Often I think I am too fixated on the things that I have yet to do. For this reason I decided to write down the things I have been lucky enough to experience... You should give some of them a go too!

• Slid down a steep, grassy hill on a deconstructed box
• Crashed a house party
• Skiied with my friends (and an annoying instructor Karly)
• Caught a wave whilst surfing
• Been around to the other side of the world... And back again!
• Gone abroad to a city for only a day (Paris and Edinburgh)
• Touched a snake and let a tarantula run over my fingers
• Lived in the most beautiful country in the world (in my opinion), New Zealand
• Gone on a date with my female best friend
• Performed on stage in a theatre
• Pulled an all-nighter
• Kept a diary
• Had a water fight
• Told a secret to a trusted friend
• Been to a rock concert, pop concert
• Been abroad without my parents
• Been abroad to see a band I love
• Spent a whole day in my pyjamas
• Been on the beach on a warm, sunny, CHRISTMAS day
• Reunited with a long-lost best friend
• Been in a limousine
• Written a 100 Things To Do list
• Volunteered for a charity shop
• Climbed up a volcano
• Won stuff!
• Hosted a house party (my 17th in October, 2009)
• Got dressed up for a formal and went there with a date (see photo, it's me and my date Frank)
• Been to an out of control house party
• Hugged a tree
• Ate a full pizza for lunch and again for dinner in Italy
• Been front row at a concert
• Made a dress by using a pattern and sewing material
• Experienced a white Chrismas
• Got an article published in a local newspaper
• Been in Paris on Valentine's Day and been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
• Played 'Never Have I Ever' drunk and sober
• Been within the Arctic Circle (Svalbard, Norway)
• Kissed a member of the same sex
• Been to prom
• Had a picnic in the park with my friends
• Written a letter to myself in the future (to open on May 14th, 2013)