fiftieth. So there are a few simple and quick items included too.
This is something I have been working on for a while, but I have been struggling to think of fifty things I want to tick off. Have I really got no ambition? Or have I already achieved more than I thought?
As you can see, I am still missing a few things I would like to do before the big 5-0. So if you have any ideas I could try, please let me know.
Bucket List
The closest I have come to riding a horse is a donkey on Blackpool beach when I was about 10/11.
Who doesn’t want to spend a weekend in Amsterdam and visit the sex museum and look at a wall of cocks?
The British Isles have many beautiful places to visit, and some of them are in Ireland
It’s the only country I haven’t visited in the United Kingdom. This has to change.
Uncle Gert refused to take me in 1999. Not that I hold grudges or anything, but I haven’t forgiven Uncle Gert for that!
But this is something that I still want to do.
I don’t know why I have never attempted to ski before. I don’t necessarily want to go on a skiing holiday. Just give it a try.
I’ll be honest, I haven’t touched a sewing machine since high school. So this should be fun!
As lovers of the Great Pottery Throwdown, watching them do that makes it look so easy.
So why not?
I have a huge phobia of signing in public.
At the age of 12, in front of a packed-out school assembly, I forgot the words to Oliver’s “Who will buy?”
Plus, I am constantly told I can’t sing!
One of the biggest regrets of my life.
This is what I wanted to do as a career when I was younger. But alas, it never got past college years!
I would love to perform again. But do I still have it in me?
Having spent years visiting the Gay Mecca (aka IKEA), it’s time to try something different.
Let’s try some upcycling!
I’ve done a bungee jump, this is kinda the same. Except a lot higher…and a parachute instead of a rope!
So nothing like the same!
When I was 11, the school said that I couldn’t do gymnastics as “that’s a girl’s sport”
In the process, I have never been able to backflip.
There is something about dangling off the side of something, supported by a piece of rope, to give you the heebie jeebies!
I have been working on my sleeve since I was about 20. I may as well get it finished before I turn fifty!
I’ve been bald since my 20s, so I have always been curious to see what I would look like if I had a head of hair!
I would rather visit Canada than America.
Additionally, we both have family in Canada, so we would like to visit them there.
In CrossFit, we set personal goals for what we would like to achieve.
A muscle-up would be mine!
In the whole time that I went to school, I got to have a go at tennis once.
I then “played” a couple of times later with friends, but I feel like I need to have a proper game.
As a kid, I had a fascination with dolphins. I even adopted one for several years.
Part of me would love to swim with dolphins; however, I would be more than happy to see them in the wild.
What’s this? A Christmas-themed item!
This isn’t something I came up with, but it is something that I have thought about doing.
Ideally somewhere scenic and not over Manchester’s sewage treatment area.
I’m told I’m full of air a lot, but not enough to lift me to the sky.
I’ve always fancied going on a cruise, alas, the husby doesn’t.
Where is that sugar daddy?
I’ll be honest, my dress sense is casual, so I blend into the back.
Am I too old to stand out?
I need to have some Cornish ice cream on the beach
I really am not an artistic person, but I have always wanted to create a piece of art (of some sort).
Just don’t expect a masterpiece
Upcycling a piece of furniture is one thing, but can I create one
As a Scot who moved to England as a kid, I have never experienced a proper Scottish Hogmanay.
It’s a sport that I have never really thought about because I don’t have good grip strength.
I would be happy with indoor rock climbing
For a few years now, I have been wanting to create a professional website using the Headless approach. It has never happened!
15-year-old Mike had the opportunity to climb the tower. 15-year-old Mike declined.
Older Mike now regrets that decision.
I like to think I have aged gracefully (or disgracefully, depending on who you speak to), but age is upon me now, and I am looking a little haggard.
So, I want to see what a little pick-me-up would do/feel
I think there is something special about the canal boat homes and the ability to travel the country by canal.
I don’t want to own a gun (even if I could), but I would be interested in going to a shooting range and learning how to shoot one.
Ice baths are designed to enhance circulation, promote muscle recovery, alleviate pain, and improve mental well-being.
I, on the other hand, think they are designed to make your balls go deep inside you!
I am always being told to “stop monkeying around”, but I don’t want to. Doing Go Ape looks like it would be fun.
This is another skill I would like to achieve. I want to hold a freestanding handstand for a period, and I also want to be able to do a controlled handstand walk.
Achieved
I used to raise money all the time, but there is only so much sponsorship shit you can do.
Over the next few years, I plan to raise some money for charity
I have haphazardly been trying to learn Spanish over the years. It would be good to have a little conversation in another language
I am currently learning Spanish through Duolingo
After nearly 8 years of doing CrossFit, I finally plucked up the courage and competed in a fitness competition. Granted, I didn’t do it to win!
NC500 is Scotland’s version of Route 66. As a Scot, I wanted to see more of my country, and this is a great way of doing it.
Blog coming soon
As a kid, I used to “knit”, if you called it that. And after a few years of cross-stitching, I set my sights on learning crochet.
I can do it. Althought I am not sure I want to continue with this as a hobby
It has taken nearly 7 years, but I have finally competed in my first CrossFit Open
Climbing a hill is nothing. We need to go higher. So a mountain it is then!