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This year on my 29th birthday, a friend suggested I write a list of ten things I wanted to achieve before I turned 30. She was aware of my fear of getting older and probably thought the list would help me focus on something and take my mind off turning the dreaded three zero.

I’d always hated birthdays, and the older I became the worse they got. My last two had been spent locked in my bedroom sobbing into my pillow and clutching photos of past girlfriends.

After some thought on the matter I accepted the challenge and began to compile a list of ten things I thought I should achieve by my thirtieth birthday. I soon discovered ten things was actually quite a lot to come up with so my list of ten turned into a measly list of five ...