40 Things to Do Before Turning 40

30 is the new 20. At least, I keep telling myself that it is. It’s actually not, and I’m 100% ok with that. 30 is 30. It’s most assuredly not 20.

My twenties were great. Lots of awesome things happened in my twenties. I went to Auburn. Graduated. Got married. Had twins. Lots of life has happened for me in the last 10 years. But not all of life.

So what’s a girl to do when she turns the big 3-0? Everyone keeps asking me if I feel “old,” but, honestly, I’ve felt “old” for the last six years (thanks, kids), so that’s not really anything new. So what do I feel? I feel like I’m just getting started.

Life is a Journey, Not a Destination

Because my twenties were so busy (graduating college, getting married, having kids, and moving houses three times will do that to you), I didn’t get a chance to make a “30 Before 30” list. Not really sure that I would have wanted to anyway. So why now? Why am I making a list now? Like I’ve said, I feel like I’m just getting started with life, so why not?

The List

This list is my list. It’s not your list. It’s not your mama’s list. It’s mine.

It’s going to have a lot of Disney related things. It’s going to have a lot of travel related things. You don’t have to like my list. We can still be friends, I promise. My goal is to inspire myself, and possibly a few of you, to reach for the impossible. 

40 Things to Do Before 40

1. Visit a country I’ve never been to before
2. Take an Alaskan Cruise
3. Visit Disneyland Paris with my family
4. Visit Shanghai Disneyland
5. Visit Tokyo Disney
6. Visit Hong Kong Disneyland
7. Attend a Star Wars movie premiere
8. Meet and interview a Disney Imagineer (February 2018)
9. Write a viral post on my blog or social media
10. Go on a cross country road trip
11. See the Grand Canyon
12. Go to an MLS game
13. Go to the Superbowl
14. Go to a Carolina Panthers game
15. Watch a Winter or Summer Olympics in person
16. Ice Skate in Central Park
17. Ski in Colorado in freshly fallen snow
18. Start a tshirt business
19. Run a marathon
20. Run a 1/2 marathon
21. Run a 10k
22. Run a runDisney race
23. Earn the Coast to Coast runDisney medal
24. Visit Jerusalem and surrounding areas
25. Swim in the Pacific Ocean
26. Eat a food without asking what it is
27. Go to Europe for a month
28. Go back to Hawaii
29. Apply to be on The Amazing Race
30. Go to a taping of The Price is Right
31. Run into a celebrity and unashamedly ask for a selfie
32. See all of the films nominated for Academy Awards BEFORE the awards show airs
33. Fly First Class somewhere
34. Go to a music festival (preferably not Coachella)
35. Ride a zip line
36. Experience the Chinese New Year
37. Treat myself to a ridiculously expensive item of clothing
38. Publish a book
39. Watch the sun rise (February 2018)
40. Ride a train to a destination

As I complete each of these, I will come back to this post and mark them off my list. Wish me luck!