Monday

40 by Fourty: A Personal Challenge






I turned thirty-five a few months ago and figured now that I'm officially all grown up, I better start figuring ways to maximize the last half of my thirties. Why not push the limits a little?

This list is a compilation of goals that I've set for myself. Think I can pull this off? Am I missing something I need to add on?


  • Go to Abu Dhabi.
  • Attend the Grammys. 
  • Attend my 20 year high school reunion in Chesapeake, Virginia in 2017.
  • Take a belly dancing class.
  • Run a 1/2 marathon.
  • Finish my degree.
  • Travel Route 66.
  • Dive with sharks.
  • Learn how to knit.
  • Go paragliding.
  • Do a volunteer/humanitarian project in another country.
  • See the Northern Lights.
  • Public speaking in front of 1000 people, minimum.
  • Go on a cross-country (or close) road trip.
  • Go on a multi-day backpacking adventure.
  • Swim with dolphins.
  • Learn how to lay brick.
  • Fly first class.
  • Meet someone I've always dreamed of meeting.
  • Visit a castle.
  • Indoor skydiving.
  • Go on a police ride along.
  • See a whale shark (and/or swim with one).
  • Go deep sea fishing.
  • Attend a rodeo.
  • Organize a substantial sub-for Santa project for a family in need.
  • Tour the White House/Pentagon.
  • Plan one week of Random Acts of Kindness.
  • Organize an event for a children's hospital.
  • Enter art in an exhibit.
  • Learn to silversmith.
  • Take a mud bath.
  • Take a family vacation in a houseboat at Lake Powell.
  • Take the kids to Disney World.
  • Own an original painting.
  • Take a Segway tour.
  • Make a stained glass window for my own home. 
  • Write an eBook.
  • Help design and build a float for a parade.
  • Attend a taping of Jimmy Fallon or Saturday Night Live.

1 comment:

  1. Let me be the first to say that this is a fabulous list! So many fun and completely attainable things!

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