It’s the beginning of 2017, and it’s about 3 months or so away from my 45th birthday, so this is a good time to have a review of my project so far. Of the 45 things:
- Completed: 30
Tango in Buenos Aires (completed: 18th March, 2016) - See a football match at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio, Brazil (completed: 14th August, 2013)
- Practice yoga in India (completed: 17th November, 2013)
- Dine at Noma (Chef René Redzepi), Copenhagen, Denmark (completed: 10th September, 2014)
- Eat Tai Ping Koon’s Portuguese Chicken, Hong Kong (my childhood favorite) (completed: 18th March, 2015)
- Try vegetarianism for a month (completed: 1st March, 2013)
- Get tenure or promotion (completed: 1st August, 2014)
- Give a kickass presentation (completed)
- Learn Thai massage (completed: 9th May, 2014)
- Be confident (and proficient) in driving a stick shift (completed: 5th March, 2016)
- Learn how to iron a shirt (trousers and jackets would a bonus) (blog posts) (completed: 18th May, 2015)
- Be comfortable at at least one ballroom dance (completed: 18th March, 2016)
Learn CPR (completed: 24th April, 2013) - Conquer the fear of doing a handstand (completed: 5th May, 2015)
- Jump out of a plane (preferably with a parachute) (completed: 21st March, 2013)
- Give camping a try (completed: 23rd December, 2014)
- Give Thai massage to at least 5 people (for free) (completed: 6th, June, 2014)
- Give money to RadioLab at least once a year (completed: 11th December, 2012)
- Mentor someone (Started and now ongoing)
- Volunteer for worthy causes (blog post) (completed: 21st October, 2015)
- Be aware of praiseworthy situations and efforts, and pay sincere compliments to people
- Create a photo-essay or a video-essay (amended June, 2013) (completed: 14th June, 2013)
- Be able to do splits (completed: 21st March, 2014)
- Completely revamp my wardrobe (Completed 1st, January 2017)
- Run a 5K (completed: 31st August, 2013)
- Play Football Manager for 80 hours (=2 work weeks’ worth) (Completed 2nd, January, 2017)
- Hold a baby panda while wearing my panda t-shirt (and take a picture of this special occasion) (completed: 21st October, 2015)
- Value chance encounters and take initiatives to get to know interesting people (Completed)
- See Leo Messi play in person (completed: 10th June, 2016)
- Have my portrait painted Have myself 3D printed (amended May, 2015) (completed: 21st July, 2015)
Planning to complete before 45th birthday: 4
- Create my own gourmet 5-course meal and serve it to friends
- Compete in a cooking contest
- Record an audio book.
- Achieve and maintain ideal weight
Planning to complete during my 45th year: 6
- Visit all 50 states in the US
- Visit parents’ hometowns
- Earn an additional graduate degree
- Become an expert in multiple disciplines – Publish articles or present at conferences in 5 different fields.
- Learn 150 interesting words
- Skiing
No idea when: 5
- Set foot on all 7 continents
- Publish a short story
- Write a screenplay
- Write a book
- Successfully start a slow clap
Way to go, Leo! 30 out of 45 and plans to get at least 10 more completed. I’m 5 years behind you, trying to finish my 40 before 40 by May of this year. You’ve really done some great things. Will there be a 50 before 50 list? 🙂
Thank you, Vicki! Best of luck with your project!! I don’t think I will do a 50 before 50, but maybe 5 big things before 50. 🙂