I’m on a quest to complete the following 40 goals by the time I’m 40 years old. Some are hard, others are easy. Some are meaningful, others are ridiculously silly. All of them make me happy.

Read the original post from my 30th birthday.

Can you help me reach one of my goals? Do we share a goal? Contact me.

1. Own my own home. With a pool.
2. Go berry picking.
3. Plant a real garden. Vegetables. Flowers. Perhaps a citrus tree.
4. Can the fruits and veggies that I grow.
5. Adopt a pet.
6. Buy a boat.
7. Attend NY Fashion Week. Done and Done!
8. Pay off all credit card debt.
9. Be a size 10. (I’d be okay with a size 14.) For more than a month.
10. Pierce my nose. Done! Sorry, Mom.
    
11. Attend the Kentucky Derby wearing a ridiculously fabulous hat.
12. Go somewhere abroad. For a month or more.
13. Take a dance class. Cha-cha-cha.
14. Learn to knit. Done!
15. Donate blood. Done!
16. Run, walk, or crawl a 5k.
17. Tour the Vatican.
18. Take a cruise to somewhere exotic. Alone.
19. Tube down the Guadalupe River.
20. Go white water rafting.
21. Go para sailing.
22. Take a photography class. Done!
    
23. Visit a psychic. Done! That didn’t go so well.
24. Cross the Canadian border.
25. Have a baby.
26. Let my hair grow past my shoulders.
27. Attend a black tie event.
28. Eat fondu. Done!
29. Learn Pig Latin. Or how to -izzle.
30. Watch (and read) Gone With The Wind. Done! With snacks.
31. Make a traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
32. Tour a winery.
33. Make a sizable donation to charity.
34. Wear a bikini. (I’ll settle for a slightly risque tankini.) In public.
35. Learn how to play Scrabble. Done! Words with Friends totally counts.
    
36. Visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
37. Visit my alma mater(s).
38. Tour Alcatraz.
39. Win a jackpot in Vegas.
40. Attend an Olympic event.