While we may not have any major life events on the horizon, I still want to make sure I'm seeing and experiencing as much as I can. So to keep things fresh and interesting, I developed a sort of bucket list for my 30s. I give you my forty by forty list...
40 x 40
- Run a half marathon
- Get a PhD
- Write a children's book
- Learn how to use my DSLR
- Read Atlas Shrugged (it's 1,168 pages!)
- Become a certified yoga instructor
- Take a 3-4 week trip abroad with the kids
- Enjoy a glass of wine in Napa Valley
- Complete a sprint-length off-road triathlon
- Take a beach vacation with Ben (children optional)
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Learn how to play guitar
- Knit something
- Serve on the board of directors for a non-profit
- Learn how to use a sewing machine
- Make a quilt with my mom
- Visit New York City
- Master the art of the French press
- Learn to say "hello" in 20 languages
- Become a rock star chef on the grill
- Take a tap dancing class
- Go white water rafting
- Climb a rock wall
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Learn to play poker
- Read every book that has won a Pulitzer Prize in the fiction category
- Give a speech in front of a large group of people
- Visit the White House
- Participate in NaNoWriMo
- Perform in a community theater production
- Win an award for personal or professional achievement
- Donate $1,000 to a non-profit I care about
- See the redwoods in California
- Go skiing in Colorado
- Take surfing lessons
- Give blood
- Join the National Bone Marrow Registry
- Host Thanksgiving dinner
- Get a tattoo
- Be part of a flash mob
Good luck! Those are great goals!
ReplyDeleteGreat list, Sam! Every time I try to make one of these I end up with only two things: Adopt an old dog and enter a jalapeno eating contest. However, I turn 30 in a couple weeks and you've inspired me to work on a real list.
ReplyDeleteI love this so much. Let's be on the lookout for awesome combinations of achievement like:
ReplyDeleteTake a tap dancing class in a hot air balloon
Give blood while getting a tattoo
Run a half marathon through the Redwoods while listening to a Rosetta Stone language mp3 of "Hello" in 20 language.
Go!
P.S. I joined the bone marrow registry a few years ago. It was sort of a tough decision to commit to be a donor if the need arise because it is no small matter to actually go through the donation process. My rationale was that I would desperately want someone to donate to my kids if they needed it, so I should be willing to donate to someone else's children (everyone is someone's child, right?).
My thoughts exactly regarding the bone marrow registry! It's sort of like a good karma pay-it-forward.
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