8:39 pm40 Before 40

Dreams and aspirations… and less than a decade to do it all.

(In no particular order)

 

1)      Get published…and no, my blog doesn’t count.

2)      Visit Hawaii (with my family)

3)      Visit Alaska (with my family)

4)      Do a Book of Mormon history tour (S. America) with Jon

5)      Hike (a substantial part of) the Appalachian Trail

6)      Host Thanksgiving at our home

7)      (re)learn French

8 )      Learn Spanish

9)      Finish my novel

10)  Get novel published

11)  Learn to play chess

12)  Learn to snorkel… and not freak out

13)  Learn to Latin dance (in a sexy, non-dufus looking fashion)

14)  Get into bikini-shape for at least one summer!

15)  Be okay with all of the other summers that I am not in bikini-shape.

16)   Perfect swimming strokes

17)   Get CPR certification

:)    Be confident enough to home school

19)   Read the entire Chronicles of Narnia series to my kids.

20)   Have a really cool Girl’s Retreat with a few girlfriends

21)   Learn to play the guitar

22)   Learn to play the piano (well)

23)   Attend at least one really awesome Jazz festival

24)   Help my children discover what they are passionate about

25)   Be comfortable with public speaking

26)   Learn karate

27)   Be in a ninja-butt-kickin movie (think: Mortal Kombat)…preferably opposite Jason Statham (what?? Let a girl dream!)

28)   Do the Rubic’s Cube in under 2 minutes (right now I can do 2 layers in under 3 minutes… so it’s not a complete impossibility)

29)   Learn to cook well

30)   Restore a ’73 VW Beetle convertible to awesome-ness

31)   Make amends with all of my rotten baggage and be at peace

32)   Learn more about investing (not that I don’t trust our money guy, Cory… but it just seems the responsible thing to do)

33)   Learn all I can about botany

34)   Golf in Hawaii

35)   Drive a racecar on a track

36)   Skydive… in a safe-ish manner…and preferably without barfing

37)   Write a song for my husband

38)   Learn photography

39)   See the sunrise AND sunset over the ocean…on the same day.

40) — This spot is reserved for the one thing I never knew I always wanted to do –  I suppose I’ll know it when I do it.

6 Comments »

  1. OK, I know I am hogging your comments, but I want to respond to your list (I just read it after my first comment) not efficient, I know. OK, #2, 20, 22 and #36 are on my list too. About #12 it is not that bad once you calm down. #3 as a cruise I hear is the BEST way to visit Alaska. #13 is not that hard, I learned from a hot guy from Columbia. Works those hips! You could combine #20 and #23 together. If you do this in New Orleans you could practice for #7 too! I have some great connections there and they have the best Jazz festivals I hear. We should plan this. OK, these are my thoughts…..for now :-)

    Comment by Cassie — June 15, 2007 @ 7:12 am

  2. Less than a decade…that’s cute. I have barely a year, but it’s cool. I feel like I should hate you, but I don’t. :)

    You’re right, this is a fantastic idea. I have a “Life List,” which of course gives me a little more time to get my crap together. You have convinced me to post it on my blog to get people going.

    It’s not something I can technically teach you, but since it’s my minor I could offer some tips for #25 anytime. About #19 - Horse and His Boy is the hardest one to get through but once you do, the rest are lots of fun. Best of luck…in your decade.

    be well*

    Comment by stephanie — June 17, 2007 @ 1:59 pm

  3. Great list, how are you doing so far?
    I have a similar website dedicated to my forty things to do before 40.

    See it at www.before40.co.uk

    - We can do this!

    Comment by Before 40 — August 23, 2007 @ 4:14 am

  4. I’m guess I’m not a total loser on your scale then … I’ve done several of those things before 40 but not everything before 50!
    luv u
    mom

    Comment by mom — March 1, 2008 @ 5:47 am

  5. I was getting pretty edgy reading this. If I say I’m disagreeing with your post I would say nothing. Reading this is meaningless waste of time.

    Comment by OmegaSarge — April 10, 2008 @ 8:59 pm

  6. @OmegaSarge: Thank you for your somewhat cryptic comment.

    Comment by admin — April 11, 2008 @ 7:22 am

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