♥ davinia hamilton
  • Bucket List

Career & Education
Write a book
Get it published
Do a Masters course
Get a Ph.D.
Find employment as a freelance travel writer
Become fluent in French
Learn Japanese
Open an Etsy shop
Start a profitable business
Learn to use Photoshop properly
Be somebody’s mentor
Open a bookshop
Open a restaurant/cafe
Be location-independent
Start an interior design company

Travel
Live in Dublin
Live in London
Live in New York
Visit Thailand
Visit Vietnam
Visit Japan
Visit Australia
Visit Cuba
Visit Japan
Visit Hawaii
Take a drive along Route 66
Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
Take an Alaskan cruise
Go on an African safari
Celebrate St Paddy’s Day in Dublin
See the Northern Lights

Food
Host a formal dinner
Eat raw for a week
Try oysters
Eat at the Fat Duck
Bake my own bread
Cook Christmas lunch for my family
Learn wine appreciation
Learn how to prepare sushi
Make my own jam
Have a windowsill herb garden
Try Beluga caviar
Make my own olive oil

Blogging
Guest blog on another blog
Get a post published on Blogher
Speak at an International Blogger Convention
Reach 1,000 hits a day on daviniahamilton.com
Reach 5,000 hits a day on daviniahamilton.com
Earn a small salary from my blog
Start a food critic blog

Theatre & Acting
Be in a film (and not just as an extra either)
Perform on a West End stage
Lead a Shakespeare workshop
Attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Play Lady Macbeth
Watch a Cirque du Soleil show

Music
Land a record deal
Record an album
Perform in front of more than 10,000 people
Attend a music festival
Watch Beirut live
Watch Regina Spektor live
Watch Rufus Wainwright live
Watch Kings of Leon live
Watch Fleet Foxes live
Perform as a street musician
Learn to play the hang
Learn to play the guitar properly
Learn how to play Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu on piano
Buy a Bosendorfer piano
Record a song with Tori Amos (I know, right?)

Adventure
Learn basic survival skills
Catch a fish, cook it and eat it
Try SCUBA diving
Ride all the rollercoasters in the UK

Physical Activity
Practise Yoga regularly
Meditate at least 15 minutes every day
Achieve my ideal weight

Other
Have a chat with Derren Brown
Have a chat with Stephen Fry
Participate in a flash mob
Attend a zombie walk
Build a snowman
Find my doppelganger
Learn how to play poker
Learn to sew my own clothes
Get another tattoo
Become a mother
Learn a really cool magic trick
Quit smoking
Foster a dog
Learn first aid
Paint a wall
Buy a fixer-upper, make it really beautiful, sell for a profit