40 before 40. things to do after turning 30 but before turning 40.
31/40 | may 2016 – may 2026.
- ☐⠀ attend a film festival
- ☑⠀ attend a music festival
- ⤷ lollapalooza 2022 & ravinia 2024
- ☑⠀ attend a sports event
- ⤷ minnesota twins baseball game, st. paul saints baseball game, & chicago red stars soccer game
- ☑⠀ be a tourist where i live
- ☑⠀ become a better home cook
- ☑⠀ continue collecting favorites as physical media
- ☑⠀ establish a skincare routine
- ☑⠀ get houseplants & keep them alive
- ☑⠀ get a job with work travel
- ☑⠀ go to the movie theaters regularly
- ☑⠀ grow a container/balcony garden
- ☐⠀ have a spa day
- ☑⠀ move to a large u.s. city
- ▣⠀ read all owned, unread books
- ☑⠀ read everything related to the dark tower series
- ☑⠀ read w. somerset maugham's bibliography
- ☑⠀ (re)visit areas likely significantly affected by climate change
- ⤷ abroad: thailand, malaysia, singapore, & vietnam
- ⤷ u.s.: gulf coast of florida, dallas/ft. worth, new york city, salt lake city, & new orleans
- ☑⠀ rewatch star trek tv shows & movies
- ☑⠀ run a half marathon (13.1 mi/21 km)
- ☐⠀ run an endless summer trail run series race
- ☑⠀ see dita von teese live
- ☑⠀ start a vinyl collection
- ☑⠀ take amtrak
- ☑⠀ take a hiking and/or running trip
- ⤷ badlands national park, custer state park, & black hills national forest
- ⤷ rocky mountain national park
- ⤷ great smoky mountains national park
- ⤷ uinta-wasatch-cache national forest & twin peaks wilderness
- ☑⠀ take a month-long vacation abroad
- ⤷ thailand, malaysia, singapore, vietnam, & south korea
- ☑⠀ take a multi-state road trip
- ⤷ utah ⇢ idaho ⇢ montana ⇢ wyoming
- ⤷ illinois ⇢ indiana ⇢ kentucky ⇢ tennessee
- ☑⠀ take a solo vacation
- ⤷ south dakota: badlands national park, black hills national forest, mount rushmore national memorial, custer state park, crazy horse memorial
- ⤷ southern minnesota: sat in a cabin on a lake for a long weekend
- ⤷ northern wisconsin: sat in a cabin by a fire with a stack of books while it snowed for a long weekend
- ☑⠀ take up a new hobby
- ⤷ mixology, pilates, knitting, tea, & biking
- ▣⠀ transition to a car-free daily lifestyle
- ⤷ moved to a city with good public transit, bought a bike, & use car ≤ 1x/week
- ▣⠀ travel at least once a year (excepting 2020)
- ▣⠀ visit at least one friend once a year (excepting 2020)
- ☑⠀ visit canada
- ⤷ sault ste. marie, ontario
- ☑⠀ visit more u.s. national parks for the first time
- ⤷ badlands, rocky mountain, yellowstone, mammoth cave, & great smoky mountains
- ☑⠀ visit more u.s. states for the first time
- ⤷ south dakota, pennsylvania, florida, new jersey, new york, colorado, nebraska, indiana, tennessee, utah, idaho, montana, wyoming, louisiana, kentucky, connecticut, rhode island, & massachusetts
- ☑⠀ visit southeast asia
- ⤷ thailand, malaysia, singapore, & vietnam
- ▣⠀ visit all five great lakes
- ⤷ lake michigan, lake superior, lake erie, lake ontario, & lake huron
- ☑⠀ volunteer locally
- ⤷ esl classroom teacher & esl tutor
- ☑⠀ watch akira kurosawa's filmography
- ☑⠀ watch the studio ghibli filmography
- ☐⠀ write one short story
bonus. i have time left, and because i'm always ambitious.
- ☐⠀ become a volunteer citizen archivist for the u.s. national archives
- ☐⠀ develop an ashtanga yoga practice
- ☐⠀ get in the best physical shape of my life
- ▣⠀ reach 100/1,001 on the "before you die" lists
- ▣⠀ transition to a sustainable wardrobe and style