What is a Kettle List?
What is ‘Pollys Pad’ all about then? What is a ‘Kettle List’? If you want the long version, check out my post here. It even includes all of the tasks on the list.
If you want the TL;DR, it’s like a Bucket List but less depressing; instead of doing all the things before I die, I want to get them done before March 2027, when I turn … well older.
I am writing up every task, whether completed or not, and I will update them as I go.
And here is task #2
The 40 x 40 List
Before this blog was even thought of, I had a different list; a list of things to do before I hit 40. While I tried hard (ish) to complete it, there are still plenty of things to do, which is why finishing it off now appears on the Kettle List. (Bit meta I know, but it’s kind of how we roll around here)
So what was on the list? Well, the easiest – albeit longest – way to find out is to go look at the 60+ videos on my 40×40 playlist on my Pollyplaits Youtube channel. If you just haven’t got the requisite 10 hours, or indeed value your sanity, then I will give you a quick rundown.
Things that have been completed
The items with the * indicate that they have been completed since the list officially ended in 2017. My aim is to have everything transferred to this list eventually.
#1 Get a Tattoo
#2 Find 40 Geocaches
#3 Gain a Degree
#4 See a Music Concert
#5 See a Comedy show – no evidence except an awful photo of Tim Vine!
#6 Learn Japanese
#8 Make a Quilt
# 10 Save £3,000 for Trip
#12 Book Trip to Japan – Check out my ‘Japan Page‘
#13 Train, Boat, Plane – No video – must find some pictures though…
#14 Drive a Car*
#16 Make a Youtube video – Made a whole playlist!
#17 Spa Day
#18 Weekend in Europe
#19 Do a Charity Run
#24 Cook a 3-course meal
# 25 Hold a Spider – this happened once, unintentionally!
#26 Locked Room Escape Adventure
#27 Indoor Skydiving
#28 Give Away 2016 things
#30 Try a Zip-line
#31 Posh Afternoon Tea
# 34 40 Years of Movies (Part 1)(Part 2)
# 35 Eat Baked Beans
#36 Own a Pair of Jeans – As predicted, they have now become a wardrobe staple!
#37 Bake a Cake
#38 Dance to K-Pop in a nightclub – Korean night at Pop World!!!!
#39 Do an online family Tree.
#40 Sort out New Updated List
The ‘outstanding’ tasks
A number of these are currently being worked on
#7 Crochet a Top
#9 Lose a Stone ~ again!
#11 Visit every Ceremonial County – there are 48, I have now done about 14.
#15 Waist Deep in Sea
(Attempt one)(Attempt two)
#20 Day/Night out with Luke
#21 Complete Smashbook
#22 Sew a Dress
#23 Attend a “Big Conference”
#29 Whole Family to a Theme Park
# 32 365 Pictures – A work in progress- and then I forget to do it and have to start again
#33 Cycle To Bath
So as I complete the tasks, I will be writing them up and linking to the appropriate page. Long term, these will all be finished and I will have a comprehensive list of my 40th adventures – even if they do take a little longer than that to finish.
