Yesterday, I turned 36.

I am not the type to worry too much about my own birthday.

Other people’s? Hell, yes.

My own. Eh…

It’s not about turning older anything like that – I just generally do not like all of the attention on me. #introvertforlife

I see birthdays similar to New Year’s. Opportunity for new starts, but also just another day. Similar to resolutions, I don’t like to get into the mindset of “this year will be different because of x, y, or z.”

Change can happen any time you need it to.

BUT, we all know I love a good list.

I had originally set out to create “Forty Things to Do Before 40.”

But, that got tedious.

Trying to figure out another fun tag-line that involved less work in the list itself, I googled how many days until my fortieth birthday.

1,460

That seems like all the time in the world.

But nothing with 1,460 just rolls off the tongue.

I also did realize/notice that it will be 3/22/2022.

Oooooh…. lots of 2s.

ALSO, if you add 1+4+6+0=11=1+1=2

Another 2!

[C’mon. Didn’t we ALL manipulate the numerology numbers to get the answer we wanted or get a better match with our crush? No?]

Back to the point!

I settled on:

22 before 2022

Travel

1. New York City
2. Hawaii
3. Las Vegas
4. Disney World
5. New Orleans

Projects/Career

6. Write cook book
7. Write book
8. Write children’s book
9. Complete major photography project
10. Create business plans

Mind

11. Attend a work-related conference
12. Attend a photography conference
13. Attend a writers’ conference
14. Read 40 books
15. Color every day for a month

Body

16. Yoga every day for a month
17. Run every day for a month
18. Give up one vice for a month

Running

19. Run 5K – Running of the Bulls in New Orleans
20. Run 5K – Houston-based
21. Run Obstacle race
22. Run Disney race

 

I’ll keep you updated on completion dates of any of these.

Spoiler: We are going to Disney World in May 2018 – I added that one as a gimme.