40 before 40

On July 1st, I celebrated my 30th birthday. So, it got me thinking about making a special list of goals I would like to achieve before I hit my 40's. I'm pretty excited and look forward to tackling this list! So here it is!

Before I turn 40, I want to...

  1.  Learn to snowboard

  2.  Learn to ski

  3.  Become fluent in another language 

  4.  Take cooking classes

  5.  Learn how to swim

  6.  Become a dog owner

  7.  Take a ride on a hot air balloon

  8.  Go bungee jumping in New Zealand

  9.  Wear a bikini

  10. Ride on the Shinkansen from Fukuoka to Tokyo

  11. Meet the members of the Japanese group GLAY 

  12. Experience seeing GLAY from the first row

  13. Attend 100 concerts anywhere in the world 

  14. Get married to that special someone and have kids

  15. Find a place to settle in whether it be in Japan, the USA or anywhere else in the world

  16. Attend a concert at Zepp Tokyo

  17. Chat up with a random stranger in a party setting

  18. Visit Nigeria at least twice

  19. Go on a cruise

  20. Work and/or study in Europe for at least one year

  21. Earn a Masters degree

  22. Visit five continents (have been to three not including my own)

  23. Travel around Scandinavia

  24. Go for a bike ride on an island in Okinawa

  25 Buy a new MacBook

   26. Go to a spa and get pampered from head to toe

  27. Learn to scuba dive

  28. Visit 20 countries (for at least 5 days per visit)

  29. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

  30. Listen to reggae in Jamaica

  31. Learn to play the bass guitar

  32. Attend an outdoor music festival

  33. Own a Neverfull MM or GM LV bag

  34. Skydive

  35. Spend one night in a sleeper train 

  36. View the aurora borealis in Northern Norway

  37. Go fishing

  38. See the Great Barrier Reef in Australia

  39. Fly first class just once

  40. Grow my hair out to waist length

And there you have it; my 40 before 40!! I'm definitely going to work hard at fulfilling the above goals. Once a goal has been achieved, I will write an entry about it on this blog.