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"You're not ready yet, come back in a year's time..."

I had anticipated my next blog post to be a short list of things that I wanted to do before I moved interstate early next year, however my plans have been pushed back due to factors beyond my control. When I received the news on Friday I did what any normal person would do: ugly cried on the train home, feeling sorry for myself while using a length of toilet paper I grabbed from the Central Station toilets as a makeshift tissue. A few days have passed and I'm now relatively okay with my new plan for the next 12 months - it's not what I wanted, but I'm going to make the most of it. So, here is my list of 52 things that I hope to do/make/learn/achieve in the next 360-something days.

1. Perfect making macarons

2. Climb Mt Tibrogargan and actually get to the top

3. Do a painting class

4. Get better at speaking French

5. See a show at Dracula's

6. Learn a song on guitar

7. Review more gigs/shows/films/musicals

8. Participate in the Gold Coast half-marathon

9. Do a cooking class

10. Whack the shit out of some golf balls at a driving range

11. Audition for Rock of Ages

12. Pay off my credit card

13. Actually try one of the recipes I have saved on Pinterest

14. Volunteer gift wrapping and delivering at Christmas

15. Watch a sunrise at the beach

16. Read a book, from beginning to end (in that order!)

17. Re-watch all of Seinfeld

18. Re-watch The X-Files

19. Slay some putt putt golf

20. Visit the Big Pineapple

21. Do an animal encounter at Australia Zoo

22. Visit Moreton Island

23. Host a fundraiser to raise money for charity

24. Go ice skating

25. Reconnect with an old friend

26. Host a dinner party

27. Try surfing

28. Go on an all-day hike

29. Find a field of sunflowers

30. Watch a movie at the drive-in cinema

31. Go bowling

32. Do a term of burlesque classes

33. Go kayaking

34. Hand-make most of my Christmas presents

35. Have a picnic at New Farm Park

36. Have a party for New Years

37. Learn how to watercolour properly

38. Beat Jack at chess

39. Learn how to change a tyre

40. Start participating in Parkrun

41. Do the XXXX factory tour

42. Ride a CityCycle bike around Brisbane

43. Go rollerskating

44. Drink sangria in the park

45. Learn how to contour

46. Write a poem

47. Visit the planetarium

48. Visit Byron Bay

49. Do a cemetery tour

50. Do a calligraphy class

51. Learn how to make gnocchi from scratch

52. Feel a sense of achievement, even if I don't check off everything on this list.

A special thankyou to my mum, Simoa, Dee, Larissa, Caitlin, Sally, Henry and Hannah for keeping me busy and cheering me up this long weekend. Your company meant more than you realise.

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