Turning 40 on purpose, with purpose.

Sometime towards the beginning of August, apparently after I had actually slept the night before (because I would never have taken this on with my normal amount of sleep), I decided to make and hopefully achieve 40 goals before I turned 40. It was just under 80 days before my birthday. Over the next few days, I came up with this list. I will say that I tweaked it a bit as time went on. I did away with two goals and replaced them with the last two. The two I did away with were to sell 40 things on my etsy shop, which I quickly realized was out of my control; and to watch 40 movies or TV shows, which  1/2 way through I decided I'd rather not!

Here are my 40 goals! All accomplished in the last almost 80 days (except reading the books. That, I went back to the last 12 months):

1. Write 40 pages of my book 
2. Do 40 real pushups 
3. Share 40 beliefs on Facebook
4. Read 40 books 
5. Take 40 naps 
6. Make 40 new facebook friends
7. Workout 40 times 
8. Walk/Run 40 miles  
9. Eat 40 new things
10. Scrapbook 40 pages 20 
11. Spend less than $40 at Costco
12. Write 40 emails/letters to missionaries or friends 
13. Whistle three notes 
14. Write a song (I'll do a separate post and include the song there)
15. Teach a Yoga class 
16. Get a 40+ point word in Scrabble
17. Learn three songs on the cello 
18. Play the piano 40 times 
19. Play 40 games 
20. Solve a rubix cube link to 1 min. video here
21. Do 40 random acts of kindness 
22. Learn 40 words in French 
23. Memorize a poem
24. Have a fabulous roommate reunion 
25. Teach 40 classrooms about the Constitution and about Thomas and Martha Jefferson
26. Throw away 40 things from around the house 
27. Solve 40 puzzles (logic, actual,) 
28. Spend 40 hours in Temple service
29. Learn 40 good jokes 
30. Eat 40 ice cream cones/custard/sundaes (tweaked to include yogurt in any form -- hey! I'm diabetic!)
31. Do 40 fun things with Dave and or kids
32. Listen / read 40 General Conference talks.
33. Make 40 cards.
34. Get scrapbooks organized
35. Spend at least $40 on ONE article of clothing (for me)
36. Make a book of 40 memories for Wendy (my roommate, for our reunion)
37. Make a book of 40 memories for Kim (my roommate)
38. Write a book of 40 memories for Julia (my roommate)
39. Floss for 40 days in a row 
40. Smile at 40 strangers 
    
    Practicing the cello
    
    
    
    Proof of my less than $40 Costco receipt
    
    
    
    The first ice cream of many
    
    
    
    glimpse at one of the books for my roommates
    
    
    
    Eating Balboa Bars (something new & ice cream)