My Top 200 achievements

I definitely think this could be the most challenging blog topic to date. There are certainly achievements, disappointments & life changing moments which we all remember however having to list 200 achievements over my 24 years of living is quite the challenge but lets give it a bash. I think this list will be an ongoing working progress. Lets get it started...

1. Surving 9 months enclosed in my mothers womb
2. Making it through my 1st week of being outside the womb, I was so used to being by myself in the dark
3. I suppose the fact that when you are a baby you get passed from one aunty to the next, I think the fact that my neck stayed in tact and I did not cry too much is an achievement.
4. Learning how to crawl, well I suppose it was not the traditional crawl on all fours but rather an activity which involved me sitting up and dragging myself.
5. My 1st step, yes I'm sure it was extremely wobbly, like unset jelly (same effect)
6. Learning to count to more than 10
7. Learning the alphabet
8. Learning how to add, subtract, multiply and divide
9. Winning a spelling competition
10. Overcoming my fear of swimming lessons and realising that I can swim in the deep side.
11. Embracing ballet classes, learning to plie and enjoy wearing a leotard, stockings & lapebra (gel used to hold your hair back in a bun)
12. Getting that A+ in my ballet exam
13. Surviving chicken pox twice
14. Learning how to write in cursive
15. Learning how to bake muffins without them flopping, yes muffins can flop
16. Learning how to rollerblade
17. Learning how to ice skate
18. Learning how to ride my bicycle
19. Learning how to ride my bicycle without fairy wheels
20. Having an older brother who was very protective from an early age and knowing exactly which buttons to push if I needed an older brothers authority or presence.
21. Being chosen as the main angel in the Christmas play at Valley Pre Primary
22. Spending many hours learning how to colour in the lines and not go over the lines
23. Embracing my tomboy phase and quitting ballet for karate (I look back now after having my tooth kicked out in karate, maybe I should have stuck to ballet, its more me)
24. Adjusting to the transition of pre primary school to primary school even with the odd burst of tears due to be way too overwhelmed.
25. Getting a principals gold sticker for my project on Margaret Thatcher
26. Learning to stand in front of the class at the age of 9 and present my project on apples
27. Hiking up Lions head and making it to the top
28. Having my 1st slow dance to Alanis Morissette
29. Doing my 1st photoshoot for Fairlady Magazine
30. Doing my 1st TV programme at the Tygerberg Zoo for Kideo
31. Having to wear a top and bottom plate in order to have straightish teeth
32. Learning how to speak Xhosa, well the basics at least
33. Joining brownies and wearing those hideous brown outfits weekly, cap included
34. Being elected as House Captain of Yellow House (Leopards)
35. Making it onto the hockey, netball and athletics team.
36. Leading my team to victory at Grade 7 International Day, months of hardwork, learning everything Indian
37. Doing my 1st Big Walk
38. Learning to stand up for myself & express my opinion whether its right or wrong thats why its an opinion
39. Being named Head Girl in my Grade 7 year at Kronendal Primary School
40. Coming in the top 5 academically for my final year at Kronendal
41. Receiving the Best Drama student award in Grade 7
42. Getting the Fellowship award in Grade 7
43. Applying for high school placements is quite stressful but I managed to get into both the high schools of choice so that made life less stressful at the age of 13
44. Hitch hiking..yes I realise its dangerous but it was for 100 meters up a steep hill after school in the middle of summer with 6 others (1st time experience..never again right)
45. Riding a camel in Oudtshoorn at Grade 7 camp
46. Walking and climbing through the Cango Caves even though I suffer from claustrophobia 
47. Attending an all girls high school and realising that it was best decision ever (May sound strange but the pressures and experiences one encounters definitely prepared me for life after high school)
48. Making the U14A hockey team despite all the Western Province and South African representatives dominating
49. Going skinning dipping at Smitswinkelbaai
50. Staying at Smitswinkelbaai with no electricity, no hot water, or hairdryer
51. Flying by myself to Johannesburg at the age of 14
52. Receiving the Fellowship Award in high school
53. Being elected as Class Captain
54. Organising a friends surprise party and keeping it a secret
