40 by 40 Bucket List – March Update
You know that thing where you impulsively decide to set some big goals (in my case, a 40 by 40 bucket list in the last year of a degree) and then spend the next couple of months alternately crazy busy with work or struggling with insomnia? There is something uniquely intoxicating about the final year of a degree that makes you think, “I am already juggling five flaming chainsaws, let’s add forty more and see if I can whistle a tune while I’m at it.”
I’m totally joking, but considering how busy life has been, it’s interesting to have a goal check-in and gander at the progress so far…
There’s been a fair amount of planning, so that’s very positive – and it’s quite handy of an insomnia night sometimes.
MY 40 BY 40 BUCKET LIST INCLUDES:
Visit 40 countries before I’m 40 37/40 in progress- this one is looking healthy but unlikely so I might edit to ‘by the end of my 40th year’ as I never want to visit somewhere just for an hour)
Complete 40 acts of kindness 11/40 in progress
See a waterfall
Solo trip
Make another Viral video (100k + views)
Do a spontaneous weekend getaway Done!
Speak at a conference
Eat Comte in Comte
Drink Champagne in Champagne again In progress
Eat in 3 new Michelin starred restaurants 1/3 done
Read 10 life changing books Big fail so far
Work with 1 new big or luxury/high-end brand
Complete a photography challenge 9/26 in progress
QUICK WINS
Get my UK Passport Calendar noted
Let the waiter pick all my dishes for a meal
Finish wedding album In progress
Do a science experiment
Be in a glam photoshoot
Sabrage a champagne bottle
Learn a new craft skill In progress
Go to a rave (can be Musicals…!) Booked!
Sing on stage (this one makes my knees quake just writing it) Threatened
Guest on a podcast
JAN – MAR
See the Pyramids Done!
Do a whole month of daily gratitudes Done!
Write a letter to myself to open on my 40th & 50th birthdays Done!
APR – JUN
Complete a 30-day fitness challenge
Learn the basics of investing Calendar noted
JUL – SEPT
Host a dinner party
OCT – DEC
Host a hatted/tiara’d afternoon tea In progress
Revisit Edinburgh In progress
YEAR LONG
Grow a TikTok account to 1,000 followers Er…
Post weekly on Blog Instagram, and twice monthly on work Instagram On average, yes?
Post weekly on LinkedIn Just about…
Do a date night with Mr Kiwi every week In progress
Hit my annual £s work & savings goal (set in January) In progress
Make some new local friends In progress
Finish my degree In progress
Volunteer for the year In progress
Increase my annual blog traffic by 25% In progress, tracking well
I removed the ‘swimming properly in the ocean’ (I said that I almost did this years ago in New Zealand swimming with wild dolphins but it got called off due to a storm) a friend noted that we actually did this on her Hen Party in the Greek Islands so I removed it..
By my count, I’ve completed 4 and have 23 in progress which isn’t a bad start for 2-ish months into it!
