5 Things; I Want to do Before I am 40

You Baby Me Mummy

11 years ago

Welcome back to ‘5 Things’, this week I thought I would share;

Thinking of myself as almost 40 years old is such a strange experience. I have no issues with getting older, or with telling people my age, I am 38 in May (by the way). Yet I still think of myself as in my mid twenties, maybe knocking on the door of my thirties. In just over two years I will hit the big 4 0 and so I thought it would be fun to share 5 things that I would love to do before I am 40.

Go to New York. I haven’t travelled as much as I would like and I would so love to visit New York, which always seems so vibrant and fast-moving. It is definitely top of my dream travel destination list, blame too much Sex and the City!

Take Baby to Southern Ireland. We went touring round Southern Ireland on our honeymoon and fell in love with Dingle and Cork. It would be amazing to take Baby and to experience these places again as a family.

Be confident enough to do a ‘How To Look Good Naked’ style picture. Firstly, I feel I must point out I don’t want to hang this picture on the wall. I haven’t got exhibitionist tendencies either. All my life I have felt, or been, overweight and as a consequence have lacked confidence in myself and in my body. Agreeing to a Gok Wan style, tasteful naked shoot, would mean that I had reached a point where I was happy in my own skin.

Afternoon Tea at the Savoy. If I was in my happy place, then tea and cake would definitely be there with me. To be fair I would probably be as happy sampling wonderful cakes in a cool independent cake shop, but the Savoy gives the occasion more prestige. Obviously I would need a new (stretchy!) dress to wear.

Swim with Dolphins. I didn’t want to write this, as it sounds so cliché. However, the more I think about it, the more I am utterly convinced at what a tremendous experience it would be and for that reason it made my list.

So that’s my ‘before 40’ bucket list. What would you like to experience before your next milestone birthday? Do you fancy swimming with Dolphins?