You may have read my blog on 22 things to do whilst I’m 22 and I wrote that with the intention of having the best year of my life. Then a pandemic hit the world 3 months later and scuppered any and all plans I had.
I thought I’d take a look at that list and see what I have managed to tick off since January 2020 but also write a new list and attempt to make my 24th year on this planet, the best one yet.
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The Old List
- Start a full time graduate job
- Go to Orlando for our Annual Travel Conference
- Travel to Europe more
- Do Something Every Weekend
- Get a new car
- Read a really good book
- Start saving for a house
- To go and see a West End Show
- Travel to Iceland
- Improve on my Spanish
- Go Camping
- Go Go-Karting
- Stay a Night at The Shard
- Go somewhere to watch the Sunrise
- Go back to Tenerife
- Spend more time with the right people
- Try out Yoga
- Go on a road trip
- Donate blood
- Go on a a spontaneous weekend away
- Try Skiing
- Go on a stay-cation to somewhere new
Reflecting on the year
Looking back on the list and considering we were in a pandemic, I’m lucky as to how much I did manage to tick off. Despite the ups and downs of the past 18 months, I have some wonderful memories and goals achieved. Let’s have a nosey..
- Start a full time graduate job – I’ve been an analyst for almost 2 years now.
- Get a new car – I did manage to save up and buy a new car and I love it.
- Start saving for a house – I now have £10,000 saved and I couldn’t be prouder of myself.
- To go and see a West End Show – Technically it wasn’t a west end show, but I did get to go and see ‘The Windsors” in London this summer.
- Go back to Tenerife – I went back ‘home’ March 2020 and Covid caused us to have an extra day there as all the airports shut and we had to be repatriated home.
- Spend more time with the right people – I definitely did this during lockdown. I spent so much quality time with my parents and grandparents.
- Go on a road trip – I drove to from the North West to Bristol, Salisbury and then Portsmouth for a staycation!
- Go on a a spontaneous weekend away – I went on a cruise with a weeks notice and a weekend to London with 10 days notice. I was very spontaneous this summer!!
- Go on a stay-cation to somewhere new – I took staycations to a new level this summer and went on one of Virgin Voyages Summer Soiree Staycation cruises from Portsmouth!
It could be a little hard to top this summer but I can promise you I will damn well try..
My new list: 24 things to do whilst I’m 24
- Go on another cruise
- Go to a concert
- Read more books
- Visit Italy
- Watch the sunrise somewhere
- Try Skiing
- Travel solo
- Start freelancing
- Become fitter and healthier
- Go to therapy
- Explore my hometown more
- Try Yoga
- Spend time with friends
- Go on a roadtrip
- Be more spontaneous
- Learn to play the piano
- Donate blood
- Visit a museum
- Get a tattoo (sorry mum!)
- Visit the USA
- Get a new piercing
- Eat at a 5-star restaurant
- Write and Publish 100 blog posts
- Be happy and simply enjoy life
So there you have it, 24 things to do whilst I’m 24. If the pandemic has taught me one thing, it’s that time should not be wasted and there is no better feeling than living life to its full potential..
As always, you can keep up with me and my attempts at this list over on Instagram where I post a little more often than here on the blog.
Take Care,
Han x
