Tomorrow I will be 40! I have been looking forward to this day for almost a decade. I was watching an episode of the Oprah Winfrey show a LONG time ago and she said that life begins at 40, well I have done a lot to prepare for this new journey and I am looking forward to it. Having returned to school almost 3 years ago, along with starting a business and so many other life changing events I can honestly say that this is a time in my life that excites me. So what do I have planned now that I am entering a new phase, well here is my 40 and fabulous bucket list.
1. Run a 1/2 marathon
2. Canon Mark iii
3. Run a full Marathon 26.2
4. Complete the Broad Street run
5. learn to make real homemade spaghetti sauce— DONE
6. Speak at a photography or blogging event
7. Take a pole dancing class
8. Vacation in Paris
9. Pay off my mortgage 10 years early
10.Own a separate studio
11.Interview and Photograph Will Smith
12.Learn to cook Chinese —*DONE
13.Visit China
14.Learn to swim
15.learn to drive a stick shift–
16.Take Madeline and Cristian to see the Nutcracker
17.Buy matching undergarments (I’m a mom that stopped years ago) —DONE
18.Have my photography workbook published and featured nationally.
19.Teach photography to moms at a school
20.Go on a photography inspired Vacation (see number 8)
21.Learn to bake a cake from scratch
22.Learn to sew a hem
23.Attend a networking event to meet more people.
24.Be a classroom mom for my kids.
25.Have a ‘yes’ day with my kids
26. Launch a Vlogging Series
27. Plant a garden
28. Have boudoir portraits taken by Christa Meola
29. A car with satellite radio
30. photograph a wedding on a beach
31. Meet Jeff Gibbard DONE
32. Meet Susan Tabor-Kleinman DONE
33. Become a member of a Board. pending
34. Earn the title DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
35. Start and FINISH my book
36. Learn to make homemade bread
37. Take a REAL family vacation
38. shoot a wedding at the Loews Hotel.
39. Have a Walkin closet built
40.
Feel free to add any ideas you may have in the comments below…
