I’m not 40.  Yet.

Before I get there, I’ve got some stuff to do.

Here’s my list of 40 things to do before I turn the big four-ohhhhh:

1. Eat a donut from Gourdough’s.  If you know me at all, you know I start any list with something I can cross off. I ate there today!
2. Hike at least 25 miles of the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park
3. Do a solo weekend backpacking hike (at least 1 overnight)
4. Write a book (What the hell, why not, right!?!) It was an ebook, but that counts, right?
5. Travel the US in an Airstream interviewing strangers for my blog
6. Be a part of a Flash Mob  Hooray! Thanks to brother Luke for inviting me. Pics or it didn’t happen? Here you go!
7. Learn to speak conversational Spanish
8. Meditate for at least 15 minutes every day for a month
9. Fire a handgun
10. Win a Halloween costume contest
11. Play laser tag
12. See a live taping of Austin City Limits TWICE! Beck and Ed Sheeran…not together of course, although that would be interesting.
13. Attend SXSW
14. Travel to Costa Rica – I get extra credit for this one since I MOVED there for five months!
15. Join (or start) a Book Club
16. Attend a Meetup
17. Host a dinner party
18. Complete a Century (100 mile bike ride)
19. Ride a horse
20. Learn to snowboard
21. Attend a yoga retreat
22. See the New England fall foliage
23. Visit the Museum of Modern Art
24. Take a writing course
25. Couchsurf
26. Unplug completely from the internet every weekend for a month
27. Visit Portland, OR
28. Donate blood
29. Take a cooking class
30. Invent something
31. Participate in a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat
32. Attend a live TED talk
33. See a Broadway play (hopefully Book of Mormon) I am possibly the only person on the planet who didn’t love this show.
34. Get a tattoo on my foot
35. Get to 40 WITHOUT taking a Zumba class
36. Sleep in a treehouse
37. Take an art class
38. Visit San Fransisco
39. Do a Random Act of Kindness every day for a month
40. Have a cup of coffee with someone famous