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25 Before 25: A Little Bucket List

posted on September 8, 2014

25 Before 25: A Little Bucket List

This is a strange bucket list in that it looks in large part like a to-do list. I don’t have a lot of resources to do normal bucket list things like go places, and I’m working on changing that. It’s also very short-term, as I turn 25 on November 8, but I didn’t want to let these things sit any longer than that. I’ve got some ideas for my next one already, too! Write an ebook, sign up for a gymnastics (or ballet) class. But for the next two months (to the day!), this is what I’ve got:

25 Before 25

 
Deadline: November 8, 2014

1. Shoot a wedding

2. Launch my new website

3. Redesign and recategorize my blog

4. Figure out the premise, sort out a team and do the first shoot in my fairytale series

5. Figure out the basics of my Oxford Time Travel Universe shoot series

6. Get a year-long lease on a room in NW3 or central London Make it stick

7. Pick up a new-this-year TV show

8. Catch up on design work

9. Get through my entire backlog of photos

10. Get my inbox down to zero

11. Read a book

12. Read a novel

13. Write out a weekly schedule

14. Write out a weekly blog schedule

15. Plan every day

16. Start getting up before 8 AM every day

17. Finish my CV

18. Clear my “read later” bookmark folder

18. Add media kit and calendar templates to my design shop

19. Add product photography listings to my design shop

20. Get my photography shop on Etsy back up to 100 listings

21. Make it to 1,000 followers on all social media accounts I’ve got 500+ on

22. Go to a fucking museum

23. Meet a fandom friend in person

24. Write a bit of fanfic

25. Take Sundays off

Notes:

When I say shoot a wedding, I mean it literally. I don’t have to be the main photographer at that wedding. Second (or third) shooting would be fine. I just want to shoot one. I’m very invested in getting into wedding photography professionally and I want to get the ball rolling as fast as I can.

I probably won’t be able to take all Sundays off, but I want to get to a point where I feel comfortable doing it, and not like I’m letting clients down. It ties in closely with #8. Setting Tuesdays aside for shooting is a big part of this and #13, too. I’m useless for laptop work on Tuesdays.

A new website (built by an e-commerce software company I won a giveaway from) means having a storefront other than Etsy, which is great because I’ll have control over it, won’t have to abide by guidelines set by people I don’t much like and I won’t get charged per listing, but a lot of clients find me through Etsy so I’m committed to making the most of that.

“Read a novel” is its own point separate from “read a book” because I’ve read bits of two books since I came to London, and there’s a good chance I’ll finish one of those first, and they’re both non-fiction. Which I like, and find easy to read, but I also really want to truly immerse myself in a story with joyful squealing and a happy ending, and that’s basically what YA (and some other stuff) does for me.

#4 and #5 are both editorial photographer goals, not modeling ones. I nearly added a couple of modeling things to this list (boudoir with a female photographer and cosplay) but one of the things I like about modeling is that I plan it, I do it, it’s done. I don’t want to burden myself with it.

#16 really needs to come with a “and go to sleep at a decent hour” addendum. I’m not sure what a decent hour is yet. Midnight?

I don’t have anyone in mind for the ‘meet a fandom friend’ bit. It may be someone I haven’t even met online yet. In my heart, a fandom friend includes my fandom friends’ fandom friends. These are people I chose and they are people whose judgment and priorities I trust. I don’t have any other circles, offline or on, quite like it.

This entire list is meant to kick my stress’s butt.

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16 Comments

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  • Kerri

    Sounds like a great list to me! Good luck!

    • Lix Hewett

      Thank you! I’ll need it.

  • Tracey

    Blimey that is quite some list. Good luck with it and many happen returns for later this month.

    • Lix Hewett

      Thank you so much!

  • Stephanie Merry

    That’s a quite a list. Good luck with ticking everything off! x

    • Lix Hewett

      Thank youuu! x

  • Sara Strauss

    Great list!! I know you can accomplish it all! Good luck!
    ~Sara

    • Lix Hewett

      Thank you for the encouragement!! I’m optimistic. :D

  • Elyse Silver

    Hey Lix, I really love your list because it’s so achievable. I get sick of seeing 30 before 30 posts with completely crazy to do’s, realistic to do’s are far better because you feel awesome once they’re achieved! Sending lots of good luck your way chicky. x

  • Erika

    Hahah I love #22. I need to get my butt out and experience some culture as well. I like this list! It’s realistic and do-able and short-term.

  • Jemma Andrew

    Such a great list! Good luck with making this all happen. :-)

    • Lix Hewett

      Thank you!

  • Felecia Efriann

    what a neat list, I need to make something like this for my 25th birthday in February, I have some time to plan it. I may be taking a few from your list and adding it to mine. For example 2, 3, 18 && 21 would probably end up on my list. Good Luck! :)

  • Lix Hewett

    Thank you!

  • steinhar

    Goodd luch with your list, you can do everything if you really vant it :)

  • German Girl in London

    Good luck! You actually inspire me to do something similar. I turn 24 next months and will probably not be able to manage 24 things before then BUT something for the future would be fantastic.

    http://www.germangirlinlondon.co.uk

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