Highlights included in this episode:
Not just applicable to birthdays
Could use this idea for any milestone: anniversary, celebrating an accomplishment (graduation, promotion), a big move
35 things to do before I turn 35
- Travel somewhere new
- Submit gameshow application
- Read 6 books (How to be an Anti-racist, Please don’t sit on my bed in your outside clothes, You are a badass at making money, Outliers, Can’t even: how millennials became the burnout generation, Just Mercy)
- 150+ Peloton rides
- Complete Podcast growth course
- Go on a hike
- Play a LMM song on the piano
- List all clothes on Poshmark
- Organize closet
- Interview 10 people I don’t know
- Invite 3 new families over for dinner
- Get a pedicure
- Road trip to a national park
- Go to a museum
- See a play or musical
- Go on a fancy date on the strip
- Go to a festival
- Read with kids daily
- Donate blood
- Go to the public library
- Host a party
- Paint a wall or furniture
- Go to a state fair
- Go to a new baseball stadium
- Go to a show on the strip
- Do a taste test as a family
- Make and distribute bags for homeless individuals
- Get a massage
- Go to Red Rock
- Ride the High Roller
- See a 4D movie
- Valley of Fire
- Have a Yes Day
- Croissants from scratch
- Start a fundraiser
Takeaways and ideas:
・Write it down
・Be specific (SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound)
・Give yourself a reasonable amount of time (maybe a full year before)
・Consider new experiences or activities/ideas you haven’t done in a while or would like to prioritize (not a routine, mundane to-do list)
・You get to make the rules: no one right way to make this list. You can change it as you go to make it work for you. Adjust your list to your interests and schedule or resources.
・Follow-up and reflect on your accomplishments or your experiences
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio: “If you don’t look back at yourself and think, ‘Wow, how stupid I was a year ago,’ then you must not have learned much in the last year.”
Other episodes included:
Ep 23: So why not… make birthdays a big deal?
Ep 30: So why not… try something new with your New Year’s Resolutions?
Ep 35: So why not… have a taste test?