Hi! I just finished year 13 and am hopefully off to uni next year! In the meantime, I have a load of stuff I want to get done this summer and here's my bucket list:
1) Learn Spanish and French (using Duolingo and maybe Memrise, and get some books and CDs from the library). Maybe some conversational Italian/Maltese as I'm going on holiday to Malta.
2) Don't know if this really counts, but become a more patient, nice and calm individual: I often snap at my parents and have lots of mood swings so maybe I could do breathing exercises/physical activity to improve my psychological state!
3) Do more exercise (fitness DVDs, Wii fit, planks, sit ups. Become able to do 50 press ups in a row as currently I can't even do one :/) I want to be fitter, not particularly thinner. I'd like to improve the flabbiness of my arms and my stomach in particular but I'm aiming for a general increase in fitness. Oh and maybe go to a yoga class!
4) Improve my general knowledge (maybe read encyclopaedias, learn states of America and different countries in Africa and their locations, learn more history and some physics. Includes reading 10 non fiction books)
5) Read 50 novels (started last week and so far I have read three). Read some books in German (not as part of the 50 books)
6) Do more art - my wall is covered in pages from magazines, but there are still a few gaps. I want to do more collages to stick up on my wall, and also finish a few pieces of art I still haven’t completed from year 11. I also want to improve my drawing skill, so maybe I’ll watch some videos online, and do lots of practice!
7) Lucid dream regularly: I started lucid dream practice in the middle of year 13 and so far I’ve had 2.5 lucid dreams, but all that’s happened is I have become lucid and then I've either forgotten, had everything go grey or been stuck, unable to do anything. Just before exams I stopped waking myself up (you can wake yourself up in the middle of the night, at intervals 1.5 hours after you fall asleep to increase dream recall) but I’ve started again now. I want to lucid dream more! If anyone reads this and wants to talk about lucid dreaming, I’d love to discuss it!
8) Practise cooking - for university and just as a skill. Learn different techniques (e.g. sweating) and learn recipes from around the world. Focus on savoury foods (cook meat) but baking can be practiced too. Try SimplyCook.
9) Grow a plant from a fruit stone - currently trying to grow 7 apricot trees, all in different locations around the garden and in my house. No success so far!
10) Write a) my memories so far, so when I'm older I can remember life up to my teenage years and b) some fiction/poetry
11) Go on a city break in the UK to somewhere I've never been - whilst visiting different universities, I have visited many places in the UK but there's still more to discover. I want to find somewhere I love.
12) Watch and read classics - e.g. read some Charles Dickens (links to point 5), watch Pride and Prejudice. Watch films e.g. Notting Hill, not classics but well-known films that are 'must-sees'
13) Learn how to apply liquid eyeliner
14) Try Geocaching!
15) Play Sims 3 more
16) Make a short film
17) Catch up on Pretty Little Liars and Orange Is The New Black
18) Shallow, but get a tan!
19) Increase online activity - submit my revision resources, give advice on forums, review restaurants and books etc.
20) Open a bank account
I think that is everything! Jheez there is a lot here. I wonder how it will go... I wish you luck if you have a list!