We have nearly done it! We only have a month and a half left of 2020. To me, it felt like it went very quick, that is because I have barely done anything all year. I mean I have marathoned Gilmore Girls, Buffy, The OC, Reign, Once upon a Time.. and I wish the list stopped there but it could go on.

There have been some good parts of this year, great parts even. However I am not going to try and sugar coat it just because it’s nearly over. Time to just let December happen and look forward to 2021.

So in that spirit, I have created my Bucket List for next year. I thought it might help inspire me. Saying that, it was hard work. It kept turning into more of a To Do list, with things like ‘buy a laptop’ or ‘get out of my overdraft’ trying to sneak their way on.

Compare that to the bucket list I made when I was a teenager with 100 items, such as ‘dye my hair multicoloured’ or ‘go skydiving’. You can really see that the past few years have killed my zest for life slightly.

Anyway, enough of that. It may have taken some time but I have created a bucket list for 2021. I tried to include a variation of items, some more ambitious and some that can be completed even in a possible third lockdown.

Once I squashed the need to add house hold chores onto the list I actually felt quite inspired and begun to dream big. Have a read, I hope it will inspire you too. I encourage you all to make your own 2021 bucket list, it helped me feel more optimistic about the year to come.

1. Go to a spa
   Drinking a glass of bubbly whilst soaking in a hot tub with your best pals, going from sea weed wrap to hot stone massage to facial. I have never been to a spa and if I only get to do one of these things in 2021, the spa will be it.
   
   Image by tremaestro from Pixabay
2. Go to a festival
   You know, I have never been to a festival. When I was in school I never had the money and when I left school I was travelling and prioritised my money for that. One day, I will go to a festival, maybe 2021 will be the year.
   
   Image by Pexels from Pixabay
3. Try afternoon tea
   Why have I not had afternoon tea yet? It is a collection of some of my favourite things- sandwiches, tea, scones and cake.
4. Start learning a new language
   Italian or Mandarin or Portuguese? I can’t decide.
5. Continue with pole- build up the strength for a shoulder mount and learn a routine
6. Aerial hoop – learn a routine and try to fight off the dizziness
7. Achieve the splits
   This has been a goal of mine as long as I can remember.
8. Swimming!
   Do cold water swimming! In the sea! Boxing day dip?
   
   Image by Martin Winkler from Pixabay
9. Start running properly
10. Finish my Tefl and start teaching!
11. Go back to Burlesque classes and STICK WITH IT
    I have a secret dream of following in the footsteps of Dita Von Teese
12. Leave the UK and do a Workaway
    My goal is to travel around the world using Workaway
13. Climb a mountain
    Ben Nevis? Mount Snowdon? Sign me up
    
    Image by Frank Morin from Pixabay
14. Go to Greece
    Life long dream.
    
    Image by Ioannis Ioannidis from Pixabay
15. Go to a hot spring in Tuscany
    I have just been craving all things Italian recently
16. Catch up with old friends
    A combination of covid and the RIDICULOUS public transport system in the UK has prevented me from going home in a whole year. In 2021, I will get home to Newcastle, even if I have to hike there.
17. Go on a date in Paris
    The time has come again, every now and then I just get a strong desire to go to the Eiffel Tower and eat a pastry by the Seine. That time is coming shortly. Have you read about my last time there? Paris on a Shoestring.
    
18. Summer Solstice at Stonehenge.
    I went to Winter Solstice with my Godmother when I was younger and it was magical. I have wanted to try Summer Solstice ever since.
    
    One of my earliest travel experiences.
19. Watch a play at Shakespeares Globe
    The theatre nerd in me will never die.
    
    Image by Mary Bettini Blank from Pixabay
20. Go thrifting in London
    I have a serious lack of suitable clothes for anything..
21. Go on a Bikepacking trip
    
22. Finish my E book
23. Mamma Mia Night!
    Anyone want to join me for this? Singing along and popcorn is mandatory
    
    Image by Pexels from Pixabay
24. Organise a mass tree planting day
25. Organise an outdoor screening of 2040
    2040 made me feel good about the future for the first time since I found out about climate change. I think more people need to watch it.
26. Start making candles.
    Have you guys checked out mine and Harrys room spray business? Check it out. Here is a code for 10% off your order.
    
27. Go on a sunrise hike
28. Go snorkelling
    Have you read my post about my first time snorkelling? It was the most incredible experience. Snorkelling in Koh Mak
    
    Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
29. Go to a basketball game in the US
30. See Golden Gate Bridge
    This is possibly the only thing I have to do in my life, if I don’t, my life will be incomplete.
    
    Image by LoggaWiggler from Pixabay
31. Eat waffles in Belgium
    Melted chocolate has to be involved
    
    Image by arune3 from Pixabay
32. Meditate half an hour a day for a week and hope it sticks
33. Practise yoga once a day for a month and hope it sticks
34. Go on a girls weekend away
35. Road trip Scotland
36. Start Rollerskating
    A roller disco is going to be involved
37. Go on a weekend away and leave my phone at home
38. Go skiing
    I am probably going to have to either win the lottery or get a job in a chalet to manage this one in 2021.. but you never know
    
    Image by Jörg Vieli from Pixabay
39. Go skydiving
40. Travel by hitch hiking
41. Go on a long distance hike
42. Sing these songs at Mad Hatter karaoke:
    Man! I feel like a women, Country roads take me home, Murder on the dance floor, I hate myself for loving you, Mamma Mia, Does your mother know
43. Go camping in Scotland and spend the night stargazing
    
    Image by Pexels from Pixabay
44. Go to Ireland
    I am part Irish, Angelas Ashes was actually my family. Yet I have never stepped foot into the country. Why? I don’t know. Maybe I can fix that in 2021.
45. Go cliff jumping
46. Spend a day in York
    I have spent many hours at the train station because it always seems to be the place where my train decides to break down – another shout out to the fabulous transport system across the UK. I would love to one day explore the city.
47. Visit Bristols suspension bridge and draw it!
    
    Image by Dean Moriarty from Pixabay
48. Go on a pub tour of Newcastle upon Tyne
49. Stroll along the Brighton Pier at sunset
    
    Image by Hert Niks from Pixabay
50. Find the best coffee in London
51. Go on a solo trip
52. Travel ANYWHERE that has snow.
    
    Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

So there it is, my 2021 bucket list. I am definitely not going to manage all of these things in one year, but any of them will make me happy. Write you’re own bucket list of all the things you could/would want to do next year and let’s have a fantastic 2021!

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