Thanks to inspiration from Christina Rosalie, and my (at the time) impending 40th birthday, a few weeks ago I decided to put together a "40 Before 41" list of 40 things I want to accomplish before my 41st birthday.
I turned 40 yesterday, so it's time to commit to it.
I've always been a list-maker, and I've tended to keep sporadic lists of things I want to do, which often ended up misplaced in a journal or on a sticky note somewhere. I know the formality here will help me — I'll cross items off as I do them, and you all can follow along (or play along, if you fit in somewhere).
Oh, and one more thing: there's no rhyme or reason to the order. I just added as they popped into my head.
• 40 Before 41 •
- Learn to bake French macarons
- See my byline in a national magazine
- Have at least one item of clothing tailored to fit
- Build a terrarium
- Blog at least twice a week
- Develop a new website for my blog
- Climb Pikes Peak • Visit Ojo Caliente
- Read at least 52 books
- Send a snail mail letter/card/postcard/gift once a month
- Plant and grow something edible outside
- Yoga and meditation, daily
- Take French language lessons
- Make new connections with at least three bloggers I respect
- Plan my next trip to France
- Attend the Santa Fe Opera
- Take classes on how to use all the buttons on my DSLR
- Figure out my signature style
- Skinny dip
- Learn to make ginger beer
- Find the perfect red lipstick (and wear it)
- Journal at least weekly
- Add a piece of original art to my collection
- Take a trip with a girlfriend
- Invest in a week's worth of matching bras and panties (foundations matter!)
- Intentionally play music in the house every day
- Visit a hot springs in Colorado
- Give generously what I want to receive
- Facilitate and participate in at least one improv writing session a month
- Stay up once all night until sunrise
- Perform at a poetry slam/open mic
- Participate in a stage show (play, musical, etc.) as cast or crew
- Get will and living will in order
- Have a tarot reading done
- Find more opportunities to dance
- Play paintball
- Continue to reduce my wardrobe, a la Project 333
- Get make-up tips from a pro
- Take performance driving lessons
- Show up (my 2014 "one-word" soul mantra)