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In the immortal words of Nessa from Gavin and Stacey, I’m not gonna lie, I’m having a crisis.

I’m going to be a BIG birthday number in November, and while I know age ain’t nothing but a number, I am officially freakin’ out x 1000.

When I was a teen girl, I thought life would be pretty much sorted by the time I was the BIG number. Now, I know that I’ve done some pretty kick-ass things in my time - I’ve written and I’m writing books - a life long dream, I’ve written for my fave mag of all time - J17, I’m an agony aunt and I always wanted to be an agony aunt since I first read Anita Naik’s page in J17, I’ve interviewed many of my hero-types, I’ve worked in TV, I’ve hung out with all my favourite boybands, I’ve visited some amazing places, I’ve overcome fears, I’ve had my heart broken and fallen in love all over again, I’ve met incredible life-changing people - but right now, I’m going crazy ’bout all the things I haven’t done and think I should have done.

So, I’ve turned to list making.

List making soothes me. It makes me feel better. It puts me back in the driving seat of my life. It also reminds me to dream BIG because I know list making help makes my dreams come true…

Which is why I’ve started a Life List - here’s what I’ve come up with s’far…

1. Go to India - I’m obsessed with the colours, the contradictions, bollywood, the book Eat, Pray, Love and it’s a country and a culture that excites and enthuses me…
2. Study astrology
3. Get inked by Kat Von D
4. Do a parachute jump
5. Scuba dive in New Zealand
6. Become a Salsa dancer - UPDATE: I joined Salsa lessons Oct 08 - am shockingly bad, but love it!
7. Live in San Francisico
8. Write and publish a chick lit book for girls like me…
9. Learn how to sing and perform on stage - not necessarily anything big, but it would be the coolest thing ever…
10. Visit Japan and learn Japanese
11. Learn Buddhist meditation
12. Dance on a beach at night
13. Sleep under the stars in the arms of a cute boy
14. Visit Cuba and dance to cuban music to the early hours
15. Belly dance
16. Edit a magazine - I edit online websites, but I’d love to edit my very own kick-ass magazine - it will be inspired by Sassy, J17, Ellegirl and NyLon - it will be awesome!
17. Meet Francesca Lia Block, Hilary Carlip and Rachel Cohn
18. Hang out in LA
19. Read all the books I actually own
20. Become a living, breathing goddess girl
21. Run a super-cool Think Pink summer camp for girls - I’m still working on it, it’s a huge big dream and it’ll be amazing!
22.Write books/ websites/resources that help girls and women to dig themselves
23. To be published in the USA and Japan
24. Go see Cyndi Lauper and Madonna in concert - UPDATE: saw Cyndi in Oct 08 - woop, woop!

25. Make new friends wherever I go
26. Go to Greece
27. Work on a cruise ship
28. Go to Turkey
I shall keep adding to it and ticking off as I go so keep checking back! What’s on your life list? Care to share?