55. Being award award academic colours
56. Being elected U16B Hockey captain
57. Standing up in front of 1000 people delivering a speech trying to convince people who vote me onto the student council
58. Sticking with Biology even though I was not a fan of dissecting
59. Babysitting little people without them crying for mom & dad
60. Being elected as Junior Leader in Grade 11
61. Getting my 1st holiday job as a waitress at a coffee shop
62. Head of Representative Council of Learners in Grade 12
63. Being elected onto the School Council in Grade 12
64. Student representative on School Governing Body
65. Receiving the The Wynberg prize for excellent leadership in Grade 12
66. Passing Grade 12 with Distinction
67. Avoiding detention throughout my school career
68. Never becoming addicted to cigarettes, having the ability to be a social smoker and not smoke for months
69. Never being late for curfew (well maybe once or twice but there were real reasons)
70. Handling my 1st break up & realising that you really will be ok
71. Buying my 1st GHD, no more waves
72. Sticking to my monthly budget
73. Getting my learners licence even though I had no clue what a clutch was used for
74. Getting my drivers 1st time around, even though my driving instructor thought I would fail
75. Accepted into CPUT to study Marketing Management
76. Learning to manage fellow students with group tasks
77. Trying to overcome my fear of snakes
78. I finally decided to follow my gut feeling when realising Marketing was not for me and change ourses to study PR
79. Realising that its ok to wear glasses
80. Travelling to the UK and surviving my 1st international flight on Air Namibia
81. Making it onto the Deans List for all 3 years of my National Diploma
82. Passing my National Diploma with distinction
83. Graduating and attending the ceremony which was amazing
84. Being named Top student in my final year of my National Diploma
85. Taking a risk to follow my heart even though my head was saying no
86. Getting my 1st proper job in the line of profession that I absolutely love
87. Deciding to take the challenge of studying part time
88. Hosting my 1st dinner party
89. Buying my 1st car
90. Learning to express myself through cooking and not poisoning anyone
91. Teaching someone, watching them grow as a person & leave after their 1 year internship with insight, charisma and more
92. Being part of the CSI committee at PPC and actually making an effort to try to make a small difference
93. Directing my 1st Industrial Theatre at PPC Cement
94. Taking a chance, a risk of the heart and attempting a long distance relationship
95. Being able to travel and see the wonders of France at my own expense
96. Being brave enough to embrace a culture and eat donkey (it was only one bite)
97. Eating foie gras and actually enjoying it
98. Trying snails for the 1st time
99. Going sledding in the park in Reims
100. Have my 1st real snow fight
101. Building my 1st proper snowman
102. Surviving a 11 hour flight to Cape Town with food poisoning and throwing up every 30 minutes
103. Learning that its hard to let someone that you love go, but you realise that its for the best
104. Never being admitted into hospital
105. I have not been sent to jail yet
106. Getting my way out of being fined R500 for speaking on my cellphone whilst driving (tears do help)
107. Trying to cope with stress and realising that there is more to life than stress
108. Sticking to my 3 month Curves gym contract
109. Being ok with being alone & enjoying the quiet time
110. Being patient with taxis even if they are breaking the rules of the road
111. Sticking to my studying timetable
112. Taking responsibility for my action or bad judgements
113. Never dieting
114. Realising that women in magazines are generally photo shopped
115. Being elected as a Golden Key International Honours Society Member
116. Saving water, realising that I do not need to shower for 15 minutes
117. Embracing the foreigners during the world cup
118. Surviving the craziness of the world cup, the partying and only getting sick on the day of the final
119. Trying to be the best friend that I can to all my friends
120. Learning to take criticism constructively, well at least trying
121. Being patient & willing to manage 2 Media 2 students in Project Management assignment, even though it tested every nerve in my body.
122. Having enough courage to attempt to play action soccer even though I've never played it before
123. Playing my 1st soccer match and scoring my 1st goal
124. Braaing from scratch, starting a fire with no male figure