Maybe ... maybe instead of a bucket list, I need 40 cupcakes to eat (or bake???) before 40.
But alas no.
When I asked for suggestions I got amazing ideas of trips around the world and climbing Sydney Harbor Bridge (which I’ll do some day, honest!)
But instead I wanted a more normal list. Things I’ve never done, but should have. Things I enjoy and don’t make time for. Things to fix. Things to get better at.
You’ll most likely look at some of the verbiage and ask “why does it read like that?” Because I write for a living and have spent too much time around lawyers in my life. That’s why.
Also, because it’s my list. And I said so.
With alllllll of that said, here you go ...
I’m sharing partially because of accountability. And partially because all of these would be better with partners in crime.
So stake your claim early (so I can schedule my procrastination properly of course)...
Forty before 40
- Take a road trip
- Take a trip to a U.S. city I’ve never been to.
- Host a dinner party.
- Replace floor in living room.
- Fix flute.
- Run a half in under 2:30.
- Buy a personal camera.
- Have grownup finances.
- Have a no social media week.
- Lose 40 pounds.
- Wear a bikini.
- Hike something impressive.
- Eat a salad.
- Find a personal mantra.
- Get a hobby.
- Read 40 books.
- Get a housekeeper.
- Try lash extensions.
- Volunteer for something substantive.
- Paint house (including cabinets).
- Donate blood.
- Join a book club.
- Grow something in a pot and don’t kill it.
- Make photobooks from vacations.
- Make a brunch club.
- Eat dinner in restaurants for all four nights at a NAC.
- Visit a dermatologist.
- Get teeth whitened.
- Have a picnic.
- Make a new recipe every day for a week.
- Visit the sand dunes.
- Happy hour with the giraffes.
- Paddle boarding.
- Play 18 holes of golf (or nine, let’s be real!)
- Ski weekend.
- Pull off a surprise
- Spring training
- Leash train Sir Sebastian.
- Row 500m in 1:29.
- Wild card
