Friday is going to be a good day. I have got lots of plans with friends and with madam. This is because it's my birthday and I am going to be a whole 36. I feel incredibly conflicted about this. On the one hand I don't really care, age is nothing but a number etc, etc. But on the other I'm pretty sure my 20yr old self would be surprised at where I am in my life.
In the tradition of these things I have decided that I should make a list of things I'd like to achieve before I turn forty. Which will give me four years to get them all done.
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| this is my excited face... |
It genuinely took me two hours last night, wracking my brains, to come up with a list that I was pretty much happy with. I thought up 40 things; some of which are going to be quite easy, some harder and some possibly impossible! But I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't get them all done. This is just supposed to give me something to help me focus on achieving more with the next few years than I might do otherwise.
As it is a massive long list I shall split it into two posts for ease of reading. I shall do periodic updates to let you know how I'm getting on and what things I may have managed to cross off!
40 before 40
1. Make a dress for me to wear.
Pretty self explanatory...
2. Get control of my diet
As is this!
3. Sort out my divorce.
I have downloaded all the forms, I hope this will be done very soon!
4. Learn to finish one project before I start the next!
I am really bad for having multiple projects on the go at once. But I then never seem to finish any of them. I'm definitely all about the thrill of the new!
5. Make time for reading on a permanent basis.
My reading challenge has shown me how much I have missed regularly reading in my life. I want to carry it on even after my challenge has finished.
6. Give books I won't read again to charity.
This is an attempt to not allow clutter to build up. I know I have a few books on my shelves I genuinely will never read again, so lets make some space for better ones!
7. Find a job.
Um, yeah, need to do that.
8. Take more photos of actual things.
I take so many photos of madam and food, I want to make more effort to record other things as well.
9. Learn a new craft.
Not sure which one yet though...
10. Remember I am valuable.
Because I forget too often.
11. Learn proper budgeting and stick to it!
You know, like an actual grown up...
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| There are bicycles, there are canals. Must be Amsterdam! |
Because it'll open up a new world to her. And she's only ever been to Amsterdam when she was tiny!
13. Take a trip to New York just with friends.
I have always wanted to go to New York and I would really like that first trip to be a selfish one where I get to do grown up things. And drink.
14. Take madam on an overnight trip that isn't to visit friends once a year.
The amount of excitement she has worked up for our overnight in Hull on Friday has shown me I should make more effort to take her places for just us.
15. Start saving for a deposit on a house.
Because eventually, I want to buy one.
16.Cook a meal for my parents in my home.
They've not had a meal in either of the homes I've lived in in Beverley. This is a sad state of affairs!
17. Do something that scares me.
Meh! I can see that I am going to have to be high up at some point. Terrified already!
18. Get a cat.
Always wanted a cat. A British Blue is my ideal...
19. Have another child (!)
I never planned for madam to be an only child. I am thoroughly aware of the practicalities of that statement!
20. Watch a show in the West End (or on Broadway).
I'm a massive fan of a musical. I'd just love to see one in a big theatre and with an all star cast.
Look out for part 2 coming soon!
What would you put on your list?
Love, Pearl.
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