Top 40 Things to do After your 40
I recently ran a competition that involved people telling me what their ‘Ultimate Thing to do after 40 was’. I had nearly 300 suggestions so thought I’d compile a list of my favourite Top 40 Things to do After your 40. I personally don’t have a bucket list as I think it would put too much pressure on me. I plan on enjoying a few glasses of wine and for once in my life feeling comfortable in my own skin. However, I’m now intrigued to try a few of these.
- Travel, travel, travel
- See the Northern Lights
- Dance on a West End stage
- Buy a sports car
- Hair balloon flight
- Holiday without the kids
- Go to Vegas and play the slots
- Europe in a Luxury Camper Van
- Bungee Jump
- Swim with dolphins
- Climb Kilimanjaro
- Canoeing in Canada
- Play with my grand children
- Go wing walking
- Have some ‘me’ time
- Keep the weight off
- Go trekking up Everest
- Go Zorbing
- Loop a light aircraft
- Witness a total eclipse of the sun
- Have a baby
- Write a novel
- Retire…..to a desert island
- Ice skating in central park
- Learn to play an instrument
- Run a marathon
- Go to space
- Learn a foreign language
- Buy a designer handbag
- White Water Rafting
- See The Nutcracker in New York
- Route 66
- Jump out of a plane
- Scuba diving off the great barrier reef
- Start looking after yourself
- Get a degree
- Go to my first rave
- To live life like I’m getting younger not older
- Dump everything in your life that makes you unhappy – life’s too short
- Enjoy life and not worry about all the things you did when you were young
What is your ultimate thing to do after you turn 40?
……..Or sit down and have a nice cup of tea !
I love this list. I’m 50 next year though so will have to write a “what to do after you’re 50” list. Never seen anyone else do one. Perhaps everyone’s given up by then (hope not!). Anyway, Item 1 will be keep breathing!
Met your hubby and lovely daughter in a cafe today. Both excellent company! I was there with my 8 year old daughter trying (largely unsuccessfully as always) to be an alpha mother by taking her to visit a roman museum to research a school project.
Your husband recommended your blog and I’ve enjoyed reading it! I would add to your list ‘get your head shaved’. I did it this year (for charity) it was incredibly liberating. You realise how you look is much much less important than you think and for surfing and body boarding it is absolutely brilliant to have no hair! My daughter was proudly showing your daughter ‘here is my bald mummy’. She did admit it made her cry when I first did it but she got over it and the following evening asked me if she could shave her head! I couldn’t really say no so the best I could manage was ‘not yet’!