Comments on: A Personal Challenge – 39 Things To Do Before I Turn 40 http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Personal Challenge – 39 Things to do Before 40 (Inspired by LifeOhm.com) | Caretaking Couple http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-61 A Personal Challenge – 39 Things to do Before 40 (Inspired by LifeOhm.com) | Caretaking Couple Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:25:18 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-61 [...] a little more than a year before the Big 4-0) and she caught my attention with a post titled “39 Things to do Before 40” on her Life Ohm blog.  I responded to her post with the comment you see [...] [...] a little more than a year before the Big 4-0) and she caught my attention with a post titled “39 Things to do Before 40” on her Life Ohm blog.  I responded to her post with the comment you see [...]

]]> By: Monica http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-52 Monica Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:54:06 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-52 I would love that :) I would love that :)

]]> By: Valynne http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-51 Valynne Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:25:44 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-51 Hope to see you at Tabor Place this week ~ if not, maybe we can chat over a cuppa in the near future?! Hope to see you at Tabor Place this week ~ if not, maybe we can chat over a cuppa in the near future?!

]]> By: Monica http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-50 Monica Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:39:12 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-50 Valynne - I'm so psyched that you put this list together and shared it here, thank you :) I'd love to share our progress together and maybe tackle a few of them together, in fact, I'd love to add a few that are on your list. I've always wanted to try ziplining but didn't think to include it :) We'll have to catch up soon! Valynne – I’m so psyched that you put this list together and shared it here, thank you :) I’d love to share our progress together and maybe tackle a few of them together, in fact, I’d love to add a few that are on your list. I’ve always wanted to try ziplining but didn’t think to include it :) We’ll have to catch up soon!

]]> By: Valynne http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-49 Valynne Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:44:56 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-49 Thank you for the inspiration, Monica! Sounds like we are about the same age : ) I went with your 39 things to do before 40 theme... Finish writing my book Rent an Airstream for at least a week Get back to England to see Paul’s family & friends Take an Ayurveda class Join Toastmasters Pay off school loans Really learn to embroider Go back to a vegetarian diet Build up my Beachbody business Spend more time with my little brother and sister Take a digital photography class Make Caretaking Couple a lucrative business Sell the 4Runner (don’t need it here) Continue my search for vintage buttons & ephemera Join ancestry.com with my Mom Make my own soaps and candles again Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Get back to my yoga classes (at Exhale) Start a poker night at our new digs Calligraphy Polish up on my geography write a letter a week to a friend, family member, or stranger Blog on a regular basis (3x a week?) Garden (3 raised organic beds at our new digs - yay!) Get a monthly massage Finish my scrapbooking projects Run Find a tennis partner Learn how to play my guitar Go ziplining Continue vision boarding Visit my friend Laura in Valencia, Spain Treat myself to a spa day (for the first time) Practice more acts of random kindness Finally visit Pike Place Market! Figure out all of the functions on my Mac & use them Continue to transform our rental house into a “home” Get into the habit of staying in the moment Focus on people and projects that bring me joy I would love to keep in touch with you regarding our lists ~ maybe revisit them periodically. Seems we have a lot in common! V Thank you for the inspiration, Monica! Sounds like we are about the same age : ) I went with your 39 things to do before 40 theme…

Finish writing my book
Rent an Airstream for at least a week
Get back to England to see Paul’s family & friends
Take an Ayurveda class
Join Toastmasters
Pay off school loans
Really learn to embroider
Go back to a vegetarian diet
Build up my Beachbody business
Spend more time with my little brother and sister
Take a digital photography class
Make Caretaking Couple a lucrative business
Sell the 4Runner (don’t need it here)
Continue my search for vintage buttons & ephemera
Join ancestry.com with my Mom
Make my own soaps and candles again
Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
Get back to my yoga classes (at Exhale)
Start a poker night at our new digs
Calligraphy
Polish up on my geography
write a letter a week to a friend, family member, or stranger
Blog on a regular basis (3x a week?)
Garden (3 raised organic beds at our new digs – yay!)
Get a monthly massage
Finish my scrapbooking projects
Run
Find a tennis partner
Learn how to play my guitar
Go ziplining
Continue vision boarding
Visit my friend Laura in Valencia, Spain
Treat myself to a spa day (for the first time)
Practice more acts of random kindness
Finally visit Pike Place Market!
Figure out all of the functions on my Mac & use them
Continue to transform our rental house into a “home”
Get into the habit of staying in the moment
Focus on people and projects that bring me joy

I would love to keep in touch with you regarding our lists ~ maybe revisit them periodically. Seems we have a lot in common!

V

]]> By: Monica http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-48 Monica Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:12:51 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-48 Thanks Sarah - much appreciated :) Thanks Sarah – much appreciated :)

]]> By: Sarah Cooper http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-47 Sarah Cooper Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:44:12 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-47 The nice thing about turning 40 is the balance between feeling like you still have time and knowing that life is truly very precious. Good luck meeting your goals and keep making new ones! :) The nice thing about turning 40 is the balance between feeling like you still have time and knowing that life is truly very precious. Good luck meeting your goals and keep making new ones! :)

]]> By: Monica http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-46 Monica Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:29:12 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-46 Ok - one more thing - what is an earth ship? Ok – one more thing – what is an earth ship?

]]> By: Monica http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-45 Monica Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:28:47 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-45 Christopher - I love it :) I hope you achieve all of those things! Thanks for posting. Christopher – I love it :) I hope you achieve all of those things! Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Christopher Cable http://www.LifeOhm.com/a-personal-challenge-39-things-to-do-before-i-turn-40/#comment-44 Christopher Cable Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:16:45 +0000 http://www.odetosuccess.com/?p=286#comment-44 Okay, okay already! ;-D 1) Continue to volunteer in the community even when I have a J-O-B. 2) Continue to improve my photography and start selling my art! 3) Get hyper serious about Photoshop. 4) Take photos of the Aurora Borealis, finish my 'Long Shadows of Winter series, recreate my photo bucket list! 5) Commit to The Zeitgeist Movement, start working the Montana Chapter to it's fullest. 6) Ride my bike over all the hills to town and back in place of my truck. 7) Get healthy. 8) Quit (once and for all time) smoking! 9) Become 100% financially independent. 10) Build and live in an Earth Ship. Okay, okay already! ;-D

1) Continue to volunteer in the community even when I have a J-O-B.
2) Continue to improve my photography and start selling my art!
3) Get hyper serious about Photoshop.
4) Take photos of the Aurora Borealis, finish my ‘Long Shadows of Winter series, recreate my photo bucket list!
5) Commit to The Zeitgeist Movement, start working the Montana Chapter to it’s fullest.
6) Ride my bike over all the hills to town and back in place of my truck.
7) Get healthy.
8) Quit (once and for all time) smoking!
9) Become 100% financially independent.
10) Build and live in an Earth Ship.

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