by Francesca Dent

Created on: June 13, 2008

When I saw this article on the website I thought "oh that shouldn't be too hard, just a nice easy article to write" but now I have started, I don't know what to include and what to leave out.

1. I want to do more travelling.
I have been to a number of countries and I really enjoy travelling, I love going off the beaten track and finding quaint little villages and seeing how people of other cultures live. I want to go to Peru, Brazil, Japan, Australia, America, Finland. the list goes on

2. I want to help people
I want to do something special although I haven't decided what yet, do some volunteer work, and make a positive difference in someone's life.

3. Get a degree or maybe two.
I am currently one year away from going to university, at the minute, I plan to do a psychology degree and then go on to do a Journalism degree, my mind is set on the journalism degree but I may change my mind on the psychology one though.

4. Get married
I realise that this is a bit clichd but I have always wanted to get married since I was a little girl.

5. Have children
I want to raise them to be good, hard working humans with respect for their surroundings. I want to make the best life that I can for them and give them all the best opportunities, I want them to achieve more than I achieve and strive to be better than me just like I have always been told by my parents.

6. Keep all the promises I make and go through with them.
I hate putting things off (that doesn't stop me doing it) I would like to think that I am good at keeping promises, and not breaking them.

7. Achieve my career aspirations
Since I was 8, I have wanted to be a Journalist, other jobs have interested me but I always returned to the want of being a reporter, seeing my name in the papers writing the news.

8. Have a photography exhibition
I have recently fallen in love with the art of photography, I would love for people to see my work and be inspired by what I have done.

9. Buy a second home.
Somewhere nice and hot, where I can get away from everything in my life whenever I feel the need to. For some reason I have always wanted to live in move to the south of France.

10. Watch as many sunsets as I can
My favourite thing to do is watch sun sets; they give me a sense of living

After writing this, I feel that perhaps we shouldn't make lists of things to do, we should live for the moment and grab each new experience as it comes along, don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself just enjoy life, you only get one shot at it.

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