With my 32nd birthday (today) and our second child’s birth looming around the corner, it got me thinking about my “bucket-list”. Not too long ago, I had fulfilled many items on my list. I went back-packing through Europe for four months, I skydived 10 times in places such as Switzerland, Israel and New Zealand (3 tandem jumps and 7 solo jumps), I bungee jumped, white water rafted and scuba dived in British Columbia, I parasailed in the Philippines, saw the Pyramids in Egypt, ran five half-marathons, obtained my MBA and married the love of my life.
Of course, all of that was pre-baby and even pre-wedding. That’s not to say that becoming a family has slowed me down, but it just changed my priorities (for the best I think). So now, as I think about my future, it’s time that I re-visit my bucket-list and update it to reflect both my current and future life-style. While I will probably not be able to complete most of the items before I’m 40 (i.e. the travel ones), I hope that I can complete most of them in the next eight years. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far, in no particular order:
- Complete a full marathon. Preferably the NY marathon
- See a live taping of the Ellen Show in California
- Have a third child
- Take art lessons and create a piece that’s nice enough to hang in our house
- Take photography lessons and use something other than the “auto” button on my SLR camera
- Swim in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
- Go on a safari tour in South Africa
- Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Travel all over India
- Watch baby turtles hatch in their natural habitat
- Watch an olympic sport in-person
- Actively volunteer for a charity that’s important to my family
- Become mortgage free
- Learn something new like: wine making, sewing, cooking Indian food or a new language
- Get back my pre-baby body (after I have our last child)
- Have 1.000 followers on my blog
- See a live taping of SNL
- Learn to bake
What about you? Do you have a bucket-list? What else would you add to my list or what is unique to yours? I would love to hear!! Suggestions are always welcome 
Or let me know if you’re able to help me out with any of my bucket list items!
2 Responses to ‘Before 40′ bucket list
Happy Birthday!!! 32! You’re still a pup!
Love your bucket list! I need to make my list! I’ve got a few things at the top of my head, but need to make an actual list 
Happy Bday and WOW that is quite the list. Visiting a safari in Africa is on mine as well. I love that you have given yourself 8 years to fulfill the bucket list that is great. As I just turned 39 (yes I am admitting my age) I find myself thinking of all the things I want to accomplish before 40. Not leaving myself much time!!
I love how adventurous you are! Awesome.