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40 Things I Want To Do Before I’m 40

The list has been written. Now the planning begins!

I celebrated my 34th birthday this week, so to honour the occasion I thought I would compile a list of the 40 things I would most like to do before I am 40. 

This was actually quite a difficult task as I have already achieved many of the items on my Bucket List: I have seen the Northern Lights; I have flown in a helicopter; I have lived in a foreign country; I have taken a hot air balloon ride; I have visited the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall, and Machu Picchu; I have slept in the Amazon Jungle, and cruised in the Caribbean—in short, I have been very, very lucky.

But, if I am going to turn 40 in the next 6 years, then I am going to do it in style. To be honest, I would be extremely happy if I manage to do even 5 of the things on my list; but it doesn’t hurt to be ambitious, does it?

How many do you think I will manage?

#1       Watch orcas in the wild

#2       Visit every European country

#3       Skydive

#4       Take my parents to see the Northern Lights

#5       Camp under the stars

#6       Speak to my boyfriend’s friends/family in Swedish

#7       Get paid for writing a freelance travel article

#8       Achieve my target weight

#9       Own an item of jewellery with a diamond

#10     Visit the Blue Lagoon in Iceland

#11     Wear a red dress

#12     Swim under a waterfall

#13     Ride a chicken bus in Central America

#14     Dance in the rain

#15     Throw a travel-themed party

#16     Fly First Class

#17     Stay in Graham Greene’s room at the Continental Hotel, Saigon

#18     See a Broadway show

#19     Visit Laos

#20     Own a pair of designer shoes

#21     Take a photography course

#22     Visit an active volcano

#23     Go on a spa retreat

#24     Dance all night long

#25     Grow my nails and paint them

#26     Read the last ten winners of the Booker prize

#27     Cut in a fringe (bangs)

#28     Take the Trans-Siberian express

#29     Spend Christmas in India

#30     Do yoga on the beach

#31     Take regular gym classes

#32     Wear a bikini with pride

#33     Visit Rio de Janeiro

#34     Get (another) tattoo

#35     Read a novel in another language

#36     Take a literary tour of the UK

#37     Send a postcard from Tibet

#38     Go on a Road Trip

#39     Drive into the Scottish Highlands

#40     Throw a huge 40^th birthday party to celebrate achieving my goals!

Do you have a list? What is on your list? How many have you crossed off?

Post Written by Runaway Brit