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To ask for ideas of fun/bizarre/unusual things I could do before I turn 40!

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Gotabadfeelingaboutthis · 28/04/2024 09:34

As the title suggests, in order to celebrate approaching 40, I want to make sure I'm living and doing stuff rather than just plodding through life washing, cooking and working.
So please could you hit me with ideas of things I could include? I have some already, some are expensive, some time consuming, some free and easy. I want a whole mix!
An example of ideas so far are things like
Pottery wheel lesson
Learn BSL
Listen to the dawn chorus
Stay a night in a ludicrously posh hotel
Indoor skydiving
Watch a sunrise on a beach
Run a 5K for charity
Learn to crotchet.

But I would love to hear some more!

OP posts:
cranberrypi · 28/04/2024 11:16

how much time do you have to train? I'd say run a marathon

Giggorata · 28/04/2024 11:14

I have done quite a few things mentioned on here, and I would add:

see a total solar eclipse
midwife or observe an animal giving birth
go on a long train trip somewhere abroad

Things I haven't yet done include:

go to the Crucible or the Ally Pally for snooker
see a volcano erupting (eg in Iceland)
see the midwinter sunrise in Newgrange

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Gotabadfeelingaboutthis · 28/04/2024 11:05

Ooh I'm liking some of these 😄 here are a few more suggestions...

See the Northern lights
Learn to cartwheel 🤣
Find a real fossil
Break a world record
Try one of those gong sound bath things
Take a guitar exam
Try paddleboarding

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cheddercherry · 28/04/2024 10:14

Oh exciting! Mine would be:

  • Swim with sharks
  • Learn to make a really good pudding
  • See a shooting star
  • Visit a new continent (for me I’ve never been to South America)
  • Visit a hibachi style restaurant
  • Make a piece of jewellery for myself
  • Go to a festival
  • Host a themed dinner night with friends
  • Do a zipline over the jungle
Nannyogg134 · 28/04/2024 09:52

I don't really have an age-goal for these (though I'm reaching the age where I should probably set one 😅)

  • Watch a meteor shower
  • Learn enough French to confidently speak to shopkeepers in France (I don't think my stunted GCSE is going to cut it)
  • Do a zookeeper for a day experience (bonus points if I have to touch a spider because I hate them)
  • Go to a music festival
  • Start a fire (I don't mean illegally, but learn to make a campfire or cooking fire)
  • Catch, fillet and cook a fish (this can be combined with my previous one lol)
  • Find 1 recipe and get really good at it, so people can say "Oh NannyOgg is bringing X to the buffet, have you tried them they're really good!"
  • Reverse bay park in a car park without panicking also, become a confident motorway driver
seagullsstealingmychips · 28/04/2024 09:42

Following. I want some ideas too before I hit a significant birthday.
Mine would be:
Snorkel in the Maldives/stay in a hut on stilts
Go to Dubai and stay in a posh hotel
Afternoon tea at the Ritz (hoping to do that this year)
Book a box at the theatre

The Maldives & Dubai ones will probably never happen as no one to go with (DH would never do either) and the cost.

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