My Bucket List

I think that bucket lists are a great way to ensure that you do all the things you want to do in your life. They make sure that you set goals for yourself and that you know exactly what you want to do before you die.I have made myself a bucket list, part of which I hope to fulfill this year (my gap year) so here it is:

• Go to the Eiffel tower

• Create my own film (Direct or write)

• Go to the Oscars some way or another(or the BAFTAs)

• Publish a poem

• Write a book (and hopefully publish it)
• Save a life
• Eat escargot (I have a huge fear of snails)

• Spend one week travelling in a camper van

• Learn a European language (not English)
• Visit the Hollywood walk of fame
• Get a university degree (in anything)
• Get 500 people to read (and hopefully) enjoy Frankenstein

This is just a few of the many things that I want to do and achieve and I think that with hard work (mostly for the money to do these things) I will be able to do most of them and a lot more. 

And here are some random pictures that will inspire you to do things :)

That's all, bye! :)

Winding Roads and Highways

I often sit and wish that life was just an open road, not a highway, but one of those slow, winding roads that head to the middle of nowhere. You see, a highway, would be too noisy and there would be to many people heading in the same direction, or in the opposite direction. Highways are just straight roads with relatively few turns and it seems as if no one acknowledges anything while they’re on the highway except time.

I feel that winding roads are more timeless, especially if you are driving up and or down a mountain. You can never be sure what’s around the next curve and more often than not, it is a view that exceeds the one you left behind.

What I’m getting at is that we all need to take that little break once in a while, where we take the longer route. We should not think about the fact that the highway will get us there faster, but we should rather focus on the fact that we are getting there at all and the winding road is a far more pleasant way to get there.

A road that leads into the Franschhoek Valley in the Western Cape, South Africa

That's all, bye! :)

Gap Year Blogging

Seeing as I have decided to take a gap year, I think it is only fitting that I document the happenings (is that a word?) of my year on the Internet for random strangers to hopefully come across and see. This is not going to be a glamorous year of traveling and holidaying (it's a word) but it will be a year of hard work and amazing experiences (hopefully)

Most of my year is not planned except that I will be doing an internship in South Africa (my native country) for two months and then I will be flying off to the land of tea and crumpets (England). I plan to do a million-and-one workshops and courses so that I can make the most of this year and add to my extremely empty resume. 

Gap years aren't particularly common in South Africa (at least I don't think so), but they are becoming more and more usual so at least I won't be alone on this daunting yet extremely exciting journey. 

Anyways, this blog will just be a space for me to share my thoughts and experiences and, yeah. 

That's all, bye! :)