The Before 40 List
This is my attempt at an original approach to a bucket list. I decided to shorten the time frame by a few years to make it more of a challenge. Since I know when I’m going to be 40 and I don’t know when I’m going to die, I have something a little more concrete to shoot for. Let’s just hope I make it past 40! Here they are:
*I’ll bold the ones I’m currently working on.
Business
Income to $1,000/month– August 2011Income to $2,500/month– January 2012Income to $5,000/month– May 2013- Income to $10,000/month
- Income to $20,000/month
Run a hydroponic vegetable and herb side business– July 2012100 subscribers to Epic Gardening– January 20131,000 subscribers to Epic Gardening10,000 visits to Epic Gardening in 1 month– October 201450,000 visits to Epic Gardening in 1 month– Sometime in early 2015- 100,000 visits to Epic Gardening in 1 month
One product sold on Epic Gardening Store- One product a week sold on Epic Gardening Store
- Ten products/week sold on Epic Gardening Store
- 100 products a month sold on Epic Gardening Store
Travel
- Visit all seven continents – 4/7 Visited: North America, Australia, Asia, South America
North America
- See the northern lights
South America
Experience Carnaval– March 2014
Asia
- Innertube down river in Laos with river-bars
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
- Get there
- Photograph wildlife
Adventure
Skydive– Queenstown, New Zealand July 2009Bungee jump– 3 Jumps in Queenstown, New Zealand July 2009See new land created– Hawaii, July 2008
Mental
- Attend a 10 day meditation retreat
Physical / Sports
- Surf for 30 days of good surf in a row
- Cold showers every day for a week
Get a massage– July 2012- Dunk a basketball
- Get to 195lb with 10-12% bodyfat
- Become reasonably flexible
- Learn to kiteboard
- Do 15 pullups in a row
- Run a 5k
- Run a 10k
Run a Tough Mudder– March 29, 2014
Social
- Host 10 dinner parties – 6/10 complete
- Say “Hi” to twenty random people in a day
Music
- Complete 5 song EP
- Perform at an open-mic night
Speaking
- Be featured on the local news
- Speak at a TEDx event
- Speak to a group of >20 strangers – 1/22/2013
Writing
- Write a guest post on a popular blog (>1k views per day)
- Write 100 posts on this blog
- Complete a novel
- Become a published author
- Become a NYT-Bestselling Author
Personal Challenges
- No TV for a month – Don’t remember the date I did this, but haven’t had a TV since 2012
- No eating out for a month
Random
- Be an extra in a movie
- Be on a game show
- Set or be a part of a world record
Shelved Goals
These are goals I was pursuing at some point in time, but am no longer going after.
Skateboarding
KickflipHeelflip- Varial
FS 180BS 180FS Pop ShuvitBS Pop ShuvitFakie FS Shuvit– 1/27/2013Fakie BS Shuvit– 1/27/2013- All 180 variations
- Frontside/backside kickflip
- Frontside/backside heelflip
50-505-O- Salad
- Nose/tail slide
Become comfortable riding switch