Happy New Year to you! I hope 2017 was good to you, and wish you even better for 2018. I’m so excited for a new year, new goals, and new beginnings, especially some big ones for our family. We’ll be welcoming our twins into the world very soon! Those big changes haven’t stopped me from creating and working towards big goals and dreams, for myself and our family. I decided to continue with a decades list for tracking goals, with a 40 Before 40 Bucket List!
Introducing my 40 Before 40 Bucket List
I recently shared with fellow travel agents my goals for my little travel business for 2018, along with that we are expecting twins soon. My goals & dreams were ridiculed for being too big. Did I let this get me down? NO WAY! It has only added fuel to my fire. I’ve already marked off a few of those goals and we are only 5 days into the year. So ain’t no stoppin’ me!
Why do I share this story? Well, because there is always going to be someone out there to put you down. Go after your dreams, and never let someone tell you they are too big! You CAN accomplish them! So what helps me really focus on my goals? Writing them down! I’ve made print outs & lists for my goals for 2018, and have created a fun graphic to help me stay on track with my new bucket list, 40 things to accomplish before turning 40.
Though I’m just now sharing, I’ve had my 40 Before 40 list together for several months now, since August (my 30th birthday) actually. I was so inspired by how much I accomplished on my 30 Before 30, I knew I had to do the same for the next decade. I had so much fun thinking out of the box for big & small goals for this list, and I’m so excited to mark them off.
Things I Want to Do & See by My 40th Birthday
- Visit the Vatican
- Read the entire Bible
- Go to the Kentucky Derby
- Pay off my student loans
- Run a race
- Dog sled on an Alaskan cruise
- Watch Lonesome Dove
- See sea turtles hatch
- Grow a pumpkin patch
- Raise chickens
- Go to Paris & London
- Sew a dress
- Take our babes to Disney World
- Organize our printed photos
- Trace our genealogy
- Go to Australia
- Learn to use a saw
- Camp in the backyard
- Create Christmas traditions
- Learn to play piano again
- Cruise to Cuba
- Have a picnic
- Camp out in the living room
- Make caramel apples
- Go Christmas caroling
- See the Big Five in Africa
- Mow the yard
- Buy more Disney DVDs
- Take a road trip
- Make a clothes line
- Bask on the beach in St. Lucia
- Bake Jesus a birthday cake
- Attend a Bible study
- Do a Christmas bucket list
- Buy & watch the Full House series
- Swim with the pigs in Exumas
- Make no-bake cookies
- Read all of Nicholas Sparks’ books
- Watch Scarface + Goodfellas
- Take family photos
Pretty lofty? I think not! Even if I don’t accomplish them all, accomplishing even just one thing is something to be proud of! What are your goals for 2018?
