It’s my birthday today, I am now 32…I think it still classes as early 30s but I genuinely didn’t think I was that old. My mind is still set at 30, it didn’t occur to me that 2 years have past, that my baby is now nearly 3 years old. It’s got me thinking though of what I would like to do or achieve before I am 40, I remember when I was younger I wanted to visit New York, I couldn’t wait to go shopping and explore Bloomingdales, Tiffany’s and Barneys. I never went but I also don’t have the inclination to go now, the thought of going to a city full of skyscrapers doesn’t excite me anymore, I’d rather have space and nature around me. Another thing I used to want to do was sky diving but since having Lucas that has lost its appeal. I also wanted to go on a hot air balloon which I haven’t done yet. One thing I did do was go to India, I was torn between India and Mexico and ended up going to India for 3 months when I was 19.
So I really hope by writing these down I will be more likely to do them x
- Take Lucas to Disney World
- Go to the Opera, I’m going to aim for anywhere but ideally it would be in Italy
- Have afternoon tea at the Ritz
- Move house
- See a show at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Learn a second language, I got a B in French GCSE and a C in German GCSE and I can’t remember anything other than hello, how are you. I would love to start French again or Spanish
- Go on a spa day
- As I mentioned above I have always wanted to sky dive and although that desire disappeared since having lucas, I could still do an indoor one
- Take Lucas to Lapland
- See the Northern Lights
- Go on a cruise
- Visit my cousin in New Zealand
- Go on a weekend away with my blogging buddies
- Go on safari, I have this in my mind for my 40th birthday
- Go axe throwing with my friends
- Find a local pilates class and attend regularly. I attended Pilates before I was pregnant then went to pre natal yoga and I would love to start pilates again
- Start swimming on my own again. I used to go in the evening to the ladies only nights but I only go with Lucas now and don’t actually do much swimming myself
- Explore our local area more, using my list of free places to visit in Lancashire as guidance
Beautyqueenuk says
This is a great list and I tool would love to see a show at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville x
Kate Williams says
I went on a safari in South Africa for my 30th and loved it 🙂 Now I’m getting older my goals have changed a bit too (I’m nearly at 40!), I used to want to go to New York too but now I just want to do a bit more camping and explore more where we live. (Would happily take the kids on a safari though!)
Kaz & Ickle Pickle (@IcklePicklex) says
What an awesome list. I am 50 in four years and must do this for myself. I hope you get to fulfil all these. Kaz
Gemma says
French is really easy to pick up again with podcasts. I would love to go on a cruise too – one of the ones that goes to Alaska.
stephanie says
Good luck with ticking these all off the list, I think this is a great list! I’m 31 so might start thinking about what to do before my 40th x
thenafranssen says
Great bucket list. Mine gets longer and longer each year, but I’m failing at getting any of them done!
Michelle says
Oh I am 40 in two years and would love to do one of these lists.
Amanda says
Aww these are such lovely goals. I think you guys will have a blast at Disneyland, perfect for small and big kids at heart lol