What should you do before it’s too late?

RESEARCH has revealed the things people should do before they reach 50.

They include going skinnydipping, visiting all seven continents, and getting a tattoo.

We asked our Email Jury what they would recommend people do before they reach 50, and if they did something when they were younger they now regret.

Make a list of things that make you happy. I’ve done 28 of 50 on my list and will be 70 in five days. I‘ve ridden an elephant and a camel, seen the Northern Lights, a glacier, been in a helicopter and met the Queen. Lorraine Anderson, Edinburgh.

Learn to live and treat people with respect and dignity. Joseph Clancy, Glasgow.

Save for a pension so you can do things after 50. Think of real things you would like to do, not triviality. My regrets are not studying enough when in school and taking a job I hated. Hamilton McLean, Harwood.

Travel as much as possible before being tied down by commitments. I don’t think I did anything I now regret, though there are things I DIDN’T do I regret! Davie Kerr, Lochaber.

Going abroad is a good way to start even if you have children. But skinny-dipping in Scotland? Too cold. Tattoo? No. Jean-Claude Huntzinger, Lochgelly.

If there is something you really want to do, then do it before you reach the point where you can’t. Have self-belief, get a job you love, regardless of what you earn, and make sure you are happy. Elizabeth O’Regan, Lincoln.

I regret not learning to drive as I thought it would be a frightening thing to drive in traffic. Margaret Brown, Rutherglen.

Do something you want to do, not what others say you should do. David Collins, Yorks.

My only advice would be don’t put it off – tomorrow never comes. Bea Smith, Doncaster.

I should have worked with animals rather than in an office. I would have earned less but had much more job satisfaction. Liz Kelly, Glasgow.

I went back to work when my children were three, 10 and 12. I regret this now, but, they all seem to have grown up with no problems. Margaret Gibb, Fife.

Get married, as you need someone to look after you when you grow old. James Strachan, Aberdeenshire.