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What are your totally achievable, and maybe a bit sad, ambitions in life...

51 replies

CrashDiet · 06/12/2019 16:36

I want to:

  • Learn to knit
  • Go to a live Eurovision final
  • Appear on BBC's Doctors

You....

OP posts:
OhTheRoses · 07/12/2019 16:52

Retire on two thirds of an occupational pension.
Attend my DC's weddings.
Become a grandma.
Have time to do what I want rather than what I need to do.

Ragwort · 07/12/2019 16:54

To understand how to use my iPhone Grin, sick of being told ‘it’s intuitive’ Hmm.

nocluewhattodoo · 07/12/2019 17:00

To own a dishwasher, but as that involves owning a house to put said dishwasher in its looking less achievable.

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JavaQ · 07/12/2019 17:08

Read the Pulitzer short list, or eat more fruit. I can't decide.

TheCanyon · 07/12/2019 17:10

Learn to crochet so I can actually do the dcs toy story crochet kits they got months ago Blush

To be a better student and pull my finger out and crack on instead of last minute as usual.

ShowerOfShite · 07/12/2019 17:14

Chop all my dyed hair off and let the grey grow through.

elmosducks · 07/12/2019 19:14

I want to travel the world as soo. As I retire. Visit India and the Antarctic, as a priority.

I also want to learn how to knit

AmIthechristmasfairy · 07/12/2019 20:00

To learn a second language
To find a job I like
To visit New York
To go on a date

LittleMissnotLittleMrs · 07/12/2019 20:09

To be good enough to appear on (and win) the Great British Sewing Bee
To get fit enough to run round a field (and then further?!)
Get fully better so I can get back to work without more than the odd day here and there off for a year at least

RoryGillmoresEvilTwin · 07/12/2019 20:11

To have a job I enjoy and pays more than NMW.

Sofast · 07/12/2019 20:13

Visit transylvania
Learn embroidery
Lose a stone

DCIRozHuntley · 07/12/2019 20:14

To have a job I enjoy
To cook a full roast dinner from scratch
See the Northern Lights
Go interrailing

RoryGillmoresEvilTwin · 07/12/2019 20:14

TheCanyon
To be a better student and pull my finger out and crack on instead of last minute as usual

That should've been mine but I'm not sure how achievable it really is...I've just about convinced myself that I work better under pressure...yeah ok! 😂

CinnabarRed · 07/12/2019 20:16

Meet someone nice and fall in love.

Ravenrob · 07/12/2019 20:16

I really want to learn to bake (beyond the basics).
Get a dog.

inthekitchensink · 07/12/2019 20:19

-Start running & keep it up
-Quit vaping (managed to quit the fags)
-Write a book, no matter how shit & for no one else to ever read, just for me

  • read James Joyce without giving up & picking up jolly cooper. Ditto many classics
  • Get back into horse riding
  • Drink a bottle of wine a month - no more
  • learn about our wildlife, nature to a good level
  • master my horrendous moods due to my hormone cycle, actually put some effort into what to expect & when
  • be more organised & less flakey, frazzled & last minute in everything I do
  • get my confidence back driving out of my comfort zone & go see friends
  • get some savings
Blush what a shitty list of stuff I should have accomplished decades ago
dementedma · 07/12/2019 20:21

Lose weight
Get control of my drinking
see the Northern Lights
get a tattoo
pay off my mortgage

Everycloud12 · 07/12/2019 20:22

Adopt two children.
Read books again (instead of watching Netflix and YouTube)
Grow my business.
Do a creative writing course.

freda123 · 07/12/2019 20:25

Evening all!
Good to be here Grin

freda123 · 07/12/2019 20:25

My only dream is to go to New York!
Literally that's it!!! One day.....

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 07/12/2019 20:30

To clear my mortgage.

That's about it. Hopefully within the next few years.

StillMedusa · 07/12/2019 20:30

To play Cavatina on my guitar
To drop work to 3 days a week
To grown my hair as long as it can even though I'm going grey and don't want to colour it (and for my Mum to stop mentioning that I'm too old for long hair!)

Afternooninthepark · 07/12/2019 20:35

To see the Northern Lights (my ultimate ambition)
Learn to play the ukulele
Learn meditation, mindfulness and the art of relaxation
To learn how to apply eyeshadow without looking like I’ve got a black eye!

DrivingMsCrazy · 07/12/2019 20:50

Declutter my house, organise paperwork properly and make sure DC memory box is up to date.
It's been on my to-do list for about a decade ...

fleamadonna · 07/12/2019 20:54

Fold and put away my laundry pile.

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