My Ridiculist - Started November 2018

My Ridiculist - Started November 2018

With my 50th birthday looming on the horizon, I am putting together a Ridiculist, of crazy things I would LOVE to accomplish. They may not make sense to a lot of folk, but I'm getting to an age where I have finally learned to accept my crazy and embrace it. I may or may not accomplish all the items I add to this list, but I'm going to dream BIG and believe that ANYTHING is possible.

1.     Helicopter landing on Mendenhall Glacier  COMPLETED
2.     Visit all 50 States
3.     Do everything with my left hand for the day. COMPLETED
4.     Get tickets to the Ellen Show SEVEN ATTEMPTS SO FAR
5.     Attend Mardi Gras COMPLETED
6.     Learn Archery
7.     Smash up a Rage Room. COMPLETED
8.     Have dinner in one of those pitch black restaurants. COMPLETED
9.     Get 50 hugs from 50 strangers in 50 minutes COMPLETED
10.   Hike Glaciers  COMPLETED
11.   Visit the Arctic Circle
12.   Visit Gaspard Ulliel's grave with my BFF Amanda
13.   Have a theme song  COMPLETED
14.   Release a Floating Lantern.
15.   Perform 50 Acts of Kindness. COMPLETED
16.   Go to Comicon in costume  COMPLETED
17.   Hang out with Reindeer COMPLETED 
18.   Go to the Van Gogh Experience COMPLETED
19.   Visit Mount Rushmore
20.   Own a Kayak. COMPLETED
21.   Be punctual for a year
22.   Take a photo everyday of my 50th year. COMPLETED
23.   Go dog mushing  COMPLETED
24.   Get retweeted by a celebrity. COMPLETED
25.   Throw a drink in someones face in a public place
26.   Complete a 30 day challenge each month for 1 year
27.   Finish a whole chapstick. STARTED JAN 1ST 2019 - COMPLETED DEC 2021
28.   Get my mum to FaceTime. COMPLETED
29.   Make 50 decisions with a coin toss
30.   Get a Publishing Deal for the book I co-wrote
31.   Own a Kate Spade purse. COMPLETED
32.   Complete a Disney half marathon
33.   Visit the Arctic Circle
34.   Spend a day with giraffes (I Love them) COMPLETED
35.   Be a blonde for the day. COMPLETED
36.   Become a U.S. Citizen  COMPLETED
37.   Swim in natural hot springs
38.   Film a travel show with friends
39.   Become Mayor of Hell (Michigan) COMPLETED
40.   Fill my freezer with Salmon I've caught
41.   Go to a Seahawks home game
42.   Hike through Ice Caves COMPLETED
43.   Learn Archery
44.   Spend a night in an igloo
45.   Spend the night at Graceland COMPLETED
46.   Hike to the top of Pyramid peak. Elevation 3089
48.   Visit the Seven Magic mountains in Nevada COMPLETED
49.   Stay at the Wynn in Vegas
50.   Visit Civil Rights Movement sights COMPLETED

Goal #13

Have a theme song for the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE

The thought of turning 50 has had me filled with a sense of dread. Time feels like it speeds up during this stage of life and suddenly I feel extremely aware of my fragile mortality, and have a sense of nostalgia for days gone by.
I'm no longer the girl who can turn heads, but rather, I've become invisible and forgettable.
All it takes is a good nights sleep to give me a sore neck in the morning and the menopause has me in a choke hold with her gnarly fingers digging into me.
With my best years behind me, it's easy to feel a little sorry for myself. Which is another good reason to have a ridiculist. After all, if I'm as invisible as I have come to believe, no-one will notice  as I hot flash my way through each goal.
It's my life, by Bon Jovi (the best band ever) is the perfect theme song for this year, and every year. I'm gonna own turning 50, because I've worked hard to get here.
It's time to pull up my big girl panties, (and they ARE big these days) slip on my bifocals and get to enjoying a stage in life that so many are denied.