The evening I turned 38 a few months ago, I began making a list of things I wanted to accomplish. I realized that many of the goals I wanted to accomplish or the things I wanted to experience were fairly attainable. With some dedication and hard work, it wasn’t impossible, or even too difficult to cross some of the items off the list. I ended up coming up with 40 things I wanted to do, accomplish, or experience in the next two years, by the time I turned 40.
It is exciting and scary at the same time to know that this list of 40 things I am working on, some things I’ve wanted to do/accomplish/experience for many, many years will be completed in (less than) 24 months! I made a colorful list in the back of my planner and then realized this week, as I was starting my new planner for 2016, I’d have to find a place to transfer them over. I’m actually trying out a new planner format next year; it is more in a journal form, so there aren’t many undedicated blank spaces. As I thought about where I could put my list so that I can see it often and not have to go through another transfer next year, I thought about this space – my blog, this online document of my life for the so many years now. The place where I’ve sought peace, release, and solitude in the last 4+ years. What better place?
I’ll be updating this list as we go along and on September 5th, 2017, I hope to have crossed off everything on the list below. I also encourage you to make a list of things you want to accomplish. Don’t forget to give yourself a deadline to accomplish them!
Hanssie’s 40 by 40 List (compiled on Sept 5th, 2015)
- Pay off all Credit Cards Ha! *sob*
Get another tattoo (or two!)completed June 2017 (and yes, I got two of them!)Run a Full Marathoncompleted on October 11th, 2015 in Long Beach- Start rebuilding my savings/retirement
- Get season seats to USC football
- Have a professional photo shoot of me representing my brand Meh, don’t need until I figure out what I want to build
Read fiftynon-fictionbooks (Read three so far…might have to make a separate list)much easier since I’ve been “reading” audio books during my commute each day- Decorate the house
and get patio furniturethis may have seemed random but I’ve been talking for 10+ years about getting patio furniture and I finally did in April 2017 - Hire a housekeeper
Visit a country I’ve never been toWent to Belize March 2016- Visit two states I’ve never been to Oregon and
- Be my own boss
Get an Apple Watchcompleted 1/7/15 – a Christmas gift from someone special 🙂- Volunteer for a cause I love
Paint a picturecompleted 10/1/15 at Paint Nite- Go to the rib cook-off in Nevada
- Get 10k followers on Instagram
- Visit Hearst Castle
- Blog regularly again and get 500k+ visitors a month
- Become an expert at something/Learn to do one thing really well
Get health insurancecompleted October 2016See the chiropractor and acupuncturist regularly (twice a month)Ongoing- Have 14% body fat
- Speak at a conference
Complete a Spartan Racecompleted Septmeber 2016 and August 2017Participate in a Ragnar Racecompleted April 2017Visit a National Parkcomplete 10/1/15 in YosemiteTake a real vacation (not a working one) in Hawaiitook one in DC in October 2016 so I’m counting it!- Learn to Salsa Dance
- Learn to play a song on the piano/guitar I started it but haven’t learned it yet
- Fly first class somewhere
- Take the Kidlet to two places she’s never been before one complete 11/20/15 to China/Taiwan
- Create something that goes viral
- Have one Me Day/Pamper Day a month
- Learn to meditate at least 10 minutes a day
Get a new MacBook Proit’s actually my work laptop, but at least I’m not writing on my 2011 Dinosaur Pro anymorePlan an exciting and fun 40th birthday adventureGoing to Vegas to party!!- Preserve our family photos did one album
- Run the NYC Marathon didn’t get my named picked in the lottery for the second year in a row
- Be featured in a print magazine (not photography related)
Awesome list! I’ve been to the Hearst castle! It’s spectacular! Apple watch? You’re worthy of more. 😉 I’m after a Breitling. Have had a man-crush on them for years. Eek! Definitely get health insurance asap, though! Cheers and Happy 2016!
Ha. The Apple Watch is because I need a running watch and I don’t like any of the Garmin ones. I have a nice and expensive Cartier but it doesn’t tell me my pace 🙂