I turned 38 this year. The big 4-0 is looming near. When my dad died in December of last year I realized I needed to make some changes. My 40 by 40 was born. It’s a list of 40 things I want to accomplish in the next two years. I’m making the start date January 1, 2016 (because I had a list started by then but revised it as my birthday got closer). It’s my own little bucket list. Some of the items are fun some of the items are serious. I had an idea to divide them into categories – physical, spiritual, social, intellectual. I might do that eventually. For now I’m just getting them out there.

Here we go….in random order my 40 x 40

1. 40 blog posts
2. 40 date nights
3. 40 nature studies/outdoor activities
4. 40 pictures of me
5. 40 days sugar free
6. 40 days of real food
7. 40 pounds lost
8. 40 days no soda
9. 40 days of decluttering
10. 40 days of yoga
11. 40 new classics read
12. 40 new recipes tried
13. 40 short stories or poems
14. 40 days with no online purchases
14. 40,000 in debt paid off
15. 40 handmade bath products
16. 40 letters written
17. 40 field trips
18. 40 new non fiction read
19. 40 days of love – 40 acts of service
20. 40 days of no social media
21. 40 days of walking/40 miles walked
22. 40 yoga classes taught
23. 40 minutes in the crater
24. 40 minutes on the heber creeper
25. 40 things crocheted
26. 40 pages filled in a common place journal
27. 40 days of bullet journaling
28. make a wire bound book
29. take a ski lesson
30. go to a hot springs
31. play in the snow with my kids
32. paint night date
33. learn to shoot – get a concealed carry
34. finish memoir book
35. get a tattoo
36. go to disneyland
37. take boudoir photos
38. do a handstand (against the wall counts)
39. 40 new places visited (restaurants count)
40. 40 days of no screens