40 Things To Do Before I'm 40: What A Feeling!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

What A Feeling!

This lonely Saturday night, I've been watching Flashdance, a classic 80's film, if ever there was one. Alex Owens is a welder by day, dancer by night, a bit like Hannah Montana, but not quite. The more I watch this, the more I think I'm like Alex. No, I've not suddenly taken up welding, or in fact dancing, but Alex has a burning desire to fulfill a dream and although her confidence in her ability holds her up in parts, she manages to overcome her self doubt and push herself to go for her dreams. So the next time that I'm struggling to find time to write because I feel what I'm writing is a pile of poo, I'll think about Alex and what she achieved and when it's time to meet agents/publishers, inside I'll be doing the 'Flashdance' minus the leotard and leg warmers of course.

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The List

1) Learn a foreign language - in progress
2) Watch a foreign film - completed
3) Go skinny dipping
4) Snog Take That
5) Write a novel and get published - in progress
6) Go in a hot air balloon - completed
7) Work in Africa
8) Go to an international football match in the new Wembley - completed
9) Visit all 50 states of America - in progress (4/50)
10) Get my own column in a newspaper/magazine
11) Win a BAFTA
12) Do a sponsored hike/bike ride for charity - completed
13) Read all of the BBC Top 100 reads - completed
14) Go to Wimbledon - completed
15) Rescue an animal from captivity - in progress
16) Be a Mum
17) Go to a Paul Smith fashion show
18) Watch the Lord Of The Rings trilogy - completed
19) Go surfing - completed
20) Go to the ballet - completed
21) See a Shakespearean play at the RSC in Stratford - completed
22) Drive a Ferrari - completed
23) Have tea at the Ritz in London - completed
24) Create a short film to go onto You Tube - completed
25) Learn to do the tango - completed
26) Meet Mr T
27) Own a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes - completed
28) Be in Times Square, NY at midnight on New Years Eve - completed
29) Write a script/story for Dr Who - completed
30) Ride on a Harley Davidson to Ayres Rock
31) Go to an ice hockey match - completed
32) Go to a baseball match - completed
33) Watch a Nottingham Forest match from an executive box - completed
34) Learn to play chess - completed
35) Fly a trapeze - completed
36) See Rick Springfield in concert
37) Fly over the Grand Canyon - completed
38) Watch all of the James Dean films - completed
39) Cook with a celebrity chef
40) Go to the Grand Prix