Before turning 40, there are many things I want to accomplish.
Birthdays come, and birthdays go. Some people ignore turning another year older, others celebrate with birthday fortnights. It seems the bigger milestone birthdays are hard for some to get through. I enjoyed turning 21, turning 30 happened 4 months after my first was born so that was exciting, and all others have been… fine. August 2018, I am turning 40.
A friend told me the other day that turning 40 is our “halfway” point. Say WHAT? I had never thought of it that way, but it definitely got me thinking. When I look back on my first 40 years, I have lots of happy memories, sad memories, and loads of everything in between. While thinking about embarking on my last year of my 30s, I decided there are some things I would like to do before entering, potentially, the next half of my life. I thought in order to keep me accountable and to appease my love of lists, I would come up with 40 things to do before turning 40.
A turning 40 bucket list, shall we say. How do you plan on celebrating your next milestone birthday?
- Drink more water, work up to a gallon a day
- Attend a workshop on grant writing
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Take a girls only trip… girlfriends, not my daughters
- Try a clothing subscription company
- Learn to use our lawn mower- I mean, my husband gets a solid 2-3 hours without the kids every time he mows, and I want in on that gig
- Learn how to harvest fiddleheads
- Spend more time with my mom and sister
- Reconnect with an old friend
- Learn how to knit
- See Amy Schumer LIVE
- Attend church on a more regular basis
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Read 40 books of my choice
- Finally, kick my nail biting habit
- Take a hot yoga class
- Invest in a great facial cleanser and lotion
- Ski intermediate, blue square trails, not novice green circles
- Make more time for my husband
- Get my eyesight checked
- Complete 40 random acts of kindness
- Cut my screen time in half
- Take more deep breaths
- Hold a plank for at least 5 minutes
- Floss more
- Have fresh cut flowers around the house, especially during the winter
Fresh Flowers -
Have a will made
- Buy ONLY local for one month
- Learn to style my daughters’ hair
- Volunteer
- Work out for 30 consecutive days, at least 30 minutes a workout
- Try oil pulling
- Venture into the world of essential oils
- Make and STICK to a grocery budget
- Finally lose the last, gulp, 20 pounds of baby weight
- Send more snail mail to friends and family
- Get massages on a more regular basis
- Have more play time with my kids
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Get a makeover to learn how to apply makeup
- Get rid of all clothes that don’t fit
- Participate in the book group I belong to, but have never attended
- READERS CHOICE
I recognize this is a long list, and some of these will be combined, while others may take me some time to achieve, but I look forward to spending more time on ME while embracing myself as a 40-year-old mom, wife, sister, daughter, and friend.
I love your Turning 40 List and my hope for you in this final year of your 30s is that you accomplish it all. I’d be happy to take you to a hot yoga class :). Love your posts. I also think you could add selling a kombucha line.
YES please, I would love to join you for a hot yoga class, it would turn out to be a comedy class for you, thats for sure!! Thank you for your sweet support, I appreciate it, and you!