Me 39 the list

May 21st 2026

I am 39 now. And life is groundhog day. As a millennial I remember the parties, drinking, drugs and sex of what was the craziest days of my life to toddler mum life. Don't get me wrong LOVE my life but I need a fun injection with adults. So a list of 40 thing to do before (and around) turning 40 next April. 

Let's fucking go

Current 39 situation

Aside from lacking a little adventure and fun my life is fucking awesome. My son is amazing, crazy and a world of extreme. I have a loving close family. I have a big group of beautiful friends and I have my best friend. Her family are my family. She is my sister and I couldn't live without her. I rent a cozy 2 bed flat from a kind and generous family. I love my home!

Oz was 1 when we ventured out on our own. Hes now 3. It took a long time to process and repair parts of me and learn how to parent on my own most of the time. It was like I shattered like glass into a million tiny pieces and had to repair every tiny bit. I feel so different but then also the same. A 2.0 if you will. Internally I feel so confident and powerful. Externally its a little bit shit. Ive spent the past 2 years in track pants and leggings with a greasy bun. Its very rare if I shave my legs or armpits. Washing my hair is a child free luxurie. Most of the time im in the shower I think "what's the point". Its the life I've needed. Peace, perfect peace. 

I am extremely lucky in that I had my son the same year as a big group of my girlfriends had their babies. A built in mum group filled with the kindest, supportive friends that had already bonded. I'm not lost in how lucky that is. Hopefully I can tempt some of them to join me in some of these quests. 

I spend a lot of my free time watching movies and tv or reading books. OK I listen to audio books a lot. I find parenting easier when playing hot wheels for the 100th time that morning with an interesting story running through my head. I just pop one ear bud in and power through. I need to start living my own story. Find an outer me that fits the inner me. Feel hot when I look in the mirror, have adventure, quests and fun. Make new memories. Its not often I finish something I start. But I am determined to do this fucking list. My intention is to write about my experience starting or competing a task, in all its honest glory.

 

The list

1. Cold plunge

2. Smash room

3. Axe throwing 

4. Murder mystery party

5. Ice skating

6. Go watch a ice hockey game

7. Karaoke bar

8. Glampimg road trip

9. Start exercising

10. Go to the circus

11. Have amazing Sex

12. Watch sunrise at cliff top

13. Shooting range 

14. Zip lining

15. Couples photo shoot with rose

16. Go to a festival

17. Read/Listen to 1 book a month 

18. Start a blog about the list

19. Watch the sunrise after staying up all night 

20. Blow up costumes 

21. Drunk TikTok challenge 

22. Get matching tattoos with Rose

23. Have a “yes day” where you say yes to every reasonable opportunity

24. Learn a skill just for fun

25. Go thrift shopping and create the worst outfit possible for each other designed around a wig

26. Try speed dating just for the story

27. Take a friend on a mystery day where they don’t know the plan

28. Attend a random class together — pottery, burlesque, fencing, life drawing

29. Buy last-minute concert tickets for an artist you barely know

30. Go to a ridiculously fancy restaurant dressed like you’re in a movie

31. whale watching 

32. Quite vaping

33. Go bird watching with Ty 

34. Go to the snow 

35. Juice detox

36. Dance everyday

A BACK STORY....

70% of the time I have my amazing son. On my free weekends normally I'm with my best friend of 23 year. Smoking weed, drinking mixers, watching TV and taking a lot of shit. Or im at home on the sofa eating EVERYTHING watching tv, overthinking the past, present and future. Before my beautiful boy came along I can safely say my life was always full of spontaneous decisions and a who gives a fuck attitude. When I look back at my life there was so much adventure and I felt so brave. I needed this life of peace to rebuild myself. Finally I feel better mentally than ever. I feel strong and confident. Proud of who I am and not in a confused state of "who am I". Im putting on my big girl pants, facing all the shit head on and doing a list of 40 things before turning 40 to propel myself forward. A new life, a new start. I will be dragging my girlfriends into participating and share the fun injection. Start a blog - TICK 

18. Start a blog about the list

Day 1. And this is how I kick it all off. Ive always fantasized about writing. I used to come up with stories with characters and plots with twists and reveals but never actually put enough effort in for it to evolve into something. As its on the list I have now forced myself to write. Im not going to give this the justice it deserves. My spelling and grammar will be dismissal and I will type what im thinking and it might not always make sense but fuck it! Im thinking of this as my own Bridget Jones moment. 

Some things on the list will be challenging. I'm not entirely sure it is all achievable. Guess we will find out. Bring it on universe.

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