Monday, January, 23, 2012
Location: Laying awake in Bed
40 Before 40
I loved working on the 30th Birthday Bucket List. One thing I learned for certain through my little experiment is that procrastination is the root of all failure. So... I decided I will give myself a little more advance notice and get an early start on the list for 40. This way, too, I can put a few more long term/bigger goals on the list.
Another thing I learned is that I enjoyed writing about the experiences - at least more so at the beginning when I wasn't feeling the pressure of finishing by the deadline. I don't want the blogging to become just another one of those things that I was really into for a month or so and then let fall by the wayside. So I am also going to try to maintain regular additions to my posting.
As for the 40 year list, I thought I'd take a stab at starting to come up with ideas. Today I was watching sa movie on TV, it was set in Rome and the idea of travel in general came to mind. I decided I wanted the main focus of my next list to be just that - travel. Right now I have 6 cities in mind. All in North America. I figure either once I get through these cities or when it's time to start the 50 year list, I will then be able to focus on Europe and Africa. Now of course should the opportunity arise to skip ahead to foreign places, I certainly won't be turning them down... I just think as far as plans go it's easier to have a geographic focus.
I know what you might be thinking right now, that I just turned 30, let's not jump the gun and wish years away. But that's not what I'm doing at all. I realize though that I've spent a lot of the last 10 years pretty unfocused. Aside from school I didn't have a clue as to what direction I was going, which step to take next. The decisions I made were no more than shots in the dark, random, with no rhyme or reason. And well, they haven't exactly led me, as of yet, to the place I want to be. So I decided I don't want to squander my time, I don't want to flounder around. I want action, I want to know where I'm going and have a specific plan on how to get there. Now if things change along the way, all the better - who doesn't enjoy a little spontaneity . But it doesn't hurt to have a good place to start. And having the chance to try the short version through the 30 before 30, I learned the valuable lesson that there's no time to waste, it feels good to have a check list, that if there are things I want to accomplish I need to figure out what they are and make a point to go after them.
So here goes nothing. Another Tentative List.
40 Before 40
Travel to the following Cities:
1. Seattle, Washington
2. Denver, Colorado
3. Washington, DC
4. New York, New York
5. Vancouver, British Columbia
6. Boston, Massachusetts
7. Nashville, Tennessee (added 11/19/12) - Visited September 2013
Possibilities, should the above locations be visited:
1. Giza, Egypt
2. London, England
3/4 Catania, Sicily/ Venice, Italy
5. Cape Town, South Africa
6. Paris, France
7. Sydney, Australia
Recreation:
1. Sky Dive
2. Learn to Ice Skate Backward
3. Restore Grandpa's Croquet Set - completed
Education:
1. Writing Class - completed Winter 2013
2. Master's Degree --- In progress
To Be Continued...
