Written by Last summer, I started thinking about turning 40. The big day isn’t until Jan. 7, 2022, but it got me thinking—what have I done? Do I even have any goals? What am I doing with my life?? (Insert existential crisis here.)
Since my son is obsessed with “challenges” on YouTube, I decided to give myself a challenge: accomplish 40 goals before I turn 40. The first challenge should have been to think up 40 goals, because it hasn’t been easy. I started the list in October and I just finished it today! In the meantime, I have already completed some of the items that were first on my list. I’m planning on updating as I complete each goal, but here is what I’m starting with:
Health and Wellness
- Lose 100 lbs
- Run another half marathon
- Complete a sprint triathlon
- Swim 50 yards in under 40 seconds
- Exercise at least 4 days per week regularly
- Go skiing again
Quit smokingDONE! I haven’t smoked since Nov. 5, 2019- Try Botox
- Quit drinking soda regularly
Work
Start an LLCDONE! Silverbrook Design and Marketing LLC is in business!- Operate my own business full time
- Get 5 different customers
- Earn $30k in one year with Silverbrook
- Get 30 blog subscribers (current count = 0)
- Get 50 Instagram followers (current count = 0)
- Get 200 Facebook fans (current count = 81)
Learn a new software programDONE! Learned Adobe Premiere Rush AND Adobe Premiere Pro
Hobbies/Activities
- Relearn to play the guitar with Alex
- Visit a state I’ve never been to (choose from Alaska, Hawaii, North Dakota, Vermont, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Oklahoma, or Kansas)
- Take the kids ice skating
Visit another countryDONE! Went to Iceland in November 2019- Relearn how to crochet
- Take a pottery wheel class
- Relearn enough Spanish to have an everyday conversation
Relationships
Get a dogDONE! Huckleberry Finn, a gorgeous chocolate Lab, joined our family last summer.- Take a kidless vacation with Andy
- Weeklong family beach trip
- Family trip to Disney
- Visit my grandma in Texas
- Take a girls trip… somewhere
- Help Mom move to Virginia
Take a trip with MomDONE! We went to Iceland together
Other
- Adopt a family for Christmas
- Volunteer at a charity event
- Close down our storage unit
- Get a tattoo to signify Katie
- Get a tattoo to signify Alex
- Dye my hair a fun color (once I’m no longer a corporate employee)
- Make family yearbooks from all of our digital photos, starting with 2015-present
- Start on an addition to our house
That’s my 40 goals before I turn 40. What would make your list?
