Time truly flies! I cannot believe my next birthday milestone will be 40. Granted, it’s not for several more years [thank goodness!], but with life continuing to happen all around us, I wanted to truly focus on what matters to me – what I want to accomplish in my life, whether it’s big, small, silly, or life-changing.
I don’t know about you, but I am more likely to accomplish big goals and dreams if I’ve written them down somewhere. So without further adieu, here are 40 things I hope to and dream of accomplishing before I turn 40. I will come back to this post to cross things off of this list and update it with the date of completion, so stay tuned!
- Be a homeowner
- Visit a winery
- Consistent Bible study
- Read 100 books
- See all 50 states
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Backup and organize all photos
- Lose 50 pounds
- Visit a national park
- Read the entire Bible
- Try 40 new recipes
- Girls’ weekend
- See the northern lights
- Have a[nother] baby
- Go to Disney World
- Pay off all student loans
- Visit a new country
- Go to a concert
- Send snail mail
- Potty train Landon
- Learn to [actually] use Photoshop
- Consistently workout in some capacity
- Go to a hot air balloon festival
- Yearly family photos
- Start a family tradition
- Conquer a fear
- Read a book on the NYT bestsellers list
- Do a random act of kindness
- Donate toys at the holidays
- Prepare and freeze slow cooker dump meals
- Journal at least once a week
- Throw a dart at a map and go wherever it lands
- Get another tattoo
- Go zip lining
- Visit ground zero in New York
- Visit a black sand beach
- Attend a midnight movie premiere
- Go on a romantic getaway
- Do something different with my hair
- Maintain a bedtime & morning routine
Some of these items are reaching a bit [or a lot], and some of them are seemingly more attainable. However it goes, I’m looking forward to living life with these things in mind as I get closer and closer to forty.

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