To-do list

Silly and quick

• Make a boring cosplay (Japanese Halloween style)
• Invent my own dance move
• Make a recorder out of a carrot
• Learn to juggle
• Master an impression
• Twirl a pen
• Learn to Moonwalk
• Tie a tie
• Tear an apple in half with my hands
• Learn to whistle with my fingers
• Ring a random number and ask something stupid (thanks stranger on the train!)
• Make a sculpture out of matchsticks
• Learn to beatbox
• Make a balloon animal
• Make shadow puppets
• Master a magic trick
• Paint a picture with my toes (thanks Melissa!)
• Write a joke
• See how many marshmallows I can fit in my mouth (thanks Amy!)
• Die my hair a crazy colour (thanks Amy!)
• Wear a totally different colour lipstick for the day (thanks Heather!)
• Learn how to recite the alphabet backwards (thanks James!)
• Learn how to use nunchucks
• Learn to pratfall

Crafts

• Paint a picture
• Make some jewellery
• Make clothes
• Make a cushion cover
• Make soap
• Make a paper flower
• Make sock puppets
• Make a sunglasses case
• Make a sugar flower
• Crochet a hat
• Knit a bookmark
• Make my own natural cleaner
• Paint a wall (Home office 2022)
• Make a pot
• Make a lotion bar
• Make a DIY body scrub (thanks Gergana!)
• Make a DIY face mask
• Make a self-portrait
• Make a towel animal (thanks Rachel!)
• Make a candle
• Play the kazoo (thanks Jess!)
• Play the ukulele (thanks Jess!)
• Make a bag
• Make my own lip balm (thanks Vikki!)
• Do some cross-stitch
• Make birthday Christmas cards
• Make a lampshade
• Do some calligraphy
• Make some furniture
• Make a beeswax wrap (thanks Vikki!)
• Make a patchwork blanket for homeless and/or dog shelters (thanks Aunty Helen!)
• Make my own deodorant (thanks Mum!)
• Try quilling
• Make temporary tattoos (thanks James!)
• Make some folded book art (thanks Mum!)
• Learn how to blow glass

Sports and exercise

• Climb something (a wall, a cliff, tree, etc.)
• Do a handstand
• Do a dance class
• Do a Bollywood dance class
• Do a martial arts class
• Do a Tai Chi class
• Do a Pilates class – did this on day 88 without realising it was a new thing
• Do a Qi Gong class
• Go trampolining
• See American football
• Watch ice hockey
• Do a Yin Yoga class
• Go to a women’s football match
• Watch a rugby match
• Try aerial yoga (thanks Gergana!)
• Do yoga in the park
• See a live swimming event
• See a live tennis match
• Go slacklining
• Watch a wrestling match – saw sumo in Japan 2023
• Try laughter yoga
• Try facial yoga
• Learn to tap dance
• Stand-up paddle boarding (thanks Gergana!)

Travel

• Swim in the Pacific – paddled in the Pacific Japan 2023
• Visit Munich
• Visit the Alps
• Visit Another Fine Fest
• Visit a rainforest
• Visit somewhere new without planning it (get on the next train/bus etc. without knowing the destination in advance)
• Stay in a castle

Food and drink

• Make my own tea blend
• Eat okonomiyaki
• Go wine tasting
• Decorate a cake, nicely
• Try mead (thanks Rachel!)
• Make my own alcohol infusion
• Try Sake – thanks Akiko!
• Drink coffee
• Make sourdough
• Design my own cocktail
• Discover my signature dish
• Make fondant cake decorations (thanks Vikki!)
• Eat tripe (thanks Hazel, I think!)
• Make hot cross buns (thanks Vikki!)
• Make meringues
• Make a Caipirinha (thanks Margarate!)
• Make a plated dessert (thanks Gergana!)
• Try brains and tongue (thanks Gergana!)
• Make dog treats (thanks Gergana!)
• Make a souffle
• Make cinnamon rolls
• Eat an insect burger pasta
• Pull a pint

Local

• Visit a part of the city I’ve not been to before
• Visit a free museum on SaTOURday
• Hike in Taunus
• Try a new cocktail bar
• Successfully go Geocaching
• Grill in the park
• Pick wild garlic in the forest
• Go bird watching
• Pick strawberries at a farm
• Watch a film in German at the cinema – saw The French Dispatch 2021
• Use an e-scooter
• See a local band
• Go to a slam poetry night

Big asks

• Go skydiving
• Be in a TV show audience
• Be an awards-show seat filler
• Be an extra in TV or film
• Do a pull-up (thanks Gergana!)
• Do a push-up
• Drive a car
• Go hang gliding
• Teach a class
• Be in two countries at once

Life

• Have a 24hr digital detox
• Spend the first ten minutes of the day outside
• Pick up rubbish that’s not mine
• Join a protest
• Make a speech
• Make a profit on the stock market (thanks James!)
• Learn how to pick a lock (thanks James!)
• Learn some survival skills
• Hang a picture
• Start/join a book club
• Start/join a film club
• Watch a sunrise and sunset on the same day
• Send flowers to someone
• Fix something around the house
• Officially become a lady
• Order room service
• Invent something
• Try a new board game
• Make a will
• Sell something on Ebay
• Take a vow of silence for the day (thanks for the inspiration Mayfaring!)
• Hug a tree (thanks Amy!)
• Say yes to everything all day
• Say no to everything all day
• Leave somebody a really big tip
• Make some public art (thanks Gergana!)
• Sell something I’ve made (thanks Gergana!)
• Speed typing
• Plant a tree

Fun with others

• Go to a murder mystery weekend
• Have a Ready, Steady, Cook! night
• Host a dinner party with a theme
• Go axe-throwing
• Sing at karaoke
• Fire a bow
• Do some science experiments (thanks Gergana!)
• Photo shoot with rats (thanks Vikki!)
• Organise a surprise party (thanks Gergana!)
• Play laser tag
• Give someone a haircut
• Go to the ballet
• Go ice skating on real ice
• Stay out all night – Karaoke in Tokyo 2023
• Ask somebody I don’t know if I can take their picture
• Set off a firework
• Let someone else order for me in a restaurant
• Teach a dog a new trick (thanks Gergana!)
• Try Schwarzlicht mini golf
• Try hypnotism (thanks Amy!)

Solo

• Make a how-to video for YouTube
• Solve a Rubik’s cube
• Understand chess
• Listen to a podcast
• Plant a seed
• Listen to an audiobook (thanks James!)
• Write a short story (thanks Amy!)
• Learn how to write one word in Chinese (thanks Vikki!)
• Learn 10 new phrases in a new language (thanks Vikki!)
• Look up my family tree
• Write a haiku
• Learn Braille alphabet (thanks for the inspiration Mayfaring!)
• Write letter to somebody famous/somebody I admire (thanks Amy!)
• Learn to count to ten in Japanese (thanks Heather!)
• Write a letter in German to my nephew (thanks Heather!)

Fun others

• Learn how to play bridge
• Do a comedy workshop
• Make a VR game
• Learn to spin plates
• Try a salt cave (thanks Gergana!)
• Try an ice bar
• Attend a new religious service
• Tend a miniature garden and/or bonsai tree
• Play the drums
• Record a podcast (thanks James!)
• Contact somebody with the same name as me (thanks James!)
• Bang a gong
• Milk a cow
• Learn to skim stones
• Send a message in a bottle (thanks for the inspiration Mayfaring!)

Thought of something not on the list? Please get in touch! I need enough ideas to get me through the whole year, big, small, or anything in between.