40 Before 40...
As long as we're making lofty stabs at productivity as a species, why not add a little quantifiable quest to the pile?
I'm turning 40, in this the year of our Lord two-thousand and eighteen. In exactly five months, as a matter of fact. SO as someone who can't be bothered with math but loves when numbers work out all evenly AND checking things off lists, here it is:
MY 40 BEFORE 40 LIST.
Some items are vague, some on purpose and some because the finer details are part of the journey. Some items aren't just one-time, one-check wonders, and some have more than one part. Eh, it's my list. Here goes!
Travel • See the snow festival. (Sapporo, February) • Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. (Australia, June) • Onsen & Ryokan. • Spend the weekend in Tokyo alone. (January) • Hanami at Mt. Yoshino + Deer at Nara. (Kyoto, April) • Go camping for non-professional reasons. (Frankie really wants to.) • Visit Hiroshima. • See a sumo tournament. (Osaka, March)
Adulting • Make a will. • Get U.K. passport. • Get everyone current on appointments. • Find a gymnastics class for Frankie. • Get an hairstyle that matches my level of effort, i.e. none. (This conflicts with a Wild Card item.) • Figure out hydration strategy like a sentient being. • Get a password manager. • Kondo the house.
Creation • Finish and launch website. • Make the podcast happen. • Shoot and edit a videos for every list item that warrants one. (Password manager? No.) • Create something non-digital. • Finish five-part docu-series for work. • Edit my China videos. • Write a blog post a week. • Pitch every piece in my ideas folder.
Consumption • See this "Hamilton." (In some form or another.) • Learn both alphabets and the 300 words/verb forms you need for basic conversation. • Capsule wardrobe. • Watch Casablanca, Jaws, and Die Hard. • Read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Phantom Tollbooth. • Take Frankie to a big show. (Lion King?) • Eat at Sukiyabashi Jiro. (Conceptual, given my no-fish policy.) • Subscribe to the print pubs I've been putting off. (Frankie, for one.)
Wildcard • Volunteer somewhere. • Finish Yamathon. • Do the Yokohama Olympic tri. • Refuse straws, plastic bags, PET bottles, and disposable hashi as often as possible. • Conquer a fear. • Use my voice to make the world better for those not being heard. • Try sunset, mermaid, or otherwise non-standard hair color. • Take a class/get AFAA/Barre/Spin certified.
Huh. I'm also training for a Half-Ironman, but that's happening on June 10, so it doesn't even count on the list. I'm sure this is fine. I mean, it's only one item every 3.75 days.
Now then. Does anyone have a Die Hard VHS?
