Things that I desire to do before I die. Inspired by Huyen Chip. 

Progress as of Feb 12, 2024: 06/50

  1. Explore Alnwick Castle (Scotland) and the filming locations of the Harry Potter movie.
  2. Start my own non-governmental organisation.
  3. Publish my books about journalistic experience.
  4. Write a book about myself.
  5. Get one of my books sold out and republished.
  6. Read 1000 books (5% by 2024).
  7. Have a salad from my own garden.
  8. Learn painting (again) 
  9. ✓ Have my own camera (done: Fuji XT3 and 16-80mm lens)
  10. ✓ Live in another country.
  11. Fluent German
  12. Learn Korea
  13. Learn Chinese
  14. Get married to someone I love.
  15. Be a writer in Paris.
  16. Go on a trip overseas with my whole family.
  17. ✓ Watch snowfall
  18. Capture the northern lights or the aurora borealis.
  19. Get a driving licence.
  20. Go on a road trip for at least 6 months with my own family (with my children).
  21. ✓ Learn to ski.
  22. Surf in Hawaii
  23. Visit the North Pole or the South Pole.
  24. Visit Iceland
  25. Sleep outside on the beach, under the sky.
  26. Go on to the Amazon forest.
  27. Discover some of America’s most famous national parks.
  28. Visit Portugal’s Algarve (Alte village).
  29. Attend Spain’s Pamplona bull run (July).
  30. Visit Mozambique Island.
  31. Visit Israel (Jerusalem).
  32. Explore Egypt: Red Sea, Nile River excursion, Alexandria port, Great Pyramid of Giza (claim)
  33. Learn to play the piano (ukulele; tried a few times).
  34. Visit the Leonardo da Vinci Museum.
  35. Climb the Great Wall, China
  36. Visit Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Shanghai.
  37. Visit Vatican
  38. Visit Sicily
  39. Carnival in Brazil
  40. Visit Cuba or Venezuela.
  41. Attend one course in Mai Village.
  42. Try saunas in Finland.
  43. ✓ Learn Swimming
  44. Go to the Songkran Water Festival in Thailand.
  45. Go to the Taylor Swift live concert.
  46. Go to the Ed Sheeran concert.
  47. Visit a hot spring in Tuscany.
  48. ✓ Watch an ice-hocky match.
  49. Bake a birthday cake for my children, and grandchildren 😉 
  50. Being an actress in one play for the public.