"Enjoy your achievements, as well as your plans."
"Without goals and plans to reach them,
you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."
"Without goals and plans to reach them,
you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."
I read a friend's post yesterday and garnered this wonderful idea; to compose a list of 40 things I wanted to accomplish by the time I reach the ripe old age of 40.
I love great ideas like this and I'm a HUGE fan of list making! Kudos to The Crutchfields blog spot for this very cool idea!
I have exactly 18 months and 27 days in which to accomplish my 40 goals! When all is said and done, it should make for one exciting year and a half.
I'm also working on a list of 50 Things To Do By The Age of 50 (also from The Crutchfields) and a list of 50 Things To Do Before I Die.
Well here it is, my list of 40 Things By The Age of 40:
1. Lose 70 lbs.
2. Experience Debt Freedom (except our house)
3. Finish our living room remodel
4. Put the deck on the house
5. Pave the rest of the driveway
6. Tent Camp in several campgrounds w/ my family
7. Have a getaway weekend w/ just my husband
8. Walk a 10k marathon
9. Hike part of the Adirondack mountains (A small part!)
10. Go Kayaking
11. Read more books (L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables Series to start)
12. Learn to paint w/ watercolors
13. Have a girls movie night - No boys allowed! Only Chick flicks!
14. Go to the drive-in movie w/ my family
15. Go fishing and try to catch that HUGE bluegill
16. Learn to knit
17. Finish the afghan I started crocheting for our bed
18. Purchase a really nice camera
19. Take a photography class
20. Learn American Sign Language
21. Sing w/ the choir in the Easter cantata at church
22. Sponsor a child in need
23. Volunteer more often
24. Participate in two Relay for Life Events
25. Organize my office space
26. Organize/clean-out the basement
27. Go gemstone hunting
28. Explore waterfalls in Michigan
29. See Brown County, IN during Autumn
30. Visit Aileen in Ohio
31. Visit Ginger in Angola
32. Visit Amy in Indianapolis
33. Join a Bible Study group
34. Ride the swings at Indiana Beach
35. Drink more water
36. Explore Turkey Run State Park
37. Get the cat declawed
38. Travel to Carthage, Missouri to see the Precious Moments Chapel
39. Visit an art gallery w/ Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh & other famous paintings
40. Have a nice steak, shrimp and lobster dinner
The previous list was in NO particular order, just randomly thought up.
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Wow Michelle! You have quite an ambitious list! Sometimes just writing them all down is enough to get started and realize how much you're doing already. You can do it. Remember to be easy on yourself. Whatever you can accomplish is plenty.
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