So I decided to start a journey today... a journey to discover 50 shades of me as I get ready for my 50th birthday in 2 years from today.
A journey to what, precisely? How about a journey to new experiences? How about starting this journey with a list of things to try before I hit 50? Just something to have fun with. Something I can look back on and celebrate doing 2 years from now. And if I get done even a tenth of it I'll consider this experiment a success.
I don't want to live with regrets - I shoulda, coulda tried doing "this or that". And if I don't get to the whole list, meh, no biggie - the point is to get further than where I am today!
So without further ado, here's ze list of things I'd like achieve and/or try, in no particular order:
1. Get a pair of HOT HOT pumps - perhaps a pair of expensive HOT pumps?
2. Get down to a size 8 and keep it
3. Learn how to bellydance
4. Try out some kind of martial arts
5. Get "Michelle Obama" arms
6. Visit Puerto Rico and EXPLORE
7. Learn to play "Claire de Lune"
8. Knit sweaters for DH and for DD
9. Visit Spain
10. Go help in a Soup Kitchen
11. Learn to play/sing 12 new songs on my guitar
12. Redecorate my whole house
13. Learn to speak and read Portuguese
14. Learn some French or Italian
15. Fit into my skinny black dress
16. Complete house declutter
17. Go biking with DH & DD
18. Go hiking
19. Try rock climbing
20. Reconnect with at least 5 old friends
21. Take some kind of dance class (jazz/ tap/ etc)
22. Make stained glass
23. Cook Beef Wellington. From scratch.
24. Become a storyteller.
25. Visit the Redwoods in California
26. Go to Montreal/ Quebec
27. Return to Bonaire
28. Cook Armenian foods
29. Make Cuban black bean soup from scratch
30. Organize my recipes
31. Gather recipes to create a 'go to' list
32. Create a weekly/ monthly recipe plan
33. Try watercolor painting
34. Snorkel or scuba dive
35. Play in a casino. With real money.
36. Learn to play poker
37. Private goal #1 (not for family viewing... eeck!)
38. Private goal #2 (ditto!!!)
39. Develop tradition with DD around exploring new places together (DH can tag along too)
40. Make photo albums of DD's pictures - or photobooks?
41. Take a good hard look at my career/ goals/ persponal development
42. Learn reiki
43. Learn to read Tarot cards - *really* read them, not just read from the booklet
44. Create an herb garden - something pretty and functional
45. Learn how to trim blueberry bushes
46. Find the bestest blueberry muffin recipe
47. Create or find recipes of puertorican vegetarian food
48. Make puertorican pasteles from scratch
49. Make Baklava from scratch
50. Write a story or a song
Now comes the hard part - execution! Bwahahaha, someone warn my husband!!!
