My 50 Before 50 Life List
I think it's obvious at this point that I like lists a lot. And why not?
It's fun to make lists of things I love. Lists of happy memories. Lists of experiences I hold dear. Lists of my loved ones' birthdays.
And, of course, I like making lists of things I would like to do. Apparently, there's a study claiming that when we write down a goal by hand we are 42% more likely to achieve it.
Also, a life list created with a time constraint gives us extra incentive to make our dreams happen.
This is why I made a 30 before 30 list in my last few years of my 20s.
It pushed me to do things I have always wanted to do. There is nothing special about the age milestone. It's simply a means of motivating myself.
The plan to do a whole list of things eventually is all too easy to keep putting off until someday. But my short term lists keep me on track to meet my goals.
Giving myself a specific but realistic timeline is how I marry my dream life with my real life.
I have seen firsthand how this approach makes my perception of time slow down and and enables me to savor my life.
Anyway, it has worked great so far in life. So here are 50 things I would like to do before I turned 50.
1. Scuba diving certification
2. Start a floral design business
3. Go rock climbing again
4. Snowboarding some more
5. Read 1000 books (I'm at 540)
6. Run another half marathon
7. Run a Ragnar Race
8. Ghost photoshoot ✓
9. Salt flats family photo shoot (or in an orchard in the spring)
10. Go karts in Mario Kart themed costumes
11. Try fringe bangs
12. Find a red lip color that suits me ✓
13. Keep my blog going
14. Sensory deprivation tank (float spa)
15. Swim in a pink lake
16. Canyoneering
17. Hike a 14-er
18. Visit all the states I want to go to (not all 50 because meh)
19. Take my kids to Hawaii
20. Scuba dive with manta rays in Hawaii (and swim with leopard sharks and maybe see glowing algae)
21. Acadia NP in autumn
22. New York City
23. Glacier National Park
24. Mount Rainer NP ✓
25. See lava in person
26. Oregon Coast roadtrip as a family
27. Hike a mountain with my kids
28. White water rafting
29. Dive with great white sharks
30. Try mountain biking
31. Be completely debt free, with the house paid off and everything
32. Become proficient on the piano!
33. Go on a trip to see the northern lights (again)
34. Stay in a castle in Scotland
35. Visit Isle of Skye
36. Mammoth Cave NP
37. Bobsled
38. Niagra falls (as a family)
39. Tour a chocolate factory
40. Spartan Trifecta
41. Yellowstone National Park (as a family)
42. Couple's trip to Nantucket in late spring
43. Hike Angel's Landing
44. Mystic Hot Springs
45. Hike to Delicate Arch (as a family)
46. Charleston & Savannah
47. Cycle to (and from?) Richmond to Jamestown
48. See Queens of the Stone Age in concert (so close but the show was canceled after I got there...)
49. Go camping in Stanley/Sawtooth Mountains
50. Swim with bull sharks in Miami
What is something on your life list? What do our lists have in common? Leave a comment below!
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