
40 Before Turning 40
A list of 40 adventures and life experiences to have before turning 40
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This year I surpassed the big 3-0 milestone, and it came with a whole recipe of emotions and feelings. Many contradicting ones, like exciting and scary and devastating. When I was far away from this point, it seemed so intimidating, so old. Like the ending of my youth. But now that I’m here, I realise that it’s not that old at all, that it’s only the beginning of many exciting adventures.
So as I start a new journey towards the next huge milestone, and in honour of the new year – I have decided to compile a list of 40 things to do before turning 40. This is purely an adventurous list, a bucket list of sorts. Not things like – career and financial goals, but more life experiences and once in a lifetime adventures.
This list was created with myself in mind, so I did not include things I have no desire for and would never do. However, it could very much be adapted to anyone else. Use it as inspiration to create your own list – to get ideas for yourself. Maybe you’ll even find something you never even thought of.
So without further ado, in no particular order…
1. Zip-lining – My favourite activity, would love to do the Gibbon Experience
2. Road trip through a foreign country
3. Go to your favourite musician’s live concert
4. Hike the Annapurna
5. Learn a new language
6. Watch IMDB’s top 250 movies
7. See the Northern Lights
8. Disneyland / Disneyworld
9. Learn a musical instrument
10. Eat at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant
11. Drive in theatre
12. Live in a different country
13. Eurotrip
14. Go on a solo trip
15. Wine tasting in tuscany
16. Helicopter ride
17. Backpack through Asia
18. skydive / bungy jump
19. Sleep under the stars – somewhere you can see the Milky Way
20. Read all of your favourite authors books (jodi Picoult)
21. Shop at a super fancy brand – like Gucci, Chanel or Prada
22. Skinny Dipping
23. Visit every continent
24. Go on a Safari trip in Africa
25. See all current 7 wonders of the world
26. Fly first class
27. Hot air balloon ride
28. Drive a race car
29. Stay at a 5 star luxury hotel
30. Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
31. Celebrate st. Patrick’s day in Ireland
32. Attend a crazy festival abroad
33. Write a book
34. Fly very last minute
35. See the Lion King musical
36. Take a random class / workshop
37. Go to a very posh spa
38. Try to cook a crazy, complex recipe
39. Cooking classes in foreing countries – like India, Italy and Japan.
40. Train ride through Europe – such as The Bernina Express
Life has so much to offer, why not take full advantage of it all?
Some of these things on the list I have actually already done, but would either love to do again, or do a different variation of it. Either way, they are all things that I think one should do before turning 40. And yes, I am aware that most of them are travel related. I’m a huge believer in world travel. I’d rather live modestly, so I can travel as much as I can.
May all of your bucket lists be ticked off!
Happy Adventures!
Stay safe, stay healthy and stay strong!
Michal B.L.
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