FORTY THINGS I’D LIKE TO DO BY FORTY:

1. Stay fluent in Italian
2. Visit Australia
3. Work for a company I love
4. Begin learning Japanese
5. Learn to play the ‘Charlie Brown’ song on the piano
6. Take an art class
7. Go on a cruise
8. Have a dog
9. Own my own home
10. Learn to cook
11. Have a retirement account
12. Pay off loans
13. Keep 3 months living expenses in savings – and don’t touch it!
14. Get married
15. Work in NYC, DC, London or LA
16. Work abroad
17. Have a kid
18. Learn 3 songs on guitar
19. Run a 5k
20. Visit a fortune teller
21. Learn to sail
22. Draft novel
23. Publish novel
24. Become more politically active
25. Actually send out Christmas cards
26. Go to the opera
27. Visit a shooting range
28. Volunteer at the shelter regularly
29. Learn to knit
30. Visit batting cages
31. Visit elephants in the wild
32. Take a hot air balloon ride
33. Become proficient with my camera
34. Learn more about capsule wardrobes
35. Write a screenplay
36. Visit South America
37. Go on a safari
38. Be instrumental in the passage of a law
39. Run for office
40. Adopt another dog