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Feck it List.com

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“Just start” Those words have annoyingly been spinning around in my head for the last couple of weeks – so here it is, the blog has begun! Thank you for taking a few minutes to read it and I’m afraid you’re not going to get off that lightly, hopefully you will get involved too.

This is the start of my ‘Feck it List’.

And this is why I’m doing it:

A year ago I started running and during what unexpectedly became a very tricky year, running has kept me sane. I run when I need to clear my head, I run when I need space and I run when I need to remember that the chaos doesn’t last forever and before I get too preachy/or turn into a hallmark card, it was that or a bottle of wine a night!

A year to the day after my husband left (that was the tricky part) I ran my first proper 10km race and did it in just over 55 min, something which I never would have imagined doing before the chaos, every cloud eh! I felt great after it, the support of family and friends was just amazing and I managed to raise some funds for One Family http://www.onefamily.ie a great charity who support single parent families. I’d have to say, it has been life changing for me and now running is something I will just always do.

Roll on a couple of weeks later, my amazing sister-in-law asked if I’d do a tandem sky dive with her to help raise funds for Tinylife (don’t worry, chasing you for more sponsorship is not where you have to get involved but feel free :o)) and obviously still high on adrenaline, my immediate response was ‘feck it, why not? So she got me signed up before I had a second to actually think it through.

And that’s where the idea started – I never ran before and ended up loving it, I’ve never tandem sky dived before, what if I end up loving it? Doubtful, I know. But what if over the next year I said “feck it, why not” to every challenge that I’m asked to do?

Well, simple really…I know my friends too well and riding a unicycle naked around Stephens Green is not my idea of fun.

So with your help (yep, this is where you come in) I’m going to compile a list of 40 challenges, tasks, missions and adventures and complete them over the next year when I’ll be turning 40. All your suggestions are greatly welcomed and all will be considered.

I’m looking for things that will challenge me and also some that will involve my gorgeous boy, Rory as I’m also just finding my feet becoming a single Mum to a brilliant, kind, dinosaur crazy boy whose favourite word is poopypants! Things that we can do together and things that I might not have considered doing on my own and if there’s anything that you’ve wanted to do and have been looking for somebody to do it with, now is your chance!

So to start – please leave a comment or email all ideas you have to me at feckitlist@gmail.com and come back to see how it’s going.

Thanks for reading,

Becs x

43 thoughts on “Feck it List.com”

    1. What if I promise to leave the tent door open? Like properly open, not just a teeny corner at the bottom where we could stick our noses out 😊
      And thanks a mil for your input!
      Camping out over night definitely going on the shortlist!

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  3. Mud run?

    Ooh, getting Lynds to do a sponsored silence with you? 👹 I’m sure that would raise a lot of money… (..as well as eyebrows and laughs!)

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      2. Not a chance! I might not manage to complete every task but I’ve got to give myself a fighting chance so not sure a sponsored silence with Lyns will make the list!

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  4. You never cease to me amaze me. Genuinely. First came the blog..then came the book..then came the film… I’m going to have a really good think about things to do…. (build a kitchen table…? Or maybe wait a few months first….) 🙂 Love you clever girlie xxx

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  6. You are inspirational Becs! How about photographing all the challenges and writing a book about them! Sure many a person has gone through and still going through sh…. and would benefit from your experiences and judging from your blog you have a way with words xx

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    1. Thanks Billie, you’re very kind. I’m going to write about each challenge/adventure as I (hopefully!!!) complete them and post them all here. So hopefully something for you to come back be read about. Feel free to make suggestions 😊 x

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  10. I have a few but the first has to be done on Saturday… Jump in the car and come to Burrow Park Rosslare .live it up in a mobile home for a few days? It’s not a crazy one, but we will have loads of fun on a little summer holiday. X

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  12. This is amazing I would say you both come to canada and see us my eldest son cayden also has a love for dinosaurs. I can’t show you them but I can show you whales.

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      2. I know it’s a massive country, but if you made it over to canada I could take you to the worlds largest dinosaur in Drumheller, Alberta 😉 there’s a massive dinosaur museum there too and we’ve got lots of room for visitors!

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    1. Oh jesus, brilliant! Quite terrifying though considering that like most little boys he mostly prefers being naked! But I think he’d get a real kick out of this

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  15. I LOVE this and (when I conjure up something amazing, will contribute to the feck it list) but for now I just feel an overpowering urge to tell you what an amazingly inspiring, supportive, kind, wonderful, driven and STRONG woman you are…. Love you X

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  17. Here’s a couple of suggestions, for a start, Becs:
    1. Open-top canoe trip down the River Barrow from Athy to St. Mullins. There’d be at least one overnight camping. This would work for you both
    2. Get cycling, and sign up for a sportif event. The most local event is the Leinster Loop. It’s outstandingly well run. Start/Finish at St. Laurence’s GAA, Narraghmore. Sunday Aug 16th, this year. 50k/90k/130k routes, plus 12k/25k family routes the evening before.

    I’ll think of more, but that’s it for now. 🙂

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  18. Great idea! Well done and good luck! how about some moonlike kayaking in lough Ine when the phosphorescence is at its height? Magical stuff!

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  20. I have two possible challenges for you Becs— an outdoor one and an indoor sitting down one (probably the tougher!).
    Learn to sail (I will supply the boat).
    Read Ulysses ( I will supply the book) and no skipping the tricky bits!

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  22. You are awesome. Anyone who can turn disaster into success (and an hilarious blog) gets a big arthritic thumbs up from me. You have earned the #thisgirlcan tag, use it, you rock xxx

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