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40 Things Before I'm 40

Turns out coming up with 40 things to do before I'm 40 is a little more difficult than I thought.  Here's what I have so far.  I will tick off things I've done by making them bold.

Please feel free to make suggestions for more activities!


  1.  Travel – places to visit include:
    1. Salamanca - Spain
    2. Seville
    3. Tarifa
    4. Vienna
    5. Amsterdam
    6. Geneva
    7. Rome
    8. Zurich
    9. See the Northern Lights somewhere
    10. Sardinia
    11.  South of France
    12. Thailand
    13.  Puerto Iguazu
    14. Argentina
    15. St Lucia & Barbados
    16. Road trip America!
    17. Vancouver
    18. Toronto
  2. Go on at least one of those trips with someone I care about
  3. Read some decent poetry
  4. Read some classics, possibly
    1.  Little Women
    2. Nineteen Eighty Four
    3. 39 Steps
    4.  The Five People you Meet in Heaven
    5. Heart of Darkness
  5. Finish my degree!
  6. Finish my masters
  7. Take Indie on a holiday – make use of his passport!
  8. Actually learn to speak Spanish well enough to be considered fluent
  9. Learn another language (maybe either Italian or French?)
  10. Get a job I like
  11. At least start my PhD
  12.  Learn to play the piano
  13.  Escape the UK!
  14. Get married... by the time I’m nearing 40 I won’t be fussy who to :-/
  15.  Have more dogs!
  16. Give up smoking for good
  17.  Bake a carrot cake
  18.  Go to see Les Mis in London or New York
  19. Go to see Wicked
  20. Go to the ballet... again
  21.  Swim in the sea (it'll have to be clear though!)
  22.  Ride a motorbike (with someone else doing the driving part!)
  23. Swim 5km
  24. Watch an ice hockey game (hopefully in the US or Canada)
  25. Try yoga
  26. Watch "El Clasico" at the Nou Camp
  27. Gamble in a Monte Carlo casino
  28. Bake my own bread
  29. Get a free upgrade on a flight
  30. Attempt to ice skate
  31. Go to some decent gigs before I'm too old!
  32. Bake a New York vanilla cheesecake
  33. Spend at least a day at a festival