Many years ago, around my 29th birthday, I decided to do a 30 before 30 list, and while I did a good chunk of things on there, I didn’t get it all done by a long way, which is fine, but I thought, why not give myself a bit longer for a 40 before 40 list. And yes, some are pinched from the 30 before 30 list!
As I start writing this it’s May 2025, and I think it’ll take a while to come up with 40, but let’s at least start:
- Move from my flat to a house – currently in progress, but feels like it could take ’til I’m 40 to go through
- Visit New York City – if America is still an OK place to visit
- Visit Bletchley Park
- Visit Westminster Abbey – either a service or actually pay to go in
- Visit the Comedy Store in London – ideally to see comedians I like!
- Go and see Austentatious
- Visit the Museum of Brands
- Go to an opera – I reserve the right to not do this, I don’t want to, just feel like I should, having visited a ballet before my 30th
Go to Wimbledon- Go to a cricket match – Hampshire or England
- Go to a rugby match – Bath or England
- Go to Silverstone or another Grand Prix
- Get a ticket to a show court at Wimbledon via camping or ballot
Eat at Mowgli- Learn the countries of the world and be able to complete the Sporcle quiz – PB 86%, currently around 81%
- Learn how to curl my hair
- Learn pi to 40dp – currently at 35
- Continue to slowly and sustainably lose weight until I hit my target – approx a further stone and a bit
- Get back to giving blood
- Finish my four seasons of cross stitch – two are done, two to go
- If I complete #1, get a photobook done of my years in the flat
- Send 40 postcards to people – is this an excuse to buy some cute postcards? maybe…
Stop biting my nails
A couple of these I did before writing the list, but I thought they were significant enough, and achieved after I was 30, to include. And Mowgli was visited since May!
It’s now August 2025 and I think I need to at least get this list up before I complete any more!
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