Well — I’m at it again, time for another birthday bucket list. For me, these annual bucket lists are a testament to the old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” I’ve made two previous lists and unfortunately only made little dents in them. This year, sitting in the gardens outside Les Jardins du Luxembourg in France I wrote my third annual bucket list.

25 is my year ladies and gentlemen. I will succeed! I think the key to this birthday bucket list is I actually wrote it around my birthday… not 6 months into the year!

Without further ado, here are 25 things I want to accomplish before I turn 26!

1. Make and follow a monthly budget
2. Live in France for a month – Done!
3. Hang a gallery wall
4. Read 12 books
5. Sketch once a week, even if it sucks
6. Make homemade bread
7. Paint a painting – Done!
8. Vote for the first time in the Federal Election – Done!
9. Design 3 wedding suites
10. Float down the Pembina River
11. Start a seasonal capsule wardrobe
12. Try 3 new foods
13. Plant a vegetable garden
14. Pay off all my credit cards
15. Create a Paris travel book
16. Finish decorating + organizing my bedroom/office
    • I’ve tackled my Closet
17. Try three new cookie recipes
18. Tile the kitchen backsplash – Done
19. Document each week in Project Life
20. Try 6 new dinner recipes
    1. homemade enchiladas
    2. spicy beef satay pho
21. Finish a crocheted blanket
22. Attend a letterpress workshop
23. Finally learn a song on the piano
24. Try 5 new restaurants
    1. the cheesecake cafe
    2. MEAT
    3. Thang Long Vietnemese Cuisine
    4. JOEY South Common
25. To be determined…