40 Before 40

Just before the new year, one of my very best girlfriends mentioned she was going to create a 40 Before 40 list. I loved this idea and decided to create my own.

Here it is...

• earn my master's degree
• save more money for retirement
• learn to play poker
• date like I should have in my twenties
• travel to Europe
• maintain a successful non-profit
• visit Melissa in LA
• let my family & friends know what each really means to me
• be featured in print for something good
• conquer my fear of heights
• take my children to one of America's natural beauties
• be able to do a cartwheel & headstand again
• draft my children's book
• visit the Chicago Botanic Gardens
• road trip more often
• purchase new living room furniture
• stop being so afraid
• ride in a Corvette
• drive that Corvette
• be a mother my children can admire
• travel to Greece for my 40th birthday with my best girls
• have a savings account... with a respectable balance
• grow my hair high school long
• learn to sew better
• see family & friends more often
• drink more wine
• take a photography class
• search for my second chance at love
• declutter
• have a fish for a pet
• start a study/tutor group for high school students
• return to scrapbooking
• get a mammogram
• take a yoga class
• play with the kiddos more... more... more
• have a well-trained dog
• try not to look and dress like a frumpy almost 40 year old
• remain true to myself
• keep writing
• start a 50 Before 50 list

I've already managed to start saving more for retirement, my finance guy would be so proud!! This past weekend, I had an appointment for a hair cut. I managed to refrain from telling my stylist to cut it short, short, short. Thank goodness...

Let's see what happens next...