"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions." - Albert Einstein.
EDUCATION, LEARNING & EXPERIENCES
- Wander-und Naturführer training
- Travel with Workaway/Worldpackers.
- Volunteer at an animal sanctuary/shelter.
- Learn Spanish, again (-> at least the basics.)
- Learn Swedish and/or Norwegian, depending on where I want to live someday. (-> at least B1)
- Leave No Trace course
BUSINESS
- Creative workshops / retreats / courses
TRAVEL & ADVENTURES
- See wild alpacas in South America.
- Travel to the Great Rift Valley/Cradle of Humankind in Kenya, Tanzania and/or Ethiopia. Maybe feel some kind of belonging. Or maybe not.
- See a Capricornis crispus in the Japanese woodlands.
- Live in Japan for a while and get to know the Japanese and Shinto/Buddhist culture.
- Do a yoga/spiritual retreat.
- Go skinny dipping (yes, never done that).
- Spend some time at an ashram or buddhist temple.
- Celebrate Samhain in Edinburgh.
- Celebrate Beltane in Edinburgh.
- Sail around French Polynesia on a Fa'afaite.
- Live "on the road" for a while (in nature/a tent/a car).
- See the Southern Lights.
- Take a roadtrip with no planned destination.
- Travel around Lake Victoria.
- Try out & learn new things:
- Via Ferrata
- Trail running
- Kickboxing
- Ice skating (again)
- Roller skating (again)
- Sailing
- Surfing
- Archery
- Flying a drone
- Ziplining
- Rafting
- Burlesque
- Beekeeping
- Making ceramics
- Blacksmithing / make my own sword
- Silversmithing / goldsmithing
- Woodcarving
- Latte art
- Making candles
- Crocheting (again)
- Embroidery
- Geocaching
- Weaving
- Linocut printing
- Wood chopping
- Instruments to learn: kalimba, ukulele & handpan
- Roadtrip the Norwegian fjords.
- Go wildcamping in Scotland.
- Go wildcamping in Lofoten.
- Have a beach bonfire.
- Take purikura photos in Japan.
- See cherry blossoms in Japan.
- Climb a volcano.
- Etna / Stromboli / Vulcano
- Kawah Ijen
- See a volcanic eruption.
- Swim with whale sharks.
- Hike the West Highland Way.
- Hike the Kungsleden.
- Live in London for a few months.
- Live in NYC for a few months.
- Live in Scotland for a few months/years?
PHOTOGRAPHY GOALS
- rocket launch
- active volcano
- tornado
- brown bears in cotton grass
- polar bears
- arctic foxes
- wolves
- northern lights
- bonus: reindeer under the northern lights
- spirit bears
- bioluminescence / fireflies in japan
- flying foxes
THE WEIRD (?) SHIT
- Drive a tank
- Hunt a tornado
THE REST
- Make a prompt jar, put 500 poetry prompts in there and actually write those 500 poems.
- Write 100 haikus (71/100).
- Write a poem for every star constellation. (0/88)
- Watch all videos on my watch-later Youtube Playlist.
- Tidy out
- the attic.
- my clothes.
- art/crafting stuff.
- Have only 50 books on my to-be-read pile. (6.10.23: 61 books)
- Have only 25 books on my to-be-read pile.
- Start a YouTube channel.
- Be able to live my dream life, filled with health, love, friendship, family, freedom, travels, art, and happiness.
- Have dates with myself (7/50).
- Have 1000 read books on goodreads. (765/1000)
- Grow a herb garden.
- Try out past life regression hypnosis.
- Learn how to develop analogue photos.
- Have a Shiba Inu.
- Lose my fear of waves/jumping into water.
- Build a blanket fort with someone I love.
- Build/help building an earthship.
- Build/help building a tiny house with mostly recycled materials.
- Have a threesome.
- Be in a poly relationship.
- Have a friend squad.
- Go to a silent disco.
- Have 750 dreams written down in my dream diary (630/750).
- Try out 100 new vegan recipes from my never ending Pinterest board. (50/100)
- Own a Hasselblad.
- Own a Leica.
- Vipassana meditation retreat
life goals.
- Travel for the rest of my life, see the world and turn my experiences into art.
- Find a home.
- Get married. Elope. Have a moody autumn wedding.
- Have my dream job (photographer/writer/artist/freedompreneur).
- Own a house and garden in Scandinavia.
- Adopt/save animals.
ALREADY EXPERIENCED! ♥
- Become vegan. ✔
- Have 500 read books on Goodreads. ✔
- Write 100 poems/micropoetry. ✔
- Travel to Vienna. ✔
- Visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial. ✔
- Fix Dad's old typewriter. ✔
- Have 5000 followers on Pinterest. ✔
- Send out more postcards via Postcrossing. ✔
- See a musical at the London West End. ✔
- Watch Studio Ghibli movies. (10/10) ✔
- Borrow more books instead of buying them. ✔
- Visit 20 new restaurants. (20/20) ✔
- Go hiking again, more often. ✔
- Sell my big camera and get a new one. ✔
- Sort out and sell my clothes. ✔
- Have 100 new dreams written down in my dream journal. (100/100) ✔
- Find real crystals in nature. ✔
- Go to the top of the Eiffel tower. ✔
- Sleep in the desert, under the stars. ✔
- Ride a camel. ✔
- Go to the top of Table Mountain. ✔
- Take a stupid photo at the Cape of Good Hope sign. ✔
- Drink mint tea in Morocco. ✔
- See the Big Five @ Kruger National Park. ✔
- Travel the Garden Route. ✔
- Fall in love again. ✔
- Apologize to H. ✔
- Have 500 dreams written down in my dream diary (500/500). ✔
- Lucid dream. Again. More often. ✔
- Try out 50 vegan recipes from my never ending Pinterest board. (50/50) ✔
- Grow a veggie garden. ✔
- Try to build a raised bed. AGAIN. ✔
- Get rid of 100 things; books, clothes etc. (100/100) ✔
- Have a best friend.✔
- Have 750 read books on goodreads. (750/750) ✔
- Start dancing again. ✔
- See the Northern Lights. ✔