40 things to do before you’re 40

Hitting 30 in a national lockdown really puts things in perspective!

When you hit, 31, 32 I thought, dam I’m getting old! Not being able to do a number of things on my 30 list, because of Covid made me re-evaluation myself.

Now that my years are disappearing before my eyes, it’s time to do things that I’ve always wanted to do, things that should try and things that I have never done before, it’s now or never!

Some of my fondest memories are from my university days. Now it’s not just the drinking and partying, but I would fully recommend a good onesie pub crawl! It was also the things I did outside of university like the channel swim and charity work.

Naturally, post-uni life has slowed down and it is easy to fall back into your comfort zone but if you are also hitting a milestone, or looking to create your own bucket list, hopefully this will give you a head start!

Let me know what you think in the comments section!

1. Take a cross country road trip 

(Head banging is optional)

2. Visit a Casino 

(gamble responsibly, these lists aren’t cheap)

3. Learn photography

(take a photography course)

4. Swim Lake Windermere – booked!

(A sporting challenge)

5. Go on the world’s fastest zip wire

(wooshh)

6. Follow through on an idea

(see it trough to the end)

7. Learn to code

(complete a coding course)

8. Become a home owner  – Done!

(Bye money, it was nice while it lasted)

9. Give blood!

(hate, hate, hate n-n-needles.)

10. Do an triathlon

(guess I have to try that running business!)

11. Invest

(Make an investment)

12. Paint a “piece of art”

(beauty is in the eye of the beholder!)

13. Clay pigeon shooting

(clay discs may be harmed in this process)

14. Meditate

(meditate once a week for one month)

15. Meet a weight goal – Done!

(loose the pounds while lifting them)

16. Visit the Eden Project

(be one with nature)

17. Play some golf

(4–thousand?)

18. Create a family tree

(the horrors that await me)

19. Swim a marathon event

(marathon swimming, but in the masses)

20. Learn to sail

(take a sailing lesson)

21. Go to an open door cinema

(grab some popcorn)

22. Become Robin Hood 

(do some archery)

23. Do a live stream

(hello world)

24. Take a photo of a sunrise and a sunset!

(its going to be an long day!)

25. Treat yourself 

(treat yourself to something you’re always wanted)

26. Read a good book

(being dyslexic that’s always risky!)

27. Pay for a training programme

(seek professional help)

28. Pick up an old hobby 

(picking up where things left off)

29. Build an app

(but don’t expect good results)

30. Learn to kayak

(take a kayaking course)

31. create my own food passion books (two)!

(that’s going to be alot of try and error!)

32. Become a BBQ/pizza master

(head chief incoming)

33. Get married

(Don’t piss off Emily)

34. see Northern Lights

(trip incoming)

35. Successful Allotment year

36.  Became a man of Business! The American way, the British way

37.Start a Family – ahh!

(Does Lance count?)

38. Mentor Someone

(lord help them)

39. Try Stand-Up Paddle Boarding

40. Learn How to Pilot a Drone

Thank you very much for reading, I will be updating you all as I go and I hope this may have inspired you too! Here is one last GIF for luck: