{"id":1441,"date":"2012-11-19T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T04:15:43","slug":"my-before-40-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/my-before-40-bucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Before 40’ bucket list"},"content":{"rendered":"

With my 32nd birthday (today) and our second child’s birth looming around the corner, it got me thinking about my “bucket-list”.\u00a0 Not\u00a0too long ago, I had fulfilled many items on my list.\u00a0 I\u00a0went back-packing through Europe for\u00a0four months, I skydived\u00a010 times in places such as Switzerland, Israel and New Zealand (3 tandem jumps\u00a0and 7 solo jumps), I\u00a0bungee\u00a0jumped, white water rafted and scuba dived in British Columbia, I parasailed\u00a0in the Philippines, saw the Pyramids in Egypt, ran five half-marathons, obtained my MBA and married the love of my life.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Of course, all of that was pre-baby and even pre-wedding.\u00a0 That’s not to say that becoming a family has slowed me down, but\u00a0it just changed my priorities (for\u00a0the best I think).\u00a0 So now, as I\u00a0think about my future, it’s time that I re-visit my bucket-list and update it\u00a0to reflect both my current and future life-style.\u00a0 While I will probably not be able to complete most of the items before I’m 40 (i.e. the travel ones), I hope that I can complete most of them\u00a0in the next eight years.\u00a0 Here’s what I’ve come up with so far, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

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  1. Complete a full marathon.\u00a0 Preferably the NY marathon<\/li>\n
  2. See a live taping of the Ellen Show in California<\/li>\n
  3. Have a third child – DONE<\/li>\n
  4. Take art lessons and create a piece that’s nice enough to hang in our house<\/li>\n
  5. Take photography lessons and use something other than the “auto” button on my awesome Nikon SLR camera – WORK IN PROGRESS<\/li>\n
  6. Swim in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia<\/li>\n
  7. Go on a safari tour in South Africa<\/li>\n
  8. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro<\/li>\n
  9. Walk the Great Wall of China<\/li>\n
  10. Travel all over India<\/li>\n
  11. Watch baby turtles hatch in their natural habitat<\/li>\n
  12. Watch an olympic sport in-person<\/li>\n
  13. Actively volunteer for a charity that’s important to my family<\/li>\n
  14. Become mortgage free – TEMPORARILY DONE until we bought our new house 2 years ago with assistance from top mortgage brokers in Whangarei<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Learn something new like: wine making, sewing, cooking Indian food\u00a0or a new language<\/li>\n
  16. Get\u00a0back my pre-baby body (after I have\u00a0our last child) – NOT POSSIBLE<\/li>\n
  17. Have 1.000 followers on my blog – DONE<\/li>\n
  18. See a live taping of SNL<\/li>\n
  19. Learn to bake – DONE<\/li>\n
  20. Go to Disney World \/ Land – DONE<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What about you?\u00a0 Do you have a bucket-list?\u00a0 What else would you add to my list or what is unique to yours?\u00a0 I would love to hear!!\u00a0 Suggestions are always welcome \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

    Or let me know if you’re able to help me out with any of my bucket list items!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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