My Bucket List

So recently everyone seems to be sharing with me what they have on their bucket list. I was having a chat with one of my fave people in the world (TJ) and I was telling her I just don’t have a bucket list, and it is really bad that there is nothing I am dying to do before I die (no pun intended).

I don’t want to jump out of a plane; I really may kick the bucket if I did that. I don’t want to run a marathon; I don’t see how that’s exciting. I don’t want to fly a plane; I am sure I will vom all over the cock pit. I’m just too much of a coward for all these over the top things. So I have spent the day thinking about a more me, down to earth, REALISTIC Bucket List.

1. So my biggest secret in the whole entire world, actually just my parents, my brothers, 1 of my cousins, the people my brothers have snitched to know this, and now YOU. But.... drumrolllllllllllll.... I never learnt to ride a bicycle. It’s the most ridiculous and single most embarrassing thing EVER. But I have an acute fear for failure, and both my brothers learnt to ride bicycles before me, and I just couldn’t cope with this, so I pretended that I knew how to ride one and I just wasn’t interested anymore because the challenging part was done with. THE TRUTH – I never learnt. I finally admitted this to Ads, himself and my dad tried to teach me last year but they both failed. Sooooooooo before I kick the bucket I would love to learn to ride a bike.
2. Three places I would really love to go to, but have never found a travelling buddy – Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Not very exotic, but as you may have picked up I am extremely fascinated by the human mind, I think it’s the most amazing part of the human anatomy – and I think that my mind will be totally blown away in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Brazil just seems like a beautiful place, with beautiful people, awesome food, and great music
3. I’d love to have dinner at the Archipelago restaurant in London. Really not all that out there, always wanted to go, but I never get round to it.
4. This one is not as realistic as the rest, but I would love to win a Nobel Prize for Literature for the tour de force book I have written in my head. I won’t be disappointed with an Orange Booker Award though
5. I’d love to have a 1 hour segment / interview about me on CNN ... Not yet decided what about, nothing controversial though. I’m a bit Camera shy, but will work on that
6. I’d like to work at a magazine or media house, doing some kind of writing or editorial work, getting to interview and meet great minds, and sharpen my mind.
7. Three women (of colour) I have stalked online and greatly admire I can’t even explain why, they are just amazing to me. Michele Obama, Khanyi Dholmo, and Ndidi Nwuneli. I would love to have lunch with them some day. Separately. I will explode if I had to condense the questions I have for all of them into one lunch.
8. Like I said before I am a bit of a coward so I won’t ever jump out of a plane but i’d like to deep dive or something, swim with dolphins etc. I think that’ll be pretty amazing
9. I’d like to learn some random languages.
10. I have a burning ache (for lack of a better word) for under privileged children, that have no hope for a better future, poor educations, kids that have been robbed of their childhoods because of circumstance(they can’t ride bicycles cause they don’t have any not because they were too scared to), ill kids in pain, I’d like to do something to better their situations and lot in life
11. I’d love to see the Egyptian pyramids. The mental work that would have gone into designing the pyramids really amazes me.
12. I also want to go to Pompeii, a bit random but I missed a school trip there once and always wanted to go at some point
13. I’d like to go on a hot air balloon ride thing overlooking a Safari in Kenya or something.
14. I don’t want to climb mount Everest, but I would like to be taken up in some kind of helicopter or whatever flies up that high, air lifted and dropped off so I can see the view from up there
15. I want to cross a long wooden bridge over a large drop, like you see in films (like in Thor, but with wood and string); I dream about this a lot actually. It’ll be a bit scary but the adrenalin rush will be awesome.
16. I want to go to L.A. Never been to the west coast before. Quite keen to go.
17. I want to have 2 kids. (A girl and A boy)
18. I’d love to genuinely laugh until I cry plenty more times than I already have
19. Just because I diss them so much I’d like to get a hair weave, even if its just for 10 minutes
20. I’d like to make my parents realllllly happy, by giving them something that they have always wanted (See number 17 mum – pick something else)

annnnnndddddd.... I'd like to share a massive secret with the world, that must be liberating!!!! I guess I can cross that one off now (see number 1)

I’m gonna stop there, that’s as much personal sharing as I care to do, the rest are far too hilarious and / or personal for blogs. But I will keep working on my bucket list over the next few days, months, years as TJ pointed out in our chat, it is very amusing / thought provoking.

What’s on your bucket list????????

Xoxo